Cllr. Ted Tynan (WP) Workers’ Party Cork City Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the Oireachtas Committeee on Water Charges is an expensive foregone conclusion and has demanded that the matter be put to a referendum for the people to decide. Speaking at the Workers’ Party Ard Fheis in Dublin at the weekend, [...]
Workers Party Ard Fheis, Dublin, 18/19 October 2016 Over 150 delegates and observers attended the Workers’ Party Ard Fheis on Friday (18th November) and Saturday (19th November) in the Communications Workers’ Union Hall in Dublin 1, where motions were passed on a broad range of issues including public housing, reproductive rights and Traveller [...]
Workers Party Ard Fheis 18/19 October 2016 The Workers’ Party Ard Fheis / Annual Delegate Conference closed in Dublin last night (Saturday) with a rousing rendition of The Internationale, the anthem of the international socialist and communist movement. One of the best attended Ard Fheiseanna in years, the conference considered a wide range of [...]
The Workers’ Party opens its 2016 Ard Fheis / Annual Delegate Conference in Dublin this evening (Friday) with a wide range of motions on political, economic, social and international issues in addition to a series of proposals aimed at modernising and professionalising the party’s work at all levels. The Ard Fheis takes place at the [...]
Dublin's Merrion Hotel this morning cancelled the press launch of the “National Party,” an initiative of former Youth Defence leader Justin Barrett. The launch was due to take place in the hotel tomorrow (Thursday), but was cancelled following significant public opposition directed towards the hotel. The Workers’ Party has welcomed the Merrion Hotel’s decision, saying it [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the year on year underfunding of Cork City Council represents an ongoing attack on local democracy that is damaging the fabric of the city and its society. Cllr. Tynan said that once again Cork City Council is faced with another annual [...]
Contribution from Lily Kerr, Workers Party Ireland, to Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Seminar, Athens, 10th November 2016 Comrades and Sisters, I bring greetings and solidarity from my comrades and sisters in the Workers Party of Ireland to this important Seminar. We believe that only by sharing our experiences, knowledge [...]
The Workers’ Party will this evening (Monday 15th November) bring a proposal to Dublin City Council’s annual budget meeting that the owners of vacant commercial properties begin paying full commercial rates. Currently, many business owners who leave their properties vacant gain a 50% rebate for their commercial rates in a given year. Speaking ahead of [...]
WP Meath representative Seamus McDonagh Pressure on complaints department must be kept up Workers' Party Meath representative, Séamus McDonagh, has called on RTÉ to reverse its decision to allow racist and classist Katie Hopkins to appear on tonight's Late Late McDonagh stated: “The Workers' Party is calling on RTÉ to pull Katie Hopkins [...]
WP President Michael Donnelly Workers' Party President, Michael Donnelly, has stated that the US establishment only has itself to blame for Donald Trump's presidential victory. The Workers' Party President stated: “Donald Trump has astonishingly managed to pose as an anti-establishment figure at a time when many working-class people are angry at decreasing living [...]