Oxfam highlight inequality A report produced by Oxfam today (An Economy for the 99%, 16th January), has sparked calls for greater state-led investment in the Irish economy. Reacting to the Oxfam report, Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City), said: “The World Economic Forum and World Bank have repeatedly paid lip service [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan There has been negative reaction to a proposal announced today (Thursday 12th January) by government to consider the reintroduction of tax relief to those paying for private rented accommodation. Speaking following an announcement by Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney, that the measure – phased out during the recession – might [...]
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. [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Ted Tynan of The Worker's Party has accused the National Transport Authority and the Department of Transport of being responsible for the present dire financial situation in Bus Éireann. Cllr. Tynan said that since it was set up the NTA has been undermining actively Bus Éireann by issuing licences [...]
The DUP / Sinn Fein Coalition has consistently failed to deliver The Workers Party has condemned as ‘irresponsible’ Sinn Fein’s decision to resign from the Executive and trigger an Assembly election. ‘Today’s resignation will solve nothing. The RHI scandal will remain unaddressed, the waste of public money will continue, there will be no [...]
A Dublin City Councillor has criticised council officials’ decision to reject NAMA social housing offers because of concerns about ‘tenure mix.’ Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City), was responding to reports that Dublin City Council rejected over a quarter of properties offered to it by NAMA in 2016 because of concerns around ‘tenure [...]
Unoccupied hospital bed- a rare sight in Ireland's public hospitals The Workers’ Party have said that the latest increase in the number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland today has gone beyond an emergency and now requires bold and immediate action by the government. Cork based Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has [...]
WP President Michael Donnelly Comrades and friends, the past year has been a difficult one for most workers and their families as well as those who are unemployed. Despite the self-congratulations from government ministers and their media apologists, about how much better-off people are both in Northern Ireland as well as in the [...]
The Workers’ Party states its full and complete support for the courageous actions of the activists who have established housing units in the Apollo House block in Dublin to accommodate members of the homeless community. Workers’ Party President, Mickey Donnelly, said: “This action, of taking a disused property and making it a place of refuge [...]
The Workers’ Party have said that the announcement that the 2017 HSE Service Plan will budget for 24,000 fewer Medical Cards is a plain admission that severe health cuts are back on the agenda and seriously undermines the government’s claims of a recovery in the economy. Dublin Central Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan said that [...]