South Dublin County Council should prepare for an increase in footfall in local parks by installing public toilets and overflow bins, according to David Gardiner, Workers’ Party representative for Palmerstown-Fonthill. He said: "As restrictions are planned to be eased over the summer, people are going to spend a lot of time outdoors, going for a [...]
The Workers’ Party of Ireland sends its solidarity and best wishes to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) and other progressive forces within the Left Democratic Front (LDF), as it contests Legislative Assembly elections in Kerala today. The Left Democratic Front, led by the CPI-M, enters the elections amidst the turmoil of a global [...]
Plans for conservation works on the Silver Bridge in Palmerstown need to be elaborated upon according to David Gardiner, Workers' Party representative in Palmerstown-Fonthill. He criticised Fingal County Council, responsible for the future of the bridge, for a lack of detail in their plan and failure to follow-up. "The allocation of money to conservation works [...]
Firefighter, paramedic and Workers’ Party representative David Gardiner has accused the irish Daily Mail of insulting frontline workers, following an article implying that Dublin paramedics jumped the queue for the COVID-19 vaccine, while also criticising the government for the roll-out. Gardiner said: “The Irish Daily Mail article portraying Dublin Fire Brigade paramedics as jumping the [...]
The Workers' Party supports the call from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) to nationalise all private hospitals to fight against COVID-19. David Gardiner, Workers' Party representative in Palmerstown-Fonthill, said: "The healthcare system is clearly overloaded and struggling to cope. The government plans only to nationalise a third of the private hospital capacity, that [...]
Workers' Party Youth has accused the government of failing Leaving Cert students, urging them to make preparations for the possibility of a non-traditional Leaving Cert. Eoghan Gardiner, Secretary of Workers' Party Youth, said: "The plan to send Leaving Cert students into school is reckless. Rather than praying that students can sit their exams come June, [...]
The Workers’ Party has called for the closure of schools to be extended beyond January 11th, as previously announced by the government, following the increase in COVID-19 cases. David Gardiner, Workers’ Party representative in Palmerstown-Fonthill, said: “Despite the recent case numbers, which are expected to continue to increase over the coming days, the government has [...]
The Workers’ Party has called for driver theory tests to be fast tracked for learner drivers facing Covid-related delays to their scheduled theory tests. The call comes following an announcement that driver theory tests would suspended for the third time in twelve months due to Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions. Speaking on the matter, Workers’ Party [...]
The Workers' Party has once again called for the implementation of a Zero Covid strategy in order to tackle the "out-of-control virus." David Gardiner, Workers' Party representative in Dublin Mid-West, said: “According to NPHT there is currently a backlog of thousands of positive swabs awaiting verification." "This is the result of an under-resourced public health [...]
On behalf of the Workers’ Party, The Ard Comhairle would like to extend New Year’s greetings to all Party members and their families and to our, friends and supporters both at home and abroad. We would like also to take this opportunity to offer our condolences and sympathies to the families and friends of Comrades [...]