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Council rent hike targets struggling workers to distract from state’s failures on housing

Dublin City Council's decision to increase rents on social housing tenants is a red herring that targets working people in order to distract from fundamental issues with the state's housing policy, according to Garrett Greene, Workers' Party representative for Cabra-Glasnevin. Greene said: “The idea that Dublin City Council should increase rents on working people at [...]

November 25th, 2025|Comments Off on Council rent hike targets struggling workers to distract from state’s failures on housing

United States escalates imperialist campaign in Venezuela

The recent military exercises in the southern Caribbean merit serious attention from the Irish working class. From 15th September to 6th October, 25 countries participated in large scale invasion drills explicitly targeting Venezuela. This represents the latest phase in a decades-long campaign by US imperialism to overthrow the revolutionary Bolivarian government. Understanding the real motivations [...]

November 21st, 2025|Comments Off on United States escalates imperialist campaign in Venezuela

Teach, don’t preach: court ruling shows need for secular and integrated RE

The Supreme Court judgment on religious education in the north of Ireland has confirmed what many parents, educators, and equality advocates have argued for decades: the current system is outdated, exclusionary, and incompatible with ensuring the rights of all children, according to Workers' Party Republican Clubs representative Chris Bailie. Bailie said: "By ruling that the [...]

November 20th, 2025|Comments Off on Teach, don’t preach: court ruling shows need for secular and integrated RE

Same old story: government’s latest housing plan misses the point yet again

The government's new housing plan is the latest chapter in the same old story of proposals that miss the point on what needs to be done to solve the crisis. Even after years of setting and failing to reach targets, prioritising the wants of the private market, and ignoring the evident need for the mass [...]

November 14th, 2025|Comments Off on Same old story: government’s latest housing plan misses the point yet again

1975 Pogrom 50th Anniversary Commemoration Oration

The following oration was read by Joe Dowds, a member of the Ard Comhairle, at the commemoration to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the 1975 pogrom against our movement. A chairde, We gather here today — in solidarity, and in pride — to mark fifty years since one of the most tragic and revealing episodes [...]

November 1st, 2025|Comments Off on 1975 Pogrom 50th Anniversary Commemoration Oration

Statement on recent events in Citywest

The Workers’ Party condemns the alleged sexual assault of a girl in Citywest, Dublin, earlier this week, as well as the rioting and violence that targeted international protection applicants in the aftermath. The girl had gone missing while in the care of Tusla, which now has serious questions to answer following the alleged incident. More [...]

October 26th, 2025|Comments Off on Statement on recent events in Citywest

“The machinery of the British state will not convict itself.”

The Workers’ Party condemns the continued failure of the British state to deliver justice for the victims of the Bloody Sunday massacre. More than five decades after British soldiers opened fire on unarmed civil rights marchers in Derry, murdering fourteen people, not a single individual has been held accountable. The collapse of the case against [...]

October 26th, 2025|Comments Off on “The machinery of the British state will not convict itself.”

Humphreys offers nothing but smear and fear as Connolly leads Áras race

During a presidential debate on RTÉ Radio 1 this past weekend, Heather Humphreys herself joined the campaign of smear and fear being levied against Catherine Connolly by the political establishment. Failing to debate the substance of the issues, Humphreys instead offered up a desperate attempt on behalf of Official Ireland to shield the status quo [...]

October 14th, 2025|Comments Off on Humphreys offers nothing but smear and fear as Connolly leads Áras race

International Greetings to Ard Fheis 2025

The 2025 Ard Fheis of the Workers’ Party, which took place in Dublin recently, received a number of international comradely greetings, including from the following parties, organisations and representatives: • Bernardo Guanche Hernández, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Ireland• Communist Party of the Russian Federation• Communist Party of Ukraine• Democratic Front for the [...]

October 14th, 2025|Comments Off on International Greetings to Ard Fheis 2025

Budget 2026: an unambitious commitment to business as usual

Budget 2026 is an unambitious statement of intent: a commitment to keep doing business as usual. It will provide for the capitalist class while leaving working people behind yet again. Far from being bold or transformative, it is a shrug of the shoulders from a government content with failing everyone except a wealthy few. Although [...]

October 9th, 2025|Comments Off on Budget 2026: an unambitious commitment to business as usual