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Workers Party submission to Right 2 Water

The Workers' Party has published its formal submission to the Right 2 Water conference which takes place in Dublin on Saturday, 13th June. The party's submission is a comprehensive summation of its policies on a range of issues including many of those raised at the previous Right2Water conference on 1st May 2015. You can view or [...]

June 12th, 2015|0 Comments

Workers Party of Ireland solidarity with Communist Party, Turkey

Workers' Party of Ireland Head Office: 24a-25 Hill Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Tel: ++353-1-8740716 To:          The Central Committee,                Communist Party, Turkey 5th June 2015 Dear Comrades, The Workers' Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party, Turkey, and extends its best wishes, solidarity and support to the Communist Party in [...]

June 5th, 2015|0 Comments

Sale of final public share in Aer Lingus “treacherous”

  The Workers’ Party have described the government’s decision to sell its remaining 25% share in Aer Lingus as an act of treachery which would have far reaching and damaging consequences for the Irish economy. Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that Aer Lingus had been more than a national flagship for Ireland.  The airline, [...]

May 26th, 2015|0 Comments

Council housing plan further lines pockets of landlords

Workers' Party Councillor for Dublin's North Inner City, Éilis Ryan commented on today's rising figures: "Today's figures that over 20,000 people are now on social housing waiting lists across Dublin will come as no surprise to all those living through this housing crisis nightmare." "Every day I meet people who are simply struggling to have [...]

May 25th, 2015|0 Comments

State should recoup funds from unscrupulous landlords

Workers’ Party calls for state to recoup funds from landlords who have caused and profited from substandard accommodation    The Workers’ Party has strongly condemned the states’ handout of thousands of euro to landlords who profit from renting out hazardous, radically substandard accommodation. Workers’ Party councillor for Dublin’s north inner city, Éilis Ryan, this morning visited a premise at [...]

May 16th, 2015|0 Comments

Workers Party statement on 70th Anniversary of Anti-Fascist Victory in Europe

Statement of the Workers’ Party of Ireland on the 70th Anniversary of the Anti-Fascist Victory in Europe 8th May 2015 (9th of May in much of eastern Europe) is the 70th anniversary of the Great Anti-Fascist Victory achieved by the struggle, blood and sacrifice of the peoples of the Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom [...]

May 10th, 2015|0 Comments

Election solidarity from the CP of Greece (KKE)

COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREECE  - CENTRAL COMMITTEE Tel:(+30) 210 2592111 • Fax: (+30) 210 2592298 • e-mail: cpg.kke@gmail.com, cpg@int.kke.gr 145 Leof.Irakliou, Gr- 14231 Athens  •  http://inter.kke.gr   To the Workers Party of Ireland,   Dear comrades,   The KKE expresses its solidarity and full support to the Workers Party of Ireland (WPI) regarding the important battle [...]

May 7th, 2015|0 Comments

Government should admit defeat on Water Charges

Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has called on the government to admit that it has been roundly defeated by the overwhelming force of public opinion on the water charges issue. Cllr. Tynan said that the government was only abandoning the jailing of water charge protestors because the strategy was completely unworkable and could have involved [...]

May 6th, 2015|0 Comments

Workers’ Party extend solidarity to striking bus workers

The Workers Party extends its solidarity with striking bus workers. The irony will not be lost on striking NBRU and SIPTU workers today, as they are forced out on strike on International Workers' Day. Party President Michael Donnelly commented on today's industrial dispute: "As the media and government ratchets up its propaganda offensive against these [...]

May 1st, 2015|0 Comments

May 1st – Declaration of Initiative of Communist & Workers Parties of Europe

May 1st Declaration the Secretariat of the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe The first of May –the Day of the working class, is a day to remember and honour the workers who gave their lives for the rights of the working class. It symbolizes its struggle to liberate itself from wage slavery and [...]

April 30th, 2015|0 Comments