CATU North Wicklow

15/04/2026

CATU stands firmly in solidarity with workers and communities fighting for decent working and living conditions for all. Join CATU as a member here https://catuireland.org/join/

Statement on Fuel Protests

The Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) recognises the deep anger and frustration driving the current fuel protests. Skyrocketing fuel costs are part of a wider cost of living crisis that is placing unbearable pressure on communities across the island. People are feeling these pressures every day, trying to heat their homes, get to work, care for families, stretch wages that just aren’t going far enough, trying their hardest to live with dignity.

This is a vital time for workers and tenants to organise. CATU believes we need to unite in support of demands that remove the power that the private market has over our lives and our services.

For our members this means:
- Cutting and capping rents

- Stop linking rent to “market rate” that has no relationship to what we can afford.

- Universal public housing.

- Focusing on retrofitting rather than redevelopment where it is public owned and aids the creation of public jobs.

- Taking the vultures out of housing, including the expansion of airbnb and short term letting agencies who are soaking up homes.

- End sky high energy bills and profiteering by energy companies.

As a community union, CATU organises not only around housing, but around the broader conditions that our neighbours live in. We support the right of workers and communities to take collective action in pursuit of economic justice, especially in times of crisis.

We are aware of legitimate criticisms of some elements involved in the organisation of the fuel protests. CATU remains firmly committed to anti-racism, solidarity, and inclusion, and we reject any attempt to divide working class communities along racial or other lines. The real root of the current crisis is Government greed and neglect, not in our neighbours and fellow workers. Solutions to the cost of living crisis must unite people, not encourage scapegoating or exclusion

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15/04/2026

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02/03/2026

Sign the petition to RESIST THE BRIDGETOWN 37 EVICTIONS:
https://c.org/LxRVjtFV5C

28/02/2026

Why join CATU Ireland, Ireland's only tenants and community union?

27/02/2026

We have a clear message for Minister for Housing James Browne, from the residents of Hillview, county Wicklow: Fund and retrofit hillview estate now! Help us make sure it is heard. 👇

✒️Contact Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne and demand action now for the residents of Hillview Estate.
☎️ (01) 618 3094
📨 [email protected]
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📍 Lower Church St, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

23/02/2026

CATU will be hosting online information sessions regarding planned changes to legislation on Rent Pressure Zones, as well as on LRC Group, the major corporate landlord LRC that is responsible for widespread evictions, illegal service fees and forcing tenants to live in dire conditions.

These sessions are open to members and non-members alike - the first takes place on Tuesday, February 24th at 19:00 and will be focused on Rent Pressure Zones while the second is on Tuesday, March 10th at 19:00, and will be looking at LRC's business practices.

05/02/2026

Hey there! Have you heard of CATU - Community Action Tenants Union? If you're living in North Wicklow, we're your local CATU Ireland branch. We're here to fight rent increases, evictions, and organise for better, fairer communities. Sign up and get involved: https://catuireland.org/join/

Why join?
To battle the to battle the housing and community issues of our time: sky-rocketing rents and house prices, precarious housing, alienation between neighbours, slashed local services, and an erosion of our public spaces.

We think that the only way to beat those behind this – the landlords, banks, companies and politicians – is to get organised ourselves, and NOT just on an individual basis.

We strongly believe that real power lies in the hands of ordinary people – tenants, communities, and workers – and change can only come when we act together. CATU is not just for renters, we want to facilitate all people to defend their communities and housing.

CATU is for single parents facing unjust evictions, it’s for students priced out of accommodation, as well as for older council tenants in need of vital property renovations. CATU is for private renters, battling mould in their overpriced accommodation while facing endless rent increases.

CATU is for mortgage holders who don’t want their children to face this housing crisis, as well as those in emergency & precarious living situations. CATU is for community empowerment.