The People's Movement campaigns against any measures that further develop the EU into a federal super-state and works to defend and enhance popular sovereignty, democracy and social justice in Ireland.

People's News - 23 July 2010

The latest issue of People's News, dated 23 July 2010, is now available for download here (371 KB).

Back issues of the newsletter are available here.

Newbridge, Co. Kildare

People's Movement
Poster Parade
Where are the Lisbon Jobs now?
Poster parade of the political parties' 'YES' posters
Saturday, 14 August 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Assembling at the Post Office
Demand the jobs they promised us if we voted for Lisbon!
All welcome.

High Court confirms Laval judgment

A judgement delivered by the High Court on 30 June 2010 has confirmed that the ruling of the European Court of Justice in the Laval case means contractors from low wage EU member states may provide services in Ireland while according their workers the minimum labour conditions pertaining in their home country - except for those sectors in which a Registered Employment Agreement (REA) exists. A report on the judgment is available here.

Health service in crisis



Speakers at the Mullingar (top) and Newbridge meetings.

At public meetings organised by the People's Movement in Newbridge on 16 June and in Mullingar on 22 June, Marie O'Connor, journalist and author of Emergency: Irish hospitals in chaos, and Mary Crotty, member of the Movement's national executive, spoke on the crisis currently facing the health service from the domestic and European perspectives respectively. The texts of their contributions are available here (O'Connor) and here (Crotty).

Protest at Commission offices

The People's Movement protested at the Dublin offices of the European Commission on Friday, 18 June 2010, against the new procedure under which the Commission will review Irish budgets before they are presented to the Dáil.

Read the leaflet here. Read the press statement here.

We want the Lisbon jobs now!

Members of the Galway branch of the People's Movement demanded the jobs that were promised to us during the Lisbon referendum outside a meeting on the employment situation organised by the Labour Party on June 17th. Read the press statement here.

Where are the Lisbon jobs now?


The poster parade leaves Leinster House.

The People's Movement held a poster parade through Dublin city centre on Saturday, June 12th, to mark the second anniversary of the referendum in which Irish voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty. Carrying dishonest referendum posters promising job creation as a result of the Lisbon Treaty, members of the Movement publicly raised a question that must be in the minds of many: 'where are the Lisbon jobs now?' A letter condemning the policies of the main political parties was delivered to the Green Party at Leinster House, and to the Labour, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil parties at their respective offices.


Patricia McKenna delivers the letter at the Labour Party offices.


Historical detritus spotted in the Labour Party's basement.


Mary Crotty delivers the letter at the Fine Gael offices.


Kevin McCorry delivers the letter at the Fianna Fáil offices.

Read the text of our letter to the politicians here.

The Health Care Directive

A proposed EU directive on the right of patients to access cross-border health care has the potential to significantly damage health care provision in Ireland. A People's Movement pamphlet on the subject can be downloaded here.


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