The following oration was given by comrade Claire O'Connor (Dublin Mid-West branch) at the 2023 Wolfe Tone commemoration in Bodenstown, Co. Kildare. A chairde agus a chomrádaithe, Is onóir mór dom labhairt libh inniu san áit speisialta seo. Cois uaigh Theobald Wolfe Tone, measc pairceanna Chontae Chill Dára, táimíd bailithe chun omós a thabhairt don [...]
The Workers’ Party welcomes any open and honest debate on all aspects of government policy, domestic and international, including policy on national defence and Ireland’s involvement in international organisations. However, we have grave reservations as to whether the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy was ever designed to be part of an open and honest [...]
A State-led approach to the development and utilisation of nuclear power generation is an essential tool in the fight against climate change and the provision of affordable energy for working people, according to the Workers’ Party. At the launch of the party’s new policy document, Let’s Get Real: A Plan For Nuclear Power in Ireland, [...]
A recent report from the National Cancer Registry of Ireland has revealed that a shocking one in 12 expected cancers were not detected during the Covid pandemic. This is an estimated 4,320 cases. The cause of this may have been partially due to patients deferring seeking medical advice during the pandemic. However, it would seem [...]
Sport Ireland has snubbed an application for €550,000 in funding for League of Ireland Women's Premier Division clubs. Domestic football, including the women’s game, is currently experiencing a great level of growth that should be supported by the sporting authority, according to Garrett Greene, Workers' Party representative for Cabra-Glasnevin. Greene said: “The recent growth of [...]
A new poll has revealed that 87% of people in Ireland favour a ceasefire in Ukraine to facilitate negotiations to end the war. The poll, commissioned by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance and carried out by Ipsos, shows that the vast majority of Irish people do not support prolonging the conflict, which has been ongoing [...]
Planning permission has been applied for 127 apartments on the site of the old skatepark in Cherry Orchard Industrial Estate. David Gardiner, Workers’ Party representative for Palmerstown-Fonthill, has said that issues around facilities and infrastructure, combined with the cost of renting, means the proposal would not benefit working people. Gardiner said: “The proposal does not [...]
The new €1 billion housing plan announced by the government is simply another way to funnel public money into private hands. The state is planning to subsidise private developers in building housing, specifically cost-rental housing. While cost-rental certainly can offer more affordable rates of rent to working people, the state should be able to do [...]
Comrades and friends, Today we gather to remember and honour the men and women of 1916 who bravely struck a blow for Irish freedom against the might of the British empire. Easter remains an important date in the republican calendar, a time for reflection on the past, on all those who have come before us [...]
The Workers' Party of Ireland sends its solidarity greetings to the Sudanese Communist Party, its members and supporters, in this dangerous time. The ongoing clashes in Sudan appear to be a falling out amongst thieves rather an expression of any fundamental ideological differences. This does not, of course, lessen the impact on the killed and [...]