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2025 Wolfe Tone commemoration oration

The following oration was delivered by party president Michael McCorry at the Workers' Party's 2025 Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown, Co. Kildare. Comrades and friends, We gather here today at Bodenstown, at the grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone, not only to honour the past, but to renew our commitment to the unfinished work of the [...]

September 15th, 2025|Comments Off on 2025 Wolfe Tone commemoration oration

Onus on Sinn Féin to back Connolly in presidential election

With Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil having confirmed their candidates for the upcoming presidential election, in Heather Humphreys and Jim Gavin respectively, the onus is now on Sinn Féin to back Catherine Connolly in order to ensure neither government party ends up in the Áras. Fine Gael’s candidate Heather Humphreys, a member of cabinet for [...]

September 10th, 2025|Comments Off on Onus on Sinn Féin to back Connolly in presidential election

Workers’ Party endorses Catherine Connolly for President

Following the August meeting of the Ard Comhairle, the Workers’ Party is endorsing Catherine Connolly in the 2025 presidential election, which is set to take place on Friday, 24th October. Though limited in its powers, the role of the president remains an important one. As Michael D. Higgins has shown in recent years, it offers [...]

September 4th, 2025|Comments Off on Workers’ Party endorses Catherine Connolly for President

International Round-Up Summer 2025

The Workers’ Party has been engaged in various activities on the international front in recent months, engaging with like-minded parties and organisations in order to build a better world. Here’s a round-up of what we’ve got up to in the first half of the year. 2nd International Anti-Fascist Forum Productive meetings were held with representatives [...]

July 31st, 2025|Comments Off on International Round-Up Summer 2025

Ongoing policing and crowd management failures major cause of Derry football violence

Kneejerk responses to the violence which marred the visit of Bohemians to Derry City for their recent League of Ireland fixture only serves to ratchet up tensions, while allowing the PSNI and footballing authorities to escape their culpability for the disorder, says Garrett Greene, Workers' Party representative in Cabra-Glasnevin. Greene said: “The disturbing scenes from [...]

July 26th, 2025|Comments Off on Ongoing policing and crowd management failures major cause of Derry football violence

Plan to develop Sheriff Street comes at the expense of community and working people

A video from private property developer Ballymore showing plans to redevelop Dublin’s Sheriff Street and the surrounding area has sparked controversy, as working class people rightly fear the impact that prioritising the private market over people could have on their community, including the demolition of their homes to make way for office blocks and student [...]

July 22nd, 2025|Comments Off on Plan to develop Sheriff Street comes at the expense of community and working people

Rank hypocrisy from politicians on poverty following the death of Brother Kevin Crowley

Garrett Greene, Workers’ Party representative in Dublin Central, has expressed deep sadness at the death yesterday of Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin’s Bow Street. Greene said: “Brother Kevin spent over half a century running the Day Centre providing morning and midday meals to hundreds of people every day. He deserves [...]

July 3rd, 2025|Comments Off on Rank hypocrisy from politicians on poverty following the death of Brother Kevin Crowley

BBC’s Kneecap blackout: a clamp down on freedom of expression and solidarity with Palestine

The BBC’s failure to broadcast Irish-language rap trio Kneecap’s landmark set at Glastonbury has sparked outrage. In choosing not to stream one of the festival’s most politically significant performances, the BBC has effectively silenced a powerful voice for resistance and solidarity. Kneecap’s art is satirical, symbolic, and unapologetically political, rooted in the lived experience of [...]

June 30th, 2025|Comments Off on BBC’s Kneecap blackout: a clamp down on freedom of expression and solidarity with Palestine

U.S. attacks on Iran pose serious threat as the imperialists march towards a Third World War

The Workers’ Party condemns the United States’ bombing of Iran, as well as Israeli attacks on Iran that began earlier this month. This latest development is yet another dangerous escalation by the United States and NATO in their ongoing campaign of expansion against those who resist their influence, from Russia to Palestine and now further [...]

June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off on U.S. attacks on Iran pose serious threat as the imperialists march towards a Third World War

Israel’s capturing of the Madleen is a vindictive and illegal act in aid of genocide

Israel's interception and boarding of the Madleen, a ship sailing with humanitarian aid for Palestine as part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, as well as the capturing of those on board, is not only a vindictive act, but also a grossly illegal one, according to Workers’ Party representative David Gardiner. Gardiner said: “The whole world [...]

June 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Israel’s capturing of the Madleen is a vindictive and illegal act in aid of genocide