Budget 2024 has proven to be unambitious and, like many budgets before it, will fail to provide for working people. 2024 will continue to see us struggle. The government has missed an opportunity to seriously invest in domestic industry and production. Our economy is currently heavily reliant on the corporation tax paid by a small [...]
The assault by the Palestinians on Israeli settlements this weekend has caught the Israeli security forces off guard and resulted in hundreds killed, many of them unarmed. The loss of life is extremely sad but it is an unpleasant truth that the violence, while shocking, is a reaction to decades of savage colonial violence by [...]
Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and People Before Profit have voted against Dublin City Council raising €14.5 million to be spent on street cleaning and local funding through the Local Property Tax. Dublin, and indeed Ireland as a whole, is in serious need of better-funded public services. The 15% reduction in Local Property Tax [...]
Ballylumford power station could be used to produce nuclear power, according to a new policy document from the Workers' Party. The document, entitled 'Let's Get Real: A Plan For Nuclear Power in Ireland,' claims that nuclear energy is cheap, safe and affordable, and details a number of possible sites around Ireland, including the Co. Antrim [...]
The state sell-off of shares in AIB shows an ideological commitment to the private market that trumps logic. The state is no longer in majority ownership of the bank for the first time since the 2008 banking crisis. This is a bad but seemingly deliberate move. It comes at a time when the bank has [...]
As the joint Irish and British bid to host UEFA Euro 2028 looks set to succeed unopposed, questions must be asked about the future of football in Ireland, according to Workers' Party representatives both north and south. David Gardiner, Workers' Party representative for Palmerstown-Fonthill and a lifelong St. Patrick's Athletic supporter, said: "While it will [...]
The resolution adopted on July 12th by the European Parliament condemning Cuba is deeply concerning on a number of levels. Briefly, the resolution — on the state of the EU-Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island — is an attack on the Cuban nation by invoking [...]
The Irish Dental Association has stated that 500 dentists are required urgently in order to meet the needs of the population and replace retiring dentists. This is yet another crisis in a series relating to workforce issues in healthcare. Not only has the government failed to prioritise oral health in any form whether it be [...]
Hidden payments, junkets and deceit - the crisis in RTÉ is a stain on the record of public service broadcasting in Ireland, as well as an insult to the taxpayer and ordinary staff working for the state broadcaster. While Ryan Tubridy was paid over €500,000 a year (a figure initially underreported by RTÉ,) the average [...]
The Nigel Farage bank episode in the UK shows that Ireland should legislate to guarantee the right to a bank account, according to Workers' Party representative Garrett Greene. The Cabra-Glasnevin representative argued for legislation to prevent banks from refusing bank accounts, saying: "In 2011, the EU issued non-binding recommendations to banks to ensure everybody had [...]