Dublin Central candidate calls for ‘safety zone’ around clinics to protect women from abuse Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan today (Sunday February 7th) responded angrily to reports that a family planning clinic – Reproductive Choices on Berkeley Street in Dublin 7 – is to be targeted by anti-choice protestors from next Wednesday. Cllr Ryan was [...]
The Workers’ Party has called on communities to unite in support of an anti-racism rally in Dublin tomorrow which has been called to show the city’s opposition to an attempt by a hate group styling itself as ‘Pegida Ireland’ to hold a demonstration outside the GPO. Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor and Dublin Central general [...]
The Workers’ Party has described the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzterland as the annual outing of world leaders to receive their orders on how to run the world economy from the economic elite of conglomerates, multinationals and the super-rich. Calling for disestablishment of the forum, Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan said [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City Dublin) has condemned Sinn Féin’s support for the sale of significant tracts of Dublin City Council land to private developers at a meeting of Dublin City Council [...]
The Workers’ Party of Ireland condemns the murderous terrorist attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis which has been claimed by ISIS/Daesh and expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the many victims and its solidarity with the French people. The WPI condemns with equal force the recent terrorist attacks carried out in [...]
The Workers’ Party have said that the reported decision of Irish Water boss John Tierney to stand down at the end of his contract and the company’s plans to re-brand itself are a clear sign that Irish Water is on its last legs and that anti-water charges activists should increase the pressure on the government [...]
Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has accused the Bank of Ireland of introducing an apartheid banking system which would see its counter services all but closed off to working class people. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Tynan said the bank’s decision to ban counter withdrawals of less than €700 and lodgements under €3,000 [...]
Workers Party supports Right2Change principles as a basis for progressive change Workers’ Party representatives today commended the work of the Right2Water unions in beginning a process that could form the basis for the creation of a progressive political bloc to challenge the dominance of neoliberalism in Irish society. At a meeting with representatives of the [...]
The Workers’ Party will hold its Ard Fheis / Annual Conference 2015 in Dublin this weekend, gathering at the Communications Workers Union hall, North Circular Road, Dublin 1, on Friday (9th October) and Saturday (10th October). The conference will be attended by over 150 delegates from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and overseas who [...]
The Workers’ Party has called on the Irish Government to bring to an end its close business and political links with a regime in Saudi Arabia which has condemned a young political activist to death by crucifixion and is a systematic extreme abuser of human rights. Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor, Éilis Ryan, said: “Recent [...]