An Chomhdháil Phobail I The People’s Convention (CPPC) is the organisation of the entire electorate, on a Constituency and Local ...
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The People’s Convention is not running candidates in this Local Election, instead we are supporting the efforts of the newly formed Housing Rights & Reform Alliance. The Alliance has six candidates in Cork city, each of whom has been active ...
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Recent statements made by the EU Parliament’s BREXIT co-ordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, and by French president Macron, regretting that the EU could not launch military strikes similar to the recent attack on Syria, reveal to us the dangers that lie behind ...
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The People's Convention supports fully the demands made by the Housing Action Group that a NATIONAL EMERGENCY be declared on the issue of housing and homelessness. The aim of the campaign is: That homelessness be eliminated, families living in B&B ...
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We need to Leave the EU With BREXIT, we have been handed an historic opportunity to take control of our own economy; we have an opportunity to renew domestic industry and to end restrictions placed on us by the EU ...
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We have a RIGHT to free Expression, Assembly and to Protest, without Political Interferance! You can download a .PDF copy of the A5 size flyer here. On Friday a youth was convicted of “falsely imprisoning” former Minister Joan Burton; he was just ...
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Article taken from Issue #4 of THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. If you read it in a book twenty years ago you would have laughed. Throughout the world people look at Ireland in disbelief, how can a country with such resources, with ...
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Our future is sold-out, neither our economy, laws nor standard of living are under our own control, our Sovereign Right is denied. A .PDF image of this flyer is available for download here. We invite you to support the demand ...
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A .PDF copy of this A4 flyer, released for the January 31st Boycott Irish Water protests in Cork is available for download here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is as if we have no rights in deciding the policy of our own state…  ...
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Our rights as a people are denied. We are dictated to, we are threatened in our own homes, our senior citizens are abused, our children’s future thrown away – and for what??? Our entitlement to democracy has been hijacked by ...
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An Chomhdháil Phobail I The People’s Convention (CPPC) is the organisation of the entire electorate, on a Constituency and Local Electoral Area basis. The guiding principle of CPPC is that sovereignty rests with the people and that all affairs of ...
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DEMOCRACY is the entitlement of the people. The People’s Candidates stood in this election with just one aim - that our communities should be represented. Our stand is that the people, our communities, must be represented - not the private ...
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STATEMENT from the LARGEST single grouping of non-Party Candidates in the coming local elections. http://www.cppc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Candidates.jpg Today, a total of 19 candidates in the local elections confirmed their signing of THE PEOPLE'S CONTRACT, they are from Cork, Monaghan, Limerick and Dublin ...
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Ráiteas Preas - 8ú lá, Aibreáin 2014 Inniu, ós comhair Halla na Cathrach i gCorcaigh, seoladh feachtas toghchánaíochta an eagraíocht An Chomhdháil Phobail | The People's Convention (CPPC). Tá an CPPC ag tacú le 17 Iarrthóir Phobail, People's Candidates, ins ...
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The following three short articles are included on the flyer released today in Cork, to mark our National Day and to call on people to do something of significance to mark the day in a meaningful way, by standing up ...
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JOINT PRESS RELEASE The People's Convention (CPPC) and People for Change (PfC) 12th February 2014 The prospect of much needed political change advanced today with the People for Change (PfC) organisation joining forces with the other People’s Candidates running in ...
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The following is the text of the talk delivered by Dr. Liam Weeks at Public Meeting hosted by The People's Convention in Cork on 23rd Jan. 2014.   Dr. Liam Weeks works at the Department of Government at UCC, is ...
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PRESS RELEASE, Cork, 14th January 2014 A .PDF of this Statement can be downloaded here. The idea that Local Government should represent communities, and not Political Parties, is the subject of a public meeting in Cork next week.  The meeting ...
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The following is the text of the latest A5 flyer published in Cork. A .PDF copy of this can be download here or viewed here. We must ensure that Council represents the people of Cork, not any Political Party, ‘Pact’ or vested ...
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The following is the text of the open letter handed into a locked-out City Hall in Cork tonight.  The people were prevented from gaining access even into the hall complex, let alone the public gallerias for the Council meeting.  Shame ...
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The following is the text of our final bulletin for 2013, we reproduce it here in order to give people a flavor of what is going on and to encourage. The Saturday Rally (in severe weather) was addressed by Diarmuid ...
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10th December 2013 PRESS RELEASE: This weekend the people of Cork are invited to take a stand in favour of our own empowerment, to reject the dictate that has become accepted in our democratic process. CPPC is hosting two public ...
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The following is the text from the flyer published today by CPPC, to promote the marches and rallies next weekend, marking our completion of the Troika so-called 'bailout' and also the issue presented by Cork City Council's Budget 2014 meeting ...
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The Troika have completed their final review and are packing their bags to leave Ireland on December 15th. Have we been saved? They say we passed the reviews and are now on course to economic recovery. They tell us we ...
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PRESS RELEASE, 30th October 2013 THE PEOPLE'S CONTRACT will be launched at a public meeting in Gurranabraher next Wednesday 6th November.  Voters are being asked to nominate their own candidates for the coming Local and European elections, and not to rely ...
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Addressed to friends and supporters of THE PEOPLE'S CONTRACT, you are invited to attend the meeting in Cork this Sunday afternoon, this needs to move into it's next phase, to go among the people of Ireland ... let's build the ...
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Today the 'for DEMOCRACY!' group published a new flyer, dealing with the question of Political Parties, highlighted this week in the media. A .PDF copy of this A5 Flyer can be downloaded here, other adverts are included with the printed / .PDF copy ...
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On Saturday the 'for DEMOCRACY!' group published a new flyer highlighting the issue of eviction and the case of the O'Sullivan family in Kanturk, Co. Cork, who are under threat from the County Sheriff.  Only the support of family, friends, neighbours ...
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It begins when we assert that Right together! There is a Solution to the Crisis, we must work for our own EMPOWERMENT! A .PDF copy of this A5 Flyer can be downloaded here. We must end the system which allows ...
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THE PEOPLE’S CONTRACT will be presented to all candidates in the coming elections, regardless of who selected them. It is to assert the primacy of the people and declare our right to decide all matters of state policy - not ...
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For interest: we are publishing the invitation received from Séamus Ó Muilleanóir (aka James Miller)  to the national conference/discussion taking place Saturday 24th August on the question of Empowerment and the formation of a people's movement for democracy - with ...
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The following is the text from a leaflet published in Cork by the 'for DEMOCRACY!' group.  A .PDF copy of the leaflet can be downloaded here. Having City Council Controlled by the People is the First Step towards solving our ...
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25th July 2013 Dear friend, The following is a link to the statement released yesterday by Cork's 'for DEMOCRACY!' group, commenting on efforts made last weekend to prevent leaflet distribution and the weekly stall operating on Patrick's Street. https://www.cppc.ie/we-must-defend-our-democratic-right/ This ...
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The following statement was issued to the media in Cork this morning, on behalf of Cork's 'for DEMOCRACY!' group. Statement by Cork's "for DEMOCRACY!" group A serious issue arises from the weekend's events in Cork that should concern everyone.  A ...
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NOTE: This meeting was initially advertised for 9th May, our mistake, sorry. This meeting is to launch the new programme of The Peoples Convention in the Cork East Constituency - starting in Youghal. Everyone is invited, regardless of any existing ...
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[box type="info"]Lucan Electoral District DUBLIN MID-WEST CONSTITUENCY MEETING[/box] It is the right of the people to create state policy, yet this function has been usurped by the political parties and in many cases even handed over to institutions outside of our ...
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Anyone interested in helping out with the organising of The Peoples Convention activities is invited to attend here. There will be widespread leafleting in South East Ward area prior to the public meeting on the 20th it would be good ...
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This meeting is primarily for Cork South Central area, but everyone is welcome regardless of where you live. As this is the first public event of the year we are launching our programme for 2012. There are ambitious plans and ...
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We, as citizens, need to empower ourselves by creating an organisation in each constituency to select, elect, mandate and supervise our constituency representatives. Meeting will discuss the program of The Peoples Convention and invite anyone interested to help in the ...
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This is the next in the regular activities meeting of The Peoples Convention in Youghal, on the agenda is: 1. The Water Fluoridation issue, we hope to have a draft of a leaflet explaining the issue and a plan for ...
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This meeting is open to the public, the local Youghal Group of CPPC will be discussing: The drinkng water issues, The job situation, and the General programme of The Peoples Convention. CPPC is currently re-drafting the ideas that formed The ...
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This is the now regular bi-weekly meeting of CPPC in the Youghal area, everyone is welcome to attend. The meeting will discuss the ongoing research into water quality issues, the employment situation and the general state of democracy in our ...
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The meeting will discuss: Job situation in town - Employment/Unemployment Tourism Water Quality Issues There will also be a general discussion on the question of democracy in our state and on how we might raise consciousness on this issue. This ...
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The meeting will discuss: Agenda: Drinking water Job situation in town Tourism There will also be a general discussion on the question of democracy in our state and on how we might raise consciousness on this issue. This meeting is ...
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The focus of this meeting is local to Youghal, it will following up on the discussion of two weeks ago. The meeting will consider: * Campaign to inform the public on how their town is run, what issues are being ...
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The next meeting of CPPC in Cork takes place on Saturday afternoon, 2nd April in Youghal. You are invited to come and discuss the ongoing programme of work, the issues facing the people and how we might address them.. Different ...
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The deepening crisis makes the task of building our democracy movement all the more essential. This meeting is organised to sum up the work since our first meeting on December 14th last, including the general election campaign. While the meeting ...
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“A New Political Movement" It’s your future, don’t leave it in the hands of the political parties, come and discuss with us! The meeting will be attended by local Peoples’ Convention candidate Patrick (Paddy) Bullman and our other Cork East ...
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Candidate in the Cork East Constituency, Claire Cullinane, has arranged a public meeting at the Commodore Hotel to facilitate meeting and discussion with constituents. Everybody is welcome to attend. Date: 15-02-2011 ...
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This meeting will be used for two things: 1. To discuss and explain further the outlook of the Peoples Convention and the need for citizens to come forward to lay claim to our own democracy. 2. This is a selection ...
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This is the 4th in a series of meetings organised by the Cork East Peoples Convention, and itself may select candidates.  If you are aware of anyone suitable for selection or if you feel you could contribute then please come ...
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