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 [...]
Homelessness records have been broken yet again under this Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green government, as 12,411 found themselves in emergency accommodation in May, while working people now make up 25% of Dublin’s homeless. Despite the crocodile tears that we may see from housing minister Darragh O’Brien and the the government following this announcement, [...]
The Consultative Forum on International Security Policy is a pro-NATO stitch-up designed to undermine Irish neutrality, according to the Workers' Party. Speaking at a protest outside Dublin Castle as the forum took place, Workers' Party representative David Gardiner said: "It is clear to see that successive governments have been attempting to push Ireland closer and [...]