South Dublin County Council is set to increase rents by 25%; a move that targets struggling working people while failing to address fundamental issues with the state's housing policy, according to David Gardiner, Workers’ Party representative for Palmerstown-Fonthill. Gardiner said: “The idea that South Dublin County Council should increase rents on working people at a [...]
The Workers’ Party of Ireland condemns the arrest, intimidation and harassment of anti-imperialist activists and international delegates in Nairobi, Kenya, following demonstrations against imperialism. These arrests expose the anti-democratic and repressive character of a backwards regime, which continues to defend imperialist and corporate interests while criminalising solidarity with oppressed peoples. Those detained include respected activists, [...]
National Ambulance Service workers are taking industrial action this week as a result of the HSE’s failure to update pay scales as recommended by an independent report; with work-to-rule measures implemented today to be followed by a 24-hour strike tomorrow. It is imperative that these workers’ pay matches their workload and responsibilities, according to David [...]
The Workers’ Party welcomes the news that the Dáil is set to debate reversing the ban on nuclear energy. It is a safe, reliable, cheap, and efficient way to provide energy for working people and industry, and offers an alternative to sky-high energy costs and the climate crisis. The ongoing crisis makes it clear that [...]
The Workers' Party does not mourn Viktor Orbán's recent election loss in Hungary. His reactionary politics — curbing freedom of speech and other civil liberties — warrant no mourning from communists or workers alike, yet his defeat is not our victory. Péter Magyar’s Tisza party has secured a two-thirds supermajority in parliament; enough to rewrite [...]
The fuel crisis did not come from nowhere. Ireland is a price taker: we had no hand in starting the war on Iran, yet Irish workers are paying the price for it at the pump every day. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the broader imperialist campaign waged by the United States and [...]
In fuel, transport, and energy, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil expect the Irish working class to shoulder the burden of the shambolic economy that they have built. Petrol is crossing €2 a litre. The cause is a conflict in the Middle East which Ireland had no hand in starting and has no power to end. [...]
International Women’s Day did not begin as a celebration. It was not created for corporate branding, discount codes, or polite panel discussions. It was born from working class struggle, socialist organising and women demanding political and economic power. The Workers' Party has produced a pamphlet, entitled International Women’s Day 2026: Bread, Roses, and Unfinished Revolution, [...]
The latest American attack on a sovereign country, in this case Iran, is the culmination of a decades-long strategy to bring the Middle East under complete subordination, both as an essential plank of Israeli strategy and a precursor to tightening the noose on Russia and China. It illustrates that the principal contradiction facing the world [...]
The Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 is the latest attempt by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and their lackeys to dismantle Irish neutrality. Abandoning the requirement that the Defence Forces may only engage in missions approved by the UN would move Ireland away from genuine peacekeeping that enjoys a mandate and a basis in international law. This [...]