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Solidarity message to CP of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

Message of solidarity from the Workers' Party of Ireland to the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain in advance of the Spanish General Election which takes place on Sunday 26th June. To:          The Central Committee,                Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España 24 June 2016 Dear Comrades, The Workers' Party of Ireland sends [...]

June 24th, 2016|Comments Off on Solidarity message to CP of the Peoples of Spain (PCPE)

Workers’ Party welcomes lifting of blood ban

Jimmy Dignam The Workers’ Party has welcomed the recommendation of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service to end the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood and calls on the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to respond to the recommendation based on scientific evidence, not stigma or fear. “In the last fortnight we have [...]

June 24th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers’ Party welcomes lifting of blood ban

Working people reject the EU project

Workers Party President Michael Donnelly The Workers' Party has welcomed the outcome of the EU Referendum in the UK and has said that it is a clear demonstration that working people have rejected the political and economic direction of the European Union despite attempts to deliberately confuse and sidetrack the debate. “The European Union [...]

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Statement by Workers’ Party President on eve of EU Referendum

WP President Michael Donnelly The working people of Northern Ireland, for the first time in over 40 years, have the opportunity to make their voices heard on the institution now known as the European Union. Unfortunately, the real debate has been obscured and distorted by the official “Remain” and “Leave” campaigns, each of [...]

June 21st, 2016|Comments Off on Statement by Workers’ Party President on eve of EU Referendum

Coveney likened to legendary King Canute on appeal to waste companies

Jimmy Dignam The Minister for Environment, Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney has been likened to the legendary King Canute trying to hold back the tide if he expects waste companies to voluntarily agree not to use the new pay-by-weight system as an excuse to rip off customers. The comparison was made [...]

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Cllr. Ryan tells Taoiseach to introduce “Docklands Tax” to help fund North Inner City jobs

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Speaking during a meeting this afternoon between North Inner City public representatives and Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Workers’ Party Councillor Éilís Ryan proposed that a ‘Docklands tax’ be levied on large businesses in the Docklands and IFSC, with the revenue raised being ring-fenced to fund public investment in local jobs. “The [...]

June 20th, 2016|Comments Off on Cllr. Ryan tells Taoiseach to introduce “Docklands Tax” to help fund North Inner City jobs

Workers’ Party call for re-municipalisation of refuse collection service

The Workers’ Party have said that if Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Simon Coveney is serious about tackling the cartel that now controls domestic waste collection then he should re-municipalise the service and scrap refuse charges. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cork based Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan, who was jailed for opposition [...]

June 19th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers’ Party call for re-municipalisation of refuse collection service

Workers’ Party responds to New Education Strategy 2016-2018

The Workers' Party submission to the Department of Education and Skills with reference to the New Education Strategy 2016-2018 highlights a number of salient points regarding our education system in general and more specifically regarding education proposals contained in the Programme for a Partnership Government 2016.  

June 18th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers’ Party responds to New Education Strategy 2016-2018

Workers’ Party expresses condolences to Corbyn on murder of Jo Cox MP

Jo Cox MP who was murdered in her West Yorkshire constituency on June 16th Workers Party President, Michael Donnelly has written to the leader of the British Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn to express the Party’s condolences on the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox. “The Workers Party extends its deepest sympathy to Jo [...]

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Ryan criticises failure to recommend increased role for state as main social housing driver

Only public sector rental can reduce rents to affordable levels In an initial response today (Friday June 17th) to the publication of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness report, Workers’ Party Councillor Éilís Ryan said that the report ‘lacked ambition’ and expressed disappointment at the Committee’s failure to recommend an increased role for the [...]

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