The following is the oration of Karen Collins (Mayfield, Cork) at the Workers' Party annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration at Bodenstown, Co. Kildare - Sunday, 25th June 2017:- The Workers Party annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration Bodenstown, Co. Kildare Sunday 25th June 2017 Comrades and friends, Once again we have gathered here in Bodenstown, [...]
The Workers’ Party will hold its annual commemoration of Theobald Wolfe Tone at Bodenstown, County Kildare this Sunday afternoon (25 June). The event will commence at 1.30pm and the party is asking members and supporters to gather at Bodenstown crossroads at 1.00pm. All are welcome. This year’s oration at the grave of Wolfe Tone will [...]
Central Committee Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) MESSAGE FROM THE WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VENEZUELA Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Venezuela on the occasion of your XV National Congress which is being held from 22nd to 25th June 2017. [...]
Statement of the World Federation of Trade Unions on last week's tragedy at Grenfell Tower, London." "The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its sincere sadness for the victims who have found tragic death in the multi-storey building in Grenfell, London. We convey our condolences to the families of the victims and their relatives. We [...]
All political parties must support the Citizen's Assembly's recommendations for full access to abortion up to twelve weeks, to prevent further nightmarish situations for women. This is according to Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan, who was responding to a case reported today (Monday), in which a young girl’s mental health difficulties and pregnancy were examined [...]
What Really Matters Workers Party 2017 from Workers Party on Vimeo. This Election has been dominated by talk of sectarian pacts, inter-party deals and paper candidates. The major parties have sought to turn the campaign into yet another sectarian headcount – this time based on Brexit and the Border: the reality is that it is [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan The Workers’ Party have said that the latest crisis at Irish Rail is the result of years of underfunding and one of the lowest levels of state subvention per capita in Europe. Cllr. Ted Tynan, Workers’ Party Cork City councillor, said that there seemed to be a clear choreography in [...]
The Workers' Party have condemned the 30-year "corporation tax holiday" the government is granting AIB in order to attract private investors in the state bank. Workers' Party representative Gavin Mendel-Gleason said: Its extraordinary that, for the period AIB has been in state hands, loopholes allowing the bank to avoid corporation tax have been closed off. [...]
The profits now being made off assets previously controlled by NAMA show the madness of the government’s “Sell-Off Strategy,” according to the Workers’ Party. Comments released by Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City) were sparked by news that Hibernia REIT, whose asset portfolio contains a large number of former NAMA-controlled properties, expected to [...]