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Coveney more interested in speculators than citizens

Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has described as disgraceful the recent comments of Minister Simon Coveney in relation to the delayed commencement of the Events Centre at the former Beamish & Crawford brewery site in Cork city. Councillor Ted Tynan The Minister had been quoted as blaming the delayed commencement of work on [...]

January 15th, 2016|0 Comments

Dignam welcomes Educate Together Secondary School for Whitehall and Glasnevin

Workers' Party representative for Whitehall and Glasnevin, Jimmy Dignam, has welcomed the news that an Educate Together Secondary School is to open in the area in September. Dignam stated, The announcement by the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together that the new school will be co-located in the building currently occupied [...]

January 14th, 2016|0 Comments

Dignam slams hand-over of housing lands at Oscar Traynor Rd Dublin

Jimmy Dignam, the Workers' Party representative for Santry and Beaumont, has slammed the handing-over of council-owned land at Oscar Traynor Road to a private developer. Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party Dublin North West Dignam said, 'There are thousands of working-class families on the council waiting list, living in the north-east and north-west areas of [...]

January 13th, 2016|0 Comments

Ryan condemns Sinn Féin support for sell-off of Dublin City Council lands

                              Cllr. Éilis Ryan  Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City Dublin) has condemned Sinn Féin’s support for the sale of significant tracts of Dublin City Council land to private developers at a meeting of Dublin City Council [...]

January 12th, 2016|0 Comments

€18m centre will only benefit multinational asset-strippers

Seamus McDonagh (WP) Meath East Workers’ Party representative Seamus McDonagh has hit out at Junior Minister Damien English following the announcement that €18 million of taxpayers’ money is being spent on a new Geo-Science research unit at UCD. Mr. McDonagh said that the announcement was a sop to the multi-nationals  such as the [...]

January 8th, 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

New Year statement of WP President Michael Donnelly

  On behalf of the CEC/Ard Comhairle I would like to take this opportunity to extend New Year’s greetings to all Party members, their families and to all our friends and supporters both at home and abroad. I would like also to take this opportunity offer my condolences and sympathies to the families and friends [...]

December 31st, 2015|0 Comments

Minister Kelly rolled-over by developers on apartment size

The Workers’ Party has accused Environment Minister Alan Kelly of cravenly capitulating to property developers  in relation to the minimum size of so-called studio apartments in the Dublin region which can now be 27% smaller than the previous maximum size. Dublin Central Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan said that the new regulations amounted to a [...]

December 22nd, 2015|0 Comments

To PCPE in advance of Spanish general election

Workers' Party of Ireland Head Office: 24a-25 Hill Street, Dublin 1, Ireland To:          The Central Committee,                Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España 18th December 2015 Dear Comrades, The Workers' Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain and extends its best wishes, solidarity and [...]

December 18th, 2015|0 Comments

Workers’ Party rejects sale of council homes now and in the future

Cllr. Éilis Ryan (WP) The Workers’ Party this evening expressed disappointment at Sinn Féin’s refusal to rule out supporting the sale of public housing in the future. Speaking after a special meeting of Dublin City Council this evening, called to discuss a Sinn Féin motion on the matter, Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan [...]

December 17th, 2015|0 Comments