The mass opposition to water charges is being undermined by Sinn Féin politicians constantly changing positions on the campaign, according to Meath Workers' Party representative Seamus McDonagh. “The Sinn Féin position on water charges was changing weekly, now it is changing daily. Only two weeks ago TDs Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald publicly stated [...]
Following the massive national demonstration in Dublin on October 11th in which around 100,000 people took to the streets to voice their outright opposition to water charges and privatisation, follow up protest marches will be held across the state on Saturday, November 1st, organised once again by the Right2Water campaign. Right2Water.ie is a public campaign [...]
Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has said that both the government and large sections of the media are completely out of touch with reality if they believe that changes in the management and structures of Irish Water will defuse the mass opposition to water charges, water metering and privatisation of the public water supply. Cllr. [...]
The Workers’ Party has described Budget 2015 as an exercise of mass deception which will increase the gap between rich and poor and merely seeks to hide austerity rather than reverse it. Responding to the budget measures announced to-date, Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that what had been trumpeted as a budget to [...]
The Workers' Party has been holding an annual Northern Conference for nearly 25 years. Because it's not a policy making conference the debate and discussion is often more robust and open. At this year's conference on October 25th, we'll be raising the questions that seldom get asked, providing the analysis that others don't and [...]
The Workers Party has condemned the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as another attempt by capital to increase its dominance worldwide. The existing NAFTA agreement, which clearly has been a disaster for Latin American countries and Canada and indeed for the working class in the USA, demonstrates the true nature of these sorts [...]
The President of the Workers Party, Michael Finnegan, has said that the announcement that householders will be made pay up to €300 for the installation of water meters in their home has shown that the government has learned nothing from the mass resistance of people to the Household Charge. Mr. Finnegan said that the government’s [...]