A chairde, It is a privilege to address you all today as we gather to remember the men and women of Easter week 1916, as well as those who have came through the ranks of our own movement. This year, once again, we stand here not at the usual time or even on the usual [...]
The Workers' Party has criticised the government for allocating €500,000 to redevelop Gaelic Park in New York, as announced by Tánaiste Micheál Martin, while continuing to neglect sporting facilities at home. David Gardiner, Workers' Party representative for Palmerstown-Fonthill, said: "The decision by the Irish government to spend €500,000 of the taxpayers' money on redeveloping a [...]
The Workers’ Party are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our comrade Tom French, former Workers' Party President. A lifelong member of the republican movement from Sinn Fein through to the Workers' Party, Tom supported the Official republican movement's evolution away from militarism in the 1960s. He was prominent in the civil rights [...]
The move by the government to end the eviction ban will undoubtedly push even more working families out of their homes and into homelessness, according to Garrett Greene, Workers' Party representative for Cabra-Glasnevin. Greene said: "Due to a lack of public housing supply, the number of people in emergency accommodation has continued to increase even [...]
The Workers’ Party today reiterates our call for a European Peace Conference to bring an end to the war in the Ukraine. One year on from the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine by the Russian Federation, it is clearer than ever that the Ukrainian people are being sacrificed by the United States and NATO [...]
The Workers' Party condemns the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Omagh last night. The detective was shot after he had finished coaching a children's football team. His own son, as well as other children, witnessed the attack. There can be no tolerance for such attacks in our communities and those responsible must be [...]
Following a Freedom of Information request made to Dublin City Council by the Workers’ Party, it has been revealed that between 2016 and 2021 the council spent €221,787,160 buying back housing units that they had originally built. Garrett Greene, Workers' Party representative for Cabra-Glasnevin, said:"It makes very little financial sense for the council to be [...]
A resolution has been reached on a right-of-way dispute relating to the development on the old Vincent Byrne site in Palmerstown, according to a report in The Irish Times. Unfortunately, any resolution is unlikely to address the fact that this development will only add to the traffic problem in the area, according to David Gardiner, [...]
The Workers’ Party of Ireland wishes to acknowledge the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army. The Nazi occupation of Poland, the mass murder and network of concentration camps it oversaw in Eastern Europe was amongst the most evil and depraved events in human history. The exclusion of Russia from the [...]
Workers’ Party representative David Gardiner has criticised South Dublin councillors for voting against a motion that would support Ireland banning the use of private jets. Gardiner said: “I’m disappointed to see that South Dublin councillors, including most of those representing Palmerstown-Fonthill, failed to back the motion.” “While working people are being asked to cut back [...]