Greeting from the Workers' Party of Ireland To: Central Committee Communist Party of Canada 20 May 2016 Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland wishes to send warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Canada on the occasion of its 38th Convention which is taking place in Toronto on 21-23 May. The CPC stands [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Dublin Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan (North Inner City) has called for the Minister for Justice to mandate an immediate, emergency reversal of cutbacks to community development services in the Northeast Inner City, in the wake of the latest shooting in the area, at Avondale House on Tuesday morning. Cllr. [...]
The Workers’ Party have said that only a comprehensive job creation programme providing sustainable long-term employment with decent pay and conditions will be acceptable as a replacement for the JobBridge scheme which, it has been announced, is to end in September. Jimmy Dignam Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, Dublin North Inner City) has said that the government’s announcement that it was scrapping minimum recycling charges will make little difference to many households in areas such as the capital’s north inner city who already pay for recycling. Cllr. Ryan said: “The reality is that, [...]
Workers' Party Dublin City Councillor, Éilis Ryan, is calling on the newly established government to hold a referendum on the 8th Amendment to the constitution early in the lifetime of the present Dáil. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr. Ryan said: “It is abundantly clear from numerous media polls that this is the wish of [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan, "Essential council services must come first" Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that he could not in conscience support a loan request for €200,000 by Cork City Council to the Cork Film Festival committee at a time when the council’s services remain seriously curtailed due to cutbacks in its [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has said that 100 years to the day after the execution of the socialist revolutionary James Connolly (May 12th) the same forces which demanded his killing continue to rule Ireland north and south. Mr. Donnelly said that it was noteworthy that while the state paid lip service [...]
A protest rally against recent murders, attempted murders and maimings will be held at the shopping complex on the Grosvenor Road at 7.30pm on Wednesday (11th May) The protest has been prompted by Monday night’s murder of Dan Murray just several hundred yards away in Lady Street, but also reflects the growing anger and resilience [...]
The Workers Party of Ireland has learned of the death of Margot Honecker, communist, political activist and widow of former GDR leader, Erich Honecker, who passed away in Chile at the age of 89. Margot Honecker (1927-2016) Ms Honecker was a prominent member of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) and served as education [...]
Fr. Peter McVerry welcomes ‘Solidarity Housing’ as important contribution to thinking on housing ‘Solidarity Housing’ model would expand public housing provision at reduced cost to State Proposals form viable state-led alternative to Housing Land Initiative The Workers’ Party today (Monday May 9th) published Solidarity Housing: Getting the vultures out of Irish Housing, a costed proposal [...]