Dublin City Council CEO, Owen Keegan, is to face a motion calling for his resignation at the upcoming Dublin City Council meeting, according to Workers' Party's city councillor Éilis Ryan. Cllr. Ryan said: "I and a number of others have called for the resignation of Owen Keegan in recent weeks, and I have now submitted an [...]
Workers’ Party to run on a platform of opposing elite attacks on public services and workers’ rights, and radical action against war and climate change Euro Parliament backing for Trump’s Venezuela ‘coup’ shows need for more anti-war MEPs Cllr Éilis Ryan this morning (Wednesday) launched her Dublin MEP bid on behalf of the Workers’ Party, [...]
The Workers’ Party have accused Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney of prioritising Donald Trump’s foreign policy ahead of Irish neutrality. Cllr. Éilis Ryan, the Workers’ Party candidate in May’s European Parliament elections, said: “Simon Coveney has, for the first time in our history, given formal backing to United States overseas aggression. Successive governments under [...]
The Workers' Party have condemned a decision by Ireland to back EU support for the Trump-backed pretender to the US presidency, Juan Guiadó. The statement comes in response to Department of Foreign Affairs confirmation that it intends to support an EU motion backing Guiadó. Cllr. Éilis Ryan, the Workers' Party candidate for the European Parliament [...]
The Workers' Party will hold a protest today at the Department of Health, calling for action against "the infestation of rats" inside the HSE. The protest comes in the wake of multiple alleged leaks of confidential information relating to abortion patients. Cathie Shiels, candidate for the Workers' Party in Ballymun-Finglas, said: "It is becoming increasingly [...]
A candidate for the forthcoming European Parliament elections, Cllr. Éilis Ryan of the Workers' Party, has condemned a vote by the European Parliament to back the attempted overthrow of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Cllr. Ryan, a city councillor contesting the Dublin election in May's European elections, said: "Like every other US intervention - from Cuba [...]
Stop interference and aggression against Venezuela! We firmly condemn the escalation of interference and blackmail by the European Union against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, aligned and concerted with the coup operation of «self-proclamation» of a puppet president, orchestrated and commanded by the Trump Administration who, in an arrogant violation of International Law, seeks to [...]
The Workers’ Party has said that the new state lending fund, Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), is a slush fund to ensure developers’ profits, and would be better off used to build public housing. Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party), who is a candidate for May’s European elections and city council elections, said: “All evidence from [...]
Seamus McDonagh The HSE's new primary care centre in Kells has come under renewed criticism, for putting private profits ahead of the welfare of patients. This is according to Workers' Party spokesperson in Meath, Séamus McDonagh: McDonagh said on the matter: "I have previously drawn attention to the totally inappropriate location of the [...]
Minister Josepha Madigan has come under attack for her calls for the wealthiest homes to be exempted from potential increases in the property tax this year. Workers' Party Dublin City Councillor and European election candidate Éilis Ryan said: "Minister Madigan's comments go to the heart of why campaigners opposed the property tax. In spite of [...]