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10 September 2025
Onus on Sinn Féin to back Connolly in presidential election
With Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil having confirmed their candidates for the upcoming presidential election, in Heather Humphreys and Jim Gavin respectively, the onus is now on Sinn Féin to back Catherine Connolly in orde...
4 September 2025
Workers’ Party endorses Catherine Connolly for President
Following the August meeting of the Ard Comhairle, the Workers’ Party is endorsing Catherine Connolly in the 2025 presidential election, which is set to take place on Friday, 24th October.
31 July 2025
International Round-Up Summer 2025
The Workers’ Party has been engaged in various activities on the international front in recent months, engaging with like-minded parties and organisations in order to build a better world. Here’s a round-up of what we...
26 July 2025
Ongoing policing and crowd management failures major cause of Derry football violence
Kneejerk responses to the violence which marred the visit of Bohemians to Derry City for their recent League of Ireland fixture only serves to ratchet up tensions, while allowing the PSNI and footballing authorities t...
22 July 2025
Plan to develop Sheriff Street comes at the expense of community and working people
A video from private property developer Ballymore showing plans to redevelop Dublin’s Sheriff Street and the surrounding area has sparked controversy, as working class people rightly fear the impact that prioritising...
3 July 2025
Rank hypocrisy from politicians on poverty following the death of Brother Kevin Crowley
Garrett Greene, Workers’ Party representative in Dublin Central, has expressed deep sadness at the death yesterday of Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin’s Bow Street.
30 June 2025
BBC’s Kneecap blackout: a clamp down on freedom of expression and solidarity with Palestine
The BBC’s failure to broadcast Irish-language rap trio Kneecap’s landmark set at Glastonbury has sparked outrage. In choosing not to stream one of the festival’s most politically significant performances, the BBC has...
22 June 2025
U.S. attacks on Iran pose serious threat as the imperialists march towards a Third World War
The Workers’ Party condemns the United States’ bombing of Iran, as well as Israeli attacks on Iran that began earlier this month.
9 June 2025
Israel’s capturing of the Madleen is a vindictive and illegal act in aid of genocide
Israel’s interception and boarding of the Madleen, a ship sailing with humanitarian aid for Palestine as part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, as well as the capturing of those on board, is not only a vindictive act, but...
29 May 2025
~300 people queue, some overnight, for 38 houses at Seven Mills in Clondalkin
Newstalk has reported that 300 people queued, some overnight, for just 38 houses priced at up to €500,000 in Seven Mills in Clondalkin. With scenes like this now the norm in Dublin, it is abundantly clear that the pri...
27 May 2025
KNEECAP terror charges designed to silence those who oppose Zionism, colonialism and genocide
The charging of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh from Belfast, better known as Mo Chara of rap group Kneecap, on terror offences is a cynical move by the British establishment to silence those who oppose Zionism, colonialism and Is...
25 May 2025
Elaine Rush oration
On Thursday (22nd May, 2025), we raised the parting glass in memory of our dear friend and comrade, Elaine Rush. Her coffin was brought to the Joe McKelvey Garden, draped in the Tricolour and the Starry Plough by Work...