Protest at opening of new Criminal Courts of Justice

dublin | housing | event notice Monday January 11, 2010 12:28 by PBPA - People Before Profit Alliance

Lock Up Corrupt Developers- Kick Out Their Fianna Fail Backers- Build Houses for Ordinary People

Remind our welfare-cutting Government that we haven’t gone away.
Join our picket: 2 pm, Saturday, 16th January
at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street.

On January 16th, the Government officially opens the doors of its latest Public Private Partnership venture – the new Criminal Courts of Justice on Parkgate Street. Multinational Babcock and Brown, the private partner, will not only get money for building the facility but will also continue for 25 years to receive a monthly fee for managing the building. This will bring the project total closer to €300 million, a far cry from the original estimate of €120 million.

The message is clear to the people of nearby O’Devaney Gardens: they will not get new housing. While the Fianna Fail / Green Party coalition government is willing to spend millions on a courts complex, it won’t spend anything on decent housing for ordinary people.