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Anti G8 Activities13th-15th June: Republican Sinn Fein will be holding an Alternative to the G8 Summit, an Anti-Imperialist Forum, in the Conway Mill Belfast, on June 13, 14 and 15. A number of speakers from both a Republican as well as a unionist perspective will be there as well as speakers the academic world. The Forum runs from 6pm to 9pm on Thursday June 13, from 1pm-9pm June 14 and from 10am-6pm June 15 see website for more info: http://www.irish-solidarity.net/db3/ 15th June: The BIG march for a fairer world: Civil groups such as the trade unions, ICTU, Amnesty, Friends of the earth, IPSC have organised a response to the G8. Assemble 12 noon Custom House Square. Rally at Belfast City Hall. Rally ends at 2.00 p.m. following which there will be a number of events in the city focusing on different issues. More details at this link: http://fairerworldfestival.org/events/ 16th June: DubAltG8 walking tours. Meet 2pm Dublin Castle (Dame Street Entrance). Spanish or English. Bring suitable walking shoes. please e-mail dublinalternativeg8@gmail.org or phone 085 2310663 to book. The tours are free of charge 16th June: The SWP is organising a "counter-summit" in Belfast on Sunday 16 June They are also arranging a bus to the march taking place in Enniskillen on Monday 17 June For more details phone 0876574100 see website for more details on SWP activities related to the G8 17th June: The Socialist party will be organising a bus for the march in Enniskillen. more info on the Socialist party's G8 activities and contact info here 17th June: Dublin Alternative G8 Summit 11am until 9pm, Teachers club Great list of speakers (see poster here: Article/posters ) Afterwards, a night of revolutionary music with David Rovics and Tommy Sands How to get there 18th June: (Tuesday) Dublin G8 Protest march: Assemble at Wolfe Tone Monument, Stephens Green @ 1pm March to American Chamber of Commerce, 6 Wilton Place, Dublin 2 
LINKS:Main Indymedia article on G8 2013 here: https://www.indymedia.ie/article/103602 Alternative G8 Organisers website: http://dubaltg8.org/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook...282700645195038
national / housing / opinion/analysis Friday May 17, 2013 19:07 by Joe Mc
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From Justice Minister Alan Shatter's statement on mortgage default and repossessions ,Dec 2012 "All mortgages contain remedies that may be exercised by lending institutions in cases of mortgage default. Repossession in the event of such default is, therefore, an existing contractual right. In a well-known 2011 case (Start Mortgages), the High Court found that enactment of reforming legislation in 2009 may have had the unintended consequence in certain cases of restricting lending institutions from asserting their repossession rights. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / feature Wednesday April 10, 2013 01:08 by andraiocht
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The central bank is planning changes to the Code of Protection on mortgage arrears, these changes will mean it will be easier for people to be counted as non co-operating and thus make repossession easier, please send the submission below to code@centralbank.ie or make your own submission and send before April 10th to ensure your opposition to this is taken into consideration, with 95,000 people in arrears because of this banking led recession, the people who are bailing out the banks need fairness, there is nothing fair in all powers of discretion, supervision and appeals being with the banks who will not consider the good of the person or common good of the country. read full story / add a comment
international / housing / news report Wednesday February 13, 2013 17:40 by littleink
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Blockades of forced eviction of family of five in Berlin successful. Attempt 3 from the bailiffs, polices and legal system tomorrow. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / press release Monday February 04, 2013 11:03 by Anti Eviction Taskforce
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The Anti Eviction Taskforce (AET) have written to all Government Ministers across all political parties on behalf of all distressed mortgage holders in Ireland today, delivering a mandate to bring a motion before the Dáil to ban eviction in Ireland. This letter will arrive on the desks of all Ministers on February 4th 2013. To explain the logic behind this mandate: The Government and Financial institutions continue to ignore the issue of distressed mortgages, which is resulting in much family distress, family break-up and, in some cases, suicide. While, as yet, eviction is not an everyday occurrence, it is only a matter of time before eviction becomes common place. This threat, along with the inaction by both the Government and Financial Institutions to devise credible resolution is disabling distressed mortgage holders and resulting in impasse. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / press release Thursday January 10, 2013 14:20 by RNU PRO
national / housing / press release Thursday December 13, 2012 13:58 by Anti Eviction Taskforce
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The Anti Eviction Taskforce strongly condemns the intentions of the Irish Government in seeking to change the 2011 Judgment on the Land and Conveyance Law Reform Act 2009. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 11, 2012 14:37 by lefty
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Cutting rent supplement has allowed the FG/Labour government to continue to make large cuts to the social welfare budget whilst claiming not to be touching "basic social welfare rates". The reality is that because it is left to tenants to negotiate with their landlords for a rent reduction, rather than such negotiations being undertaken by the department itself, this is rather like David negotiating with goliath and the tenant inevitably has to pay the not inconsiderable difference out of their already reduced social welfare payment. read full story / add a comment
international / housing / press release Thursday June 28, 2012 17:35 by Anti Eviction Task Force
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Labour agree with Fine Gael that it is better to pay the mega wealthy than to keep the promises made to the slave class... oooops working class read full story / add a comment 
international / housing / news report Sunday June 10, 2012 21:48 by italy calling
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Squatting is on the rise again in these times of austerity (see for example the recent occupations of flats in Southern Spain, mostly carried out by housewives and families). An Italian project that’s caught my attention since its beginning is in Pisa, where last year’s Occupy protests evolved into the reappropriation and transformation of abandoned buildings for the benefit of the local community. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Sunday May 13, 2012 18:54 by RNU PRO
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Republican Network for Unity (RNU) notes with increasing concern, the growing practice of what can only be described as extortionism, being carried out by private landlords within working class nationalist areas and beyond. When observing average rents, it is clear that private landlords here are exploiting historical housing shortages in order to demand amounts well above what is provided by housing benefit. read full story / add a comment 
international / housing / news report Wednesday April 04, 2012 12:46 by Italy Calling
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In September 2009, hundreds of Carabinieri stormed a school in the Magliana area of Rome and arrested dozens of people who were occupying it. The charges made against them were super harsh: organised crime, extortion, possession of weapons, theft, assaulting police officers, and more. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Wednesday March 28, 2012 20:01 by anon
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Today the NAMA To Nature group struck again. This time in Cherrywood industrial estate, Dublin near the Luas line. In an act of civil disobedience a group of 12 people in business suits started planted trees this morning at 7am on an area of wasteland beside the Luas track along the edges and ridges to help shield the eyesore from the nearby apartment block part of which is a ghost estate. Ireland has over 600 ghost estates and 40,000 empty dwellings. Rather than watch the government dither and procrastinate let's help nature take them back. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / housing / news report Thursday February 02, 2012 16:28 by Andrew interviews Cat & Moira
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On Saturday 28th January Unlock NAMA opened an occupied building in the center of Dublin for a day of lectures about NAMA, Ireland's 'Bad Bank.' The event was cut short by a large number of police who turned up and ordered them out of the building. In this 40 minute interview Andrew Flood interviews Cat & Moira from Unlock NAMA about the occupation, what NAMA is and what Unlock NAMA demands. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / housing / press release Tuesday January 10, 2012 10:40 by Jimmy McPseudonym
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Occupy Belfast Protest, City Hall Saturday 14th January 1pm
Affordable Housing for Everyone- No Evictions, No Repossessions
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leitrim / housing / opinion/analysis Friday December 16, 2011 23:03 by John O'Neill
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There are over 600 ghost estates in Ireland. This equates to nearly 20.000 properties which are incomplete or empty. read full story / add a comment 
international / housing / news report Thursday November 24, 2011 22:58 by Anti Eviction Task Force
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Repossessed family homes are up for auction again this week as speculators set out to profit from the misery of families made homeless by the austerity measures introduced by the government to pay bankers and bond holders. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Monday November 21, 2011 23:22 by Anti Eviction Task Force
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An independent group of home owners has decided to band together and
unite in a concerted effort to protect all homes against repossession. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / press release Tuesday November 15, 2011 23:39 by PAW
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We have been writing to all members of the Dáil for months asking to participate in identifying possible solutions and offering a view from the troubled home owners perspective, we are still awaiting a reasonable response from the government. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Friday November 11, 2011 15:43 by PAW
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Former Minister for Defence Willie "The Kid" O Dea, today failed to answer questions put to him by the People's Association Watchdog in our weekly email to all TDs, Ministers and an Taoiseach, among the questions put to Wily Willie were "Will you stand up for the people or take the cushy favours of the financial industry? Are you afraid to stand up to the banking sector? Have you asked how much money they got to cover mortgages in the bailout? Are you willing to see the demise of your country when you can take a stand?".
The Banks Robbery of the People of Ireland appears to be going totally unchallenged by Willie, I wonder are his constituents ignored and disregarded in this manner by this "Gentleman".
Below is our latest (unedited) letter to the TDs Ministers and an Taoiseach and Willie O'Dea's unedited reply. read full story / add a comment
national / housing / news report Monday October 24, 2011 19:46 by PAW
The People's Association Watchdog recently sent a letter to all TDs with a proposal regarding mortgage debt solutions, to our dismay one of the replies received was from Minister Howlin's Office to say "As this is a matter for the Mr. Michael Noonan T.D., Minister for Finance your email has been forwarded onto his Department for attention and direct reply."
Has Minister Howlin forgotten the Keane report already? He is minister for Public Expenditure and Equality and his department had the 2nd highest amount of participants in the Keane report.
It would appear that Minister Howlin is doing a Pontius Pilate and washing his hands of all the distressed mortgage holders that are being sacrificed at the behest of his banking masters. read full story / add a comment |
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