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Flooding report shows the shocking cost of inaction on climate change

Cllr. Ted Tynan Ted Tynan, Workers' Party councillor in Cork city, said; “If the Office of Public Works had produced the 300 maps that were due in March 2014 instead of the 50 that were produced, could homes destroyed in the subsequent floods have been protected? And in the 73 months from February [...]

April 6th, 2016|Comments Off on Flooding report shows the shocking cost of inaction on climate change

Article 43 should go – but is not excuse for housing crisis says Tynan

Cllr. Ted Tynan The Workers’ Party has concurred with outgoing Housing Minister Alan Kelly’s admission that the absolute right to private property in the constitution is a barrier to the rights of tenants but the party has said the clause in no way prevented the state from engaging in a massive social housing [...]

March 31st, 2016|Comments Off on Article 43 should go – but is not excuse for housing crisis says Tynan

Workers’ Party Northern Ireland Assembly candidates

WP Assembly Candidates 2016 The Workers' Party will be contesting the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections with the following candidates: Conor Campbell - West Belfast Damien Harte - Upper Bann Lily Kerr - South Belfast Hugh Scullion - Mid Ulster Gemma Weir - North Belfast   In a joint statement the candidates said, [...]

March 31st, 2016|Comments Off on Workers’ Party Northern Ireland Assembly candidates

WP call for new water march to keep up pressure on wavering parties

The Workers’ Party have called on the leadership of the Right2Water campaign to organise a further national rally against the water charges in order to increase the pressure on political parties and deputies who had been elected on a mandate to abolish water charges and Irish Water to keep those promises. Workers’ Party spokesperson Seamus [...]

March 30th, 2016|Comments Off on WP call for new water march to keep up pressure on wavering parties

Gemma Weir to stand in North Belfast

Gemma Weir is to stand as the Workers Party’s  North Belfast candidate in May’s Assembly Elections. Gemma Weir She was confirmed as the party’s choice at an election rally held on Sunday. Gemma, who polled almost one thousand votes in  last year’s Westminster elections, used the rally to set out her manifesto saying [...]

March 20th, 2016|Comments Off on Gemma Weir to stand in North Belfast

Joint Statement of Communist & Workers Parties

We must confront the exploitative system, which gives rises to wars, refugees, immigration and poverty. Solidarity now with the refugees and immigrants! We, the communist and workers parties, that sign this text: We denounce the imperialist aggressiveness, the interventions and wars, the USA, NATO and the EU and their "allies", like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. [...]

March 15th, 2016|Comments Off on Joint Statement of Communist & Workers Parties

Workers Party send message of solidarity to the CP of Pakistan

MESSAGE FROM THE WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF PAKISTAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE IX CONGRESS OF THE CPP Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Pakistan on the occasion of your 9th Congress. Your Congress takes place at a time of [...]

March 15th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers Party send message of solidarity to the CP of Pakistan

Workers’ Party calls for reversal of fuel, telephone allowance cuts, to compensate elderly for water charge payments

The Workers’ Party have called for any incoming government to commit to reversing cuts made in recent years to pensioners’ fuel and telephone allowances, to compensate them for water charges paid in the past year. Workers’ Party councillor in Dublin, Éilis Ryan, said; “The Workers’ Party has consistently argued for a boycott of Irish Water. [...]

March 14th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers’ Party calls for reversal of fuel, telephone allowance cuts, to compensate elderly for water charge payments

Dublin City Councillors call for an independent investigation into the assassination of Honduran human rights activist Berta Caceres

Berta Caceres (1973-2016) At a meeting of Dublin City Council this evening (Monday 7th March), Dublin City Councillors agreed to a request made by Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party), that the council call for an independent investigation into the death of human rights activist Berta Caceres in Honduras last week. Berta Caceres, founder [...]

March 7th, 2016|Comments Off on Dublin City Councillors call for an independent investigation into the assassination of Honduran human rights activist Berta Caceres

Workers Party express solidarity with striking Cadbury workers

Workers’ Party representative Jimmy Dignam has expressed the party’s solidarity with striking workers at Cadbury’s plant in Coolock Dignam, who is the Workers’ Party representative in Dublin North West today visited the picket line at Cadbury’s in Coolock and said: ‘I would like to offer my full support to the workers in UNITE and SIPTU [...]

March 4th, 2016|Comments Off on Workers Party express solidarity with striking Cadbury workers