The Workers’ Party of Ireland welcomes the release of the remaining members of the Cuban Five after long years of false imprisonment in the US. The WPI salutes the Cuban heroes who were unjustly arrested by the FBI on 12 September 1998, falsely charged with espionage, wrongfully convicted in a U.S. federal court in Miami [...]
Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that he is not surprised by the findings of a new ESRI report on the effects of government budgetary policy over the past six years which showed a 13% drop in income for the least well off. Cllr. Tynan said that the report demolished Tánaiste Joan Burton’s [...]
WP North Belfast party reps Chris Bailie and Gemma Weir show their solidarity Workers Party North Belfast representatives Gemma Weir and Chris Bailie braved the cold this week to call with Party members and supporters in the Kansas Avenue / Cedar Avenue area of North Belfast encouraging them to support the ‘People’s NHSni’ [...]
The President of the Workers' Party, Michael Donnelly, has called for a massive turnout at Wednesday's anti water charges rally in Dublin which is due to gather outside Leinster House at lunchtime. Mr. Donnelly said that the government had to shaken out of its smug complacency in the wake of recent changes in the implementation [...]
“The lowering of Corporation Tax by the Northern Ireland administration will guarantee not one single new job but will assure tax breaks for large firms, accountants and lawyers. This is a massive economic con trick. Beyond the rhetoric - that is the reality of what is happening today”, says John Lowry of the Workers [...]
Irish Government Insults Those Who Liberated Auschwitz While Ignoring Present-Day Fascist Murders, Says Workers’ Party President. Workers' Party President Mick Donnelly has condemned the Labour Party minister Aodhán Ó Riordáin for insulting the memory of those who liberated Europe from fascism and ended the Nazi genocide while at the same time turning a blind eye to fascist murders in [...]
The Workers Party has welcomed the judgement in the case of Bernadette Smyth who has been found guilty in Belfast of harassing Marie Stopes clinic director Ms. Dawn Purvis “Every woman who uses a family planning service, a pregnancy advice service or any other service concerned with her reproductive health and her choices deserves to [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Mick Donnelly, has said that the campaign against water charges and privatisation remains as valid as ever and the campaign should continue on the basis of community based activism and non-violent civil disobedience. The campaign was a genuine people’s one with mass support as shown by the [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic of Ireland are expected to demonstrate tomorrow in over 100 cities, towns and villages to voice their outright opposition to water charges, water metering and privatisation of the public water supply. Organised by the Right2Water campaign, a coalition of trade union, community and political groups (including the [...]