For reports on events that took place in 2011, see below.
Budget demonstration
People's Movement
Budget Demonstration
At Dáil Éireann (Kildare Street) and
the European Parliament office (Molesworth Street)
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 1:00 p.m.
The placards carried by Merkel and Sarkozy revealed their intention to save their banks at any cost to the Irish people.
Some of the attendance at the demonstration outside Leinster House.
A press statement issued to mark the budget called for withdrawal from the euro and an end to pouring money down the drains of a failed banking system.
Dublin - 26 November 2011
Dublin Council of Trade Unions
Budget March and Rally
Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 2
Saturday, 26 November 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Eugene McGlone (President ICTU & Unite)
Lucia Fay (SIPTU hospital cleaner)
Cathleen O’Neill (community activist)
March behind People's Movement banners.
Dublin - 15 October 2011
Ireland Institute
Raymond Crotty Lecture 2011
'Ranchers and Banking Interests in the Modern Irish Economy'
Speaker: Dr Conor McCabe
Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse St., Dublin 2.
Saturday, 15 October 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Dublin - 7 and 8 October 2011
EU in Crisis
Conference
The prospects for regaining Ireland's sovereignty will be discussed at an important conference to be held in the Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1, on Friday and Saturday, 7-8 October 2011. The conference programme is available here.
Dublin - 16 July 2011
Thomas Pringle TD will speak on behalf of the People’s Movement.
Dublin - 23 June 2011
The platform at the launch of a new People's Movement pamphlet entitled ‘The European Stability Mechanism – The case for an Irish Referendum’. From left to right: Thomas Pringle TD, Robert Ballagh, Patricia McKenna, Mary Crotty.
Some of those who took part in a picket outside Leinster House to demand a referendum on the European Stability Mechanism.
People's Movement
Report Launch
The People’s Movement will launch a report on:
‘The European Stability Mechanism – The case for an Irish Referendum’
Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 11:30 a.m.
Picket
The launch will be followed by a picket on the Dáil calling for a referendum, at the Kildare Street entrance from 12:30 to 1:30.
Dublin - 9 May 2011
Some of those who attended a picket by the People's Movement on the special Dáil sitting to mark 'Europe Day'.
Some of the TDs who supported the picket.
Ronan O'Connell and Mary Crotty laid a wreath to mark the death of Irish democracy and sovereignty.
People's Movement
Picket
The People's Movement will picket the Dáil to show our opposition to the planned special sitting to mark 'Europe Day'. A wreath will be laid to mark the death of Irish democracy and sovereignty. All welcome.
Leinster House, Kildare Street
Monday, 9 May 2011, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Dublin - 24 March 2011
Dublin - 3 February 2011
Ireland Institute
Public Meeting
Challenging the consensus: Ireland in crisis
Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse St., Dublin 2.
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Chair: Kevin McCorry (People’s Movement)
Speakers: Anthony Coughlan (National Platform EU Research and Information Centre)
Sinéad Kennedy (English Department, NUI Maynooth)
Dublin - 29 January 2011
People's Movement
General Meeting
Offices of UNITE – the union
55-56 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Saturday, January 29th 2011, 2:00 p.m.
A general meeting of members and supporters of the People’s Movement to discuss the general election.
Dublin - 27 January 2011
People's Movement
Protest
We've been robbed: repudiate the debt!
EU Commission offices, Molesworth Street
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Dublin - 26 January 2011
Bloom Movement
Public Meeting
A Justice Response to the EU-IMF Loans: Local and Global Perspectives
Central Hotel, Exchequer Street
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Chair: Nessa Ní Chasaide (Debt and Development Coalition Ireland)
Speakers: Michael Taft (UNITE): The Irish crisis and the EU-IMF intervention
José Antonio Gutierrez (Latin America Solidarity Centre): Lessons from Latin America
Andy Storey (Afri): Lessons from the wider world and proposals for Ireland
Siobhan O'Donoghue (Community Platform): Community alternatives
Dublin - 20 January 2011
People's Movement
Protest
Reject the EU-imposed finance bill!
Leinster House, Kildare Street
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
For sovereignty, democracy and social justice.