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# Anti- austerity alliance

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# factcheck
FactCheck: How many people boycotted water charges?
The AAA-PBP says almost three quarters of Irish Water customers refused to pay during the most recent billing cycle. Is that true?
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Dec 1st 2016, 8:00 PM
# resist trump
'It's vital we stand up against it': Anti-Trump protest to take place outside US embassy in Dublin
TD Richard Boyd Barrett warned Trump’s win will boost openly fascist groups in Europe and the rest of the world.
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Nov 17th 2016, 6:01 AM
# the popular kids
Poll support for left-wing parties 'shows the huge impatience for Repeal referendum'
Today’s poll puts support for the Anti Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit at 9% – up three points since the last poll.
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Oct 30th 2016, 1:20 PM
# rally for justice
Hundreds gather in Dublin to protest Jobstown teen's guilty verdict
“If this was happening anywhere else in the world, we’d be saying that’s mad.”
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Oct 22nd 2016, 2:45 PM
# AAA
Ruth Coppinger will become the first woman nominated for Taoiseach
The Dublin West TD says she represents an “alternative to the failed policies of the 1%”.
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Apr 5th 2016, 10:48 PM
# Obscene
'I couldn't show my face in my area if I took home a TD's salary'
Gino Kenny has strong views on TD’s pay and says he’ll only take home the average industrial wage.
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Mar 13th 2016, 8:15 AM
# General Election
What's it like to be a first-time candidate? We went canvassing to find out
You hear a lot about water charges, unwanted trees and Angela Merkel.
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Feb 20th 2016, 10:00 PM
# Socialist revolution
This radical left alternative has no leader and different views on Sinn Féin
The Anti-Austerity Alliance – People Before Profit alliance launched a common principles document today.
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Jan 25th 2016, 12:56 PM
# Election 2016
The 8 most likely governments after the next election
As the election looms large, we assess what coalition options are on the table.
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Jan 17th 2016, 9:30 PM
# District Court
'Outrageous': Paul Murphy reacts to AAA losing its collection ban appeal
The party was refused a permit because the money might be used to ‘encourage an unlawful act’.
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Nov 20th 2015, 6:10 PM
# Housing
It looks like just 200 council houses will be built in the whole of 2015
Alan Kelly said that “ten times” more social houses than the 20 built so far this year will be completed by the end of 2015.
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Nov 16th 2015, 6:14 PM
# Forced to pay
This is why Paul Murphy paid his €1,150 property tax bill
The AAA TD said the “mass boycott” of the property tax is over.
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Nov 16th 2015, 12:12 PM
# Alan Kelly
Have only 20 council houses been built this year?
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has cited Department of Environment figures which make for shocking reading. But what’s the truth?
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Nov 12th 2015, 9:15 PM
# Courts
Anti Austerity Alliance to "strongly consider" constitutional action against collections ban
The alliance says that the ban on door-to-door collections is “political policing” and is hampering their “development”.
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Oct 22nd 2015, 4:20 PM
# toddle along
Even more people have paid their water bills - but it's just over half of customers
New figures received by Paul Murphy also shed new light on the situation.
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Oct 21st 2015, 3:25 PM
# On the same side?
Heard about the 'bizarre' water charges protest outside a Sinn Féin TD's office?
Aren’t they on the same side?
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Oct 19th 2015, 8:30 PM
# Pricey
"Irish Water was Fine Gael policy alone" - Fianna Fáil dismiss €500 water charge accusations
The Anti Austerity Alliance say that just-released cabinet papers show the current government is merely following a blueprint laid out by its predecessors.
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Oct 19th 2015, 2:24 PM
# operation mizen
What is political policing and is Paul Murphy being watched?
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has been at the centre of several controversies since Murphy was elected to the Dáil last year.
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Oct 12th 2015, 6:50 AM
# budget 2016
How the Socialists would abolish water charges, property tax and USC for low-earners
Paul Murphy talks about AAA’s radical alternative to current government policy.
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Oct 9th 2015, 10:45 AM
# Sinn Féin government
New left-wing party could make Gerry Adams the next Taoiseach
The Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit would consider coalition with Sinn Féin after the next election, says one of its TDs.
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Oct 8th 2015, 9:15 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
The end of the HSE, air strikes in Afghanistan and an assault in Tralee.
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Oct 3rd 2015, 8:48 PM
# not lying down
AAA fighting garda ban on collecting money (but their lawyers say not to talk about it)
The party were supposed to hold a press conference yesterday.
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Oct 3rd 2015, 7:00 AM
# Socialist revolution
Is this the left-wing party you've been waiting for?
The Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit are joining forces.
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Sep 16th 2015, 11:41 AM
# Backlash
Massive rise in donations to Anti-Austerity Alliance since Garda fundraising ban
Paul Murphy says the denial of a collection permit has been met with “a huge amount of support and shock.”
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Sep 12th 2015, 7:44 PM
# false imprisonment
Paul Murphy: 'I learned the latest on Jobstown charges from the media - again'
An RTÉ report this evening detailed what charges those involved would be facing.
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Sep 11th 2015, 10:45 PM
# political policing
Anti Austerity Alliance banned from collecting in case it uses money to fund protests
The chief superintendent for the south Dublin division said she believes further protests would result in public order offences.
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Sep 10th 2015, 8:29 PM
# Paul Murphy
"Evidence is mounting up" - TD says fundraising ban is another example of political policing
Paul Murphy isn’t being allowed conduct collections in Tallaght.
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Aug 31st 2015, 9:14 AM
# slammed door
Gardaí ban Paul Murphy from collecting because it might encourage lawbreaking
The anti-water charges TD isn’t being allowed conduct collections in Tallaght.
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Aug 30th 2015, 6:58 PM
# operation mizen
Paul Murphy: It's quite shocking gardaí are 'spying' on water protesters
He and his AAA colleagues have written to the Justice Minister.
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Aug 28th 2015, 5:27 PM
# Facebook post
AAA expels councillor who threatened to cut activist's throat
Limerick councillor John Loftus is no longer considered a member of the AAA.
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Aug 26th 2015, 9:40 AM
# Facebook post
'I'll cut your f***in throat': AAA councillor says death threat was a moment of madness
The Anti-Austerity Alliance will meet later to discuss the threat made against an activist in Limerick.
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Aug 25th 2015, 9:18 PM
# Leaks
Paul Murphy: 'No one told me I'm going to be charged over Jobstown protests'
The TD is among those expected to be charged over the protest last November.
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Aug 13th 2015, 7:52 AM
# left power
Could we be about to get ANOTHER new political group?
The Anti-Austerity Alliance is in talks with People Before Profit.
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Aug 8th 2015, 9:18 PM
# shade
Leo Varadkar got a dig in at Paul Murphy yesterday on Twitter
Ouch.
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Jul 12th 2015, 11:24 AM
# confidential
Irish Water STILL won't tell us how many people have paid their bills
The AAA TD has been thwarted in his latest attempt to uncover payment rates.
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Jun 18th 2015, 5:20 PM
# spare a fiver
A LOT more money is donated to the Socialists than Sinn Féin or Fianna Fáil
It could be linked to the anti-water charge movement.
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Jun 18th 2015, 9:21 AM
# Socialist upheaval
‘Politics is a dirty world’: AAA activist quits after bitter row over council seat
Bernadette Rynne claims she was passed over for a council seat, but AAA members in Dublin West dispute her account.
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Jun 8th 2015, 8:30 PM
# Gender Quotas
After Averil's shock departure, how do other parties shape up in terms of women?
We spoke to all of the main parties about reaching the 30% gender quota.
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May 31st 2015, 7:45 AM
# professional agitators
Brendan Howlin thinks left-wing parties "thrive in chaos"
…and if those rumours of an €800 windfall for public servants are true.
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May 7th 2015, 11:59 PM
# coverging
Can politicians harness the power of the water movement?
They’re giving it a try.
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Apr 29th 2015, 6:56 PM
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