Meet the Louth General Election candidates: James Renaghan - People Before Profit - Solidarity

"I grew up in one of many diverse working class housing estates in Dundalk and experienced how we’ve been continuously neglected by successive governments. That significantly shaped my politics so I’ll run for a platform to speak up for our areas. The deep levels of solidarity but also the violence of poverty and austerity existing side by side.

"There is a crisis in housing, healthcare, climate, a multitude of crises that seem incapable of being resolved. These issues seem unresolvable by the other parties as they all support an economic system that creates these conditions.

"The housing crisis makes money for landlords, the healthcare crisis makes money for private health companies, the climate crisis makes money for oil companies. This is exactly how the capitalist system is meant to work, artificial scarcity, brutal exploitation and profound alienation. 

"A small few with enough wealth to last hundreds of lifetimes whilst the majority work and toil away their entire lives and barely have enough to sustain their miserable existence. I am the only candidate willing to fight against a system that doesn’t serve in our interests.

Louth candidate calls for price caps to reduce cost of living

People Before Profit-Solidarity’s James Renaghan, has said that price caps are needed to reduce the cost of living

"Two policies I want to implement is firstly, a ban on foreign military use of our airports to no longer facilitate wars of plunder and conquest. Secondly, abolish the 1990 Industrial Relations Act, it’s an anti-worker piece of legislation and we need to rebuild a fighting labour movement.