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Mick Barry is an Irish Socialist Party political activist. He sits as a Cork City North Central representative on Cork City Council. According to the ''Irish Examiner'', Barry has been "a leading figure in the Cork and national campaigns" against household and water charges. Dick Spring expelled Barry, alongside Joe Higgins and 12 others, from the Labour Party in 1989. Since then he has taken part in activist activities and moved to Cork from Dublin two years later.〔Roche, Barry. ("Socialist Party candidate raises red flag in the heart of Cork's north side" ). 19 February 2011. ''The Irish Times''. ((archive link) )〕 Barry was first elected in June 2004 and re-elected in June 2009 and May 2014 (both times on the first count).〔("Mick Barry" ) at electionsireland.org.〕 He also stood as a candidate in the Cork North–Central constituency at the 2002, 2007 and 2011 general elections.〔 On 1 May 2013, gardaí arrested five members of the Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes, including Barry and fellow Cork City Councillor Ted Tynan of the Workers' Party, during a midday protest inside the Patrick Street branch of the Bank of Ireland in the city. People gathered on the street. Cllr Tynan said he felt a need to stand up against austerity. Barry has campaigned on a number of issues locally and nationally, notably the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign with the Householders Against Service Charges (HASC) in Cork. In support of local services in the Cork area such as the cutbacks in Bus services, and against the building of a Private Hospital on the public hospital grounds of Cork University Hospital.〔("Green light to hospital is green light to greed" ), corkpolitics.ie, 3rd of June, 2009.〕 and social housing. He has called for a ban on home repossessions and considers the controversial Gateway employment scheme to be "slave labour". He called for standing orders to be suspended and proposed a motion condemning the jailing of five activists opposing a proposed tax on water. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mick Barry (Irish politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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