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Noel McFarlane Oration

Delivered by Padraig Mannion, Ard Comhairle/CEC of the Workers' Party of Ireland. On my own behalf, and on behalf of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers’ Party of Ireland, I would like to thank the McFarlane family for this opportunity to say a few words at this time. And I also take this opportunity [...]

February 4th, 2023|Comments Off on Noel McFarlane Oration

Liam Mellows 100th Anniversary Commemoration

The Workers' Party commemorated Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joe McKelvey, and Richard Barrett today outside Mountjoy Prison, where they were executed one hundred years ago by the Free State. Garrett Greene, Workers' Party representative in Dublin Central, spoke about the socialist republican views held by Mellows, and how they live on in the modern-day Workers' [...]

December 11th, 2022|Comments Off on Liam Mellows 100th Anniversary Commemoration

Joe McKelvey 100th Anniversary Commemoration

The Workers' Party commemorated Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joe McKelvey and Richard Barrett today in Milltown Cemetery, one hundred years after their execution by the Free State. Workers' Party President Micky McCorry outlined our socialist republican vision for both the near and distant future:"We are now moving ever closer to the end of the two [...]

December 10th, 2022|Comments Off on Joe McKelvey 100th Anniversary Commemoration

No change to list of streets exempt from DCC bin bag ban

I have been made aware of a number of residents in Dublin 7 who have been contacted today by Greyhound to say that their streets are no longer exempt from the ban on bin bags due to Dublin City Council changes and that they would be required to purchase wheelie bins. I have contacted the [...]

November 17th, 2022|Comments Off on No change to list of streets exempt from DCC bin bag ban

Submission to Public Consultation on Collective Bargaining

The Workers' Party has made a comprehensive submission to the public consultation by the Department of Trade, Enterprise, and Employment on proposals being considered by the High-Level Group on Collective Bargaining. This Group was set up under the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) to review collective bargaining and the industrial relations landscape in Ireland. The [...]

June 17th, 2022|Comments Off on Submission to Public Consultation on Collective Bargaining

Workers’ Party calls for full-time library service for Palmerstown

Workers’ Party representative David Gardiner, while welcoming the Saturday opening hours currently being piloted in Palmerstown Library Digital Hub, has called on South Dublin County Council to provide a full-time library service for the area. Gardiner said: “Palmerstown has a population of over 11,000 people, with four new housing developments either underway or proposed. As [...]

May 18th, 2022|Comments Off on Workers’ Party calls for full-time library service for Palmerstown

Kranthi May Day Speech 2022

Challenges facing the working class during the coronavirus period Speech by Claire O'Connor to the Kranthi May Day Commemoration, 15th May 2022 Good afternoon comrades, I am very glad to have been invited to speak here today on behalf of the Workers' Party. I would like to particularly thank Kranthi and everyone involved in organising [...]

May 15th, 2022|Comments Off on Kranthi May Day Speech 2022

As average rent in west Dublin increases by 11%, public housing is the solution

As figures rise nationally, west Dublin has been hit by an 11% average increase in rent, something which can only be solved by public housing, according to David Gardiner, Workers' Party representative for Palmerstown-Fonthill. Gardiner said: "The average monthly rental cost in west Dublin now stands at €1,926. When you take into consideration the rising [...]

February 9th, 2022|Comments Off on As average rent in west Dublin increases by 11%, public housing is the solution

2022 New Year Message from the Party President

Michael McCorry, President of the Workers' Party of Ireland On behalf of the Workers’ Party, the Ard Comhairle and Uachtarán Michael McCorry would like to extend New Year’s greetings to all Party members, their families and to our friends and supporters both at home and abroad. We would also like to take this opportunity to [...]

January 1st, 2022|Comments Off on 2022 New Year Message from the Party President

100th Anniversary of the PCE

On the centenary of its foundation we have sent the following greetings to the Communist Party of Spain: Comrades: On the centenary of the foundation of the Communist Party of Spain, please accept warm congratulations from the Workers' Party of Ireland. We are proud of our fraternal association with you in the broad alliance of [...]

November 14th, 2021|Comments Off on 100th Anniversary of the PCE