Brid Smith

Brid Smith is an Irish People Before Profit Alliance political activist. Currently sitting as a Ballyfermot–Drimnagh representative on Dublin City Council, she has been a candidate for Dáil Éireann and the European Parliament.^[1][2][3]

Smith regularly participates in campaigns and protests. In 2001 she was an ATGWU shop steward and Secretary of the Campaign Against Partnership Deals.^[4] She was a spokesperson for the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign.^[5] She has addressed the crowd at demonstrations, such as the visit to Dublin by former British prime minister Tony Blair^[6] and the 2004 protests against the Iraq War.^[7] She has criticised health cuts implemented by the government at Cherry Orchard Hospital and organised a protest against Mary Harney on behalf of the Save Cherry Orchard Hospital Campaign.^[8][9] She opposed the Treaty of Lisbon.^[10] She opposes the alcohol industry's sponsorship of sporting events.^[3]

Smith was director of elections for the People Before Profit Alliance at the 2011 general election.^[11] She stood as a candidate in the Dublin constituency at the 2014 European Parliament election, splitting the left vote and being blamed in some quarters for the loss of Paul Murphy's seat.^[12]

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