The Workers’ Party have described as shameful the payment of a mere €104 million from oil & gas multinationals over the 20 year period from 1998 in respect of yields worth many billions of euro. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Workers’ Party Dublin Councillor Éilis Ryan said that the income to the state was paltry [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party have condemned the decision to award a licence to a private operator, UK bus company “Go Ahead” to take over 10% of Dublin’s bus routes, saying the decision marks a major move towards privatisation of Dublin’s bus services and in making Dublin Bus unviable and ripe for [...]
Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan has slammed the decision by Justice Paul Gilligan not to grant a stay on the eviction order on the occupiers of Apollo House as a callous betrayal of some of the most vulnerable people in Irish society. Cllr Ryan said: ‘This decision is a callous and cold-hearted one. [...]
The Workers’ Party have accused the government of hiding behind the Citizen’s Assembly in relation to this week’s AAA/PBP Dáil motion calling for referendum to repeal the 8th amendment. Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan said that it was clear that the Citizen’s Assembly was merely a mechanism to allow the government to kick fraught issues [...]
O'Devaney Gardens Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan has criticised what she called a ‘u-turn’ by Sinn Féin in accepting an agreement last evening (Wednesday 7th September) between with the Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney, that will see 70% of the public land at O’Devaney Gardens handed over to private developers. Speaking following the [...]
WP says tax windfall must be used for 'public compensation fund' to build public housing Apple revenue could build 72,000 houses in Ireland The Workers’ Party has today (30th August) issued a call for the government not to appeal the European Commission's Apple tax decision, but to establish a ‘Public Compensation Fund’ with money recouped [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Councillors vote for motion based on ‘Solidarity Housing’ model Move calls Government’s Housing Land Initiative into question Dublin City Council last night (Monday July 25th) voted for the redevelopment of O’Devaney Gardens, in the North Inner City, as 100% public, mixed income housing. The decision by councillors to approve the [...]
Cllr Eilis Ryan, The Workers' Party general election candidate in Dublin Central, has criticised the Anti Austerity Alliance for issuing a press release falsely claiming that The Workers' Party were not pro-choice. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr Ryan said, 'It is deeply disappointing that Diana O'Dwyer and Ruth Coppinger would set themselves up as [...]
Repeal the 8th on voters’ minds in Dublin Central Cllr Éilis Ryan says voters looking for clear commitment to repeal the 8th Amendment As the General Election campaign enters its final days, the Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Central – Cllr Éilis Ryan – has said that, along with obvious issues such as water charges, [...]
Councillor Éilis Ryan, the Workers’ Party candidate for Dublin Central has said that if Ireland signs the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) the manifesto commitments of all political parties on a wide range of issues would be rendered meaningless. Cllr. Ryan said the Irish people and the citizens of the EU as a whole [...]