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Michael O’Leary is Ireland’s Donald Trump

Workers' Party representative slams O'Leary's far-right comments Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative Dublin North West Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has described Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's fundraiser as 'far-right' and 'dangerous'. Dignam stated: 'Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's pre-budget fundraising event were repulsive by even his own low [...]

October 9th, 2016|Comments Off on Michael O’Leary is Ireland’s Donald Trump

Government needs no report to show that JobBridge is fatally flawed

Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party representative Dublin North West The Workers’ Party have said that nobody, least of all the government, should be surprised to learn that the JobBridge scheme is fatally flawed and is fundamentally aimed at promoting a low pay economy. Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam said that that “the dogs on [...]

August 21st, 2016|Comments Off on Government needs no report to show that JobBridge is fatally flawed

Coveney likened to legendary King Canute on appeal to waste companies

Jimmy Dignam The Minister for Environment, Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney has been likened to the legendary King Canute trying to hold back the tide if he expects waste companies to voluntarily agree not to use the new pay-by-weight system as an excuse to rip off customers. The comparison was made [...]

June 20th, 2016|Comments Off on Coveney likened to legendary King Canute on appeal to waste companies

Workers Party candidate expresses solidarity to water protesters as case begins

The Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin North West, Jimmy Dignam, has offered his solidarity and support to the water charges protestors before the criminal courts this week. Dignam said, ‘These trumped up charges are a clear case of political policing and are designed to intimidate citizens from showing their opposition to the austerity agenda of [...]

February 15th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers Party candidate expresses solidarity to water protesters as case begins

Banks are Frankenstein’s monster that will return to haunt the Irish people

In response to increasing expectations among financial analysts and journalists of an impending stock market crash, Jimmy Dignam, the Workers’ Party candidate for Dublin North West has said that Ireland’s banking system is an unreformed Frankenstein’s monster that could cause a repeat of the economic catastrophe of 2008 / 2009. Jimmy Dignam Dignam [...]

February 12th, 2016|0 Comments

Action needed urgently to deal with crisis in health system

Workers' Party Dublin North West candidate Jimmy Dignam has urged the government to start taking the crisis in the health system seriously. Speaking in response to the news that Beaumont Hospital is postponing non-urgent procedures today, Dignam said, "the Government and Minister Varadkar need to stop sitting on their hands pretending the crisis has nothing [...]

January 22nd, 2016|0 Comments

Words not strong enough to describe hospital crisis

Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam has said that the government has failed utterly at tackling the hospital beds crisis and is shell-shocked that the Taoiseach’s 2011 predictions of an end to the crisis have been completely wrong. Mr. Dignam said said no amount of hospital tours or stage-managed photo opportunities by Minister [...]

January 6th, 2016|0 Comments

Anti-nurse spin from HSE and government is utterly deplorable

The Workers' Party extends its full solidarity with all INMO members and emergency department workers who are taking strike action tomorrow (Tuesday 15th October). Jimmy Dignam, Dublin North-West representative, stated: “I will be present at tomorrow's picket line at Beaumont hospital to show my full solidarity with the striking emergency department workers. The fact that [...]

December 14th, 2015|0 Comments

Workers’ Party forum on housing crisis held in Ballymun

Over thirty people attended a forum on the housing crisis last Thursday ​(15th October) in the Axis Centre Ballymun, hosted by Workers' Party Dublin North West candidate Jimmy Dignam. Speakers at the forum were Fr. Peter McVerry (Homelessness campaigner), Lorraine Hennessy (Housing Activist in Balgaddy) and Jimmy Dignam (Workers’ Party Candidate for Dublin North West). [...]

October 20th, 2015|0 Comments

WP in Dublin to host public forum on Housing Emergency

The Workers' Party in Dublin is to hold a public forum on the housing crisis, Thursday 15th October, 7.30pm, at the Axis Centre, Ballymun. In the midst of an ever worsening housing emergency, the Workers' Party is hosting a public forum for people to come and share their experiences and opinions on the housing crisis. [...]

October 12th, 2015|0 Comments