Workers Party of Ireland Statement on Palestinian Prisoners The Workers Party of Ireland restates its solidarity with the Palestinian people and with Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails. Since the beginning of the occupation, about 950,000 Palestinian political prisoners have passed through Israeli prisons. Because the Palestinian prisoners are held in facilities in Israel, in contravention [...]
Malachy McGurran 1938-1978 Malachy McGurran Remembering our comrade and friend Malachy McGurran. Vice President SF Workers' Party: Councillor Craigavon Borough Council: Member Executive Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association who died on 27th July 1978. His death robbed our party and class of one of our finest and most dedicated comrades who made a [...]
The government's planned "escrow" holding account for tax owed to it by Apple has come under severe attack today (Tuesday), as a "slush fund for investment managers." The Workers' Party was responding to reports that a government-established "escrow" account, set up to put the recouped Apple tax money beyond the state's reach, would likely yield [...]
Workers' Party Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan has slammed the city council's continued failure to deal with what she termed the 'AirBnB catastrophe' taking over Dublin's housing market. The councillor was highlighting figures available on independent website "Inside AirBnB" which analyses data from AirBnB listings in Dublin and other cities. The website estimates that 21.1% [...]
There have been calls today (Wednesday) for local authorities to resume public bin collection services, in the wake of the latest developments in the government’s efforts to introduce mandatory ‘pay-by-weight’ rubbish collection nationwide. Gavin Mendel-Gleason, Workers’ Party representative for Dublin Northwest, called on Dublin City Council to immediately begin moving towards public bin collection, saying: [...]
Socialist councillors on Dublin City Council will tonight be nominating Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan for the position of Lord Mayor. The position is widely expected to be filled by Sinn Féin’s Micheál MacDonncha, as part of a “pact” between Labour, the Green Party and Sinn Féin. Speaking ahead of tonight’s vote, Cllr. Éilis Ryan [...]
The following is the oration of Karen Collins (Mayfield, Cork) at the Workers' Party annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration at Bodenstown, Co. Kildare - Sunday, 25th June 2017:- The Workers Party annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration Bodenstown, Co. Kildare Sunday 25th June 2017 Comrades and friends, Once again we have gathered here in Bodenstown, [...]
Central Committee Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) MESSAGE FROM THE WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND TO THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VENEZUELA Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Venezuela on the occasion of your XV National Congress which is being held from 22nd to 25th June 2017. [...]
Statement of the World Federation of Trade Unions on last week's tragedy at Grenfell Tower, London." "The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its sincere sadness for the victims who have found tragic death in the multi-storey building in Grenfell, London. We convey our condolences to the families of the victims and their relatives. We [...]