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Bruton’s comments show unwillingness to challenge church power in education

Workers’ Party says inclusion of school-day faith formation in nominally multi-denominational schools is evidence of the need for a state-run, secular education system     Cllr. Éilis Ryan Reacting to comments made by Minister for Education Richard Bruton that he favoured the expansion of ‘Community National Schools,’ Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Dublin [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:46+00:00June 6th, 2016|

LEXIT: the socialist case for voting ‘Leave’

The European Union is undemocratic and irreformable. On June 23 the Workers Party will be calling for a vote to Leave the EU in the forthcoming . However, our position is not the same as the narrow right wing approach of the mainstream Brexit camapign. Ours is a principled socialist case for leaving the European Union. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:46+00:00May 31st, 2016|

Greetings to the 38th Convention of Communist Party of Canada

Greeting from the Workers' Party of Ireland To: Central Committee Communist Party of Canada  20 May 2016 Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland wishes to send warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Canada on the occasion of its 38th Convention which is taking place in Toronto on 21-23 May. The CPC stands [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:46+00:00May 30th, 2016|

Cllr. calls for ‘emergency cutbacks reversal’ for Dublin north inner city community development projects in wake of latest shooting

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Dublin Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan (North Inner City) has called for the Minister for Justice to mandate an immediate, emergency reversal of cutbacks to community development services in the Northeast Inner City, in the wake of the latest shooting in the area, at Avondale House on Tuesday morning. Cllr. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 25th, 2016|

Real jobs with decent pay and conditions must be the replacement for JobBridge

The Workers’ Party have said that only a comprehensive job creation programme providing sustainable long-term employment with decent pay and conditions will be acceptable as a replacement for the JobBridge scheme which, it has been announced, is to end in September. Jimmy Dignam Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 23rd, 2016|

“Private waste companies will continue to raise recycling fees, despite scrapping of minimum government charges”

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, Dublin North Inner City) has said that the government’s announcement that it was scrapping minimum recycling charges will make little difference to many households in areas such as the capital’s north inner city who already pay for recycling. Cllr. Ryan said: “The reality is that, [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 19th, 2016|

Citizens’ Assembly would force 13,000 more women out of Ireland to seek abortions

Workers' Party Dublin City Councillor, Éilis Ryan, is calling on the newly established government to hold a referendum on the 8th Amendment to the constitution early in the lifetime of the present Dáil. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr. Ryan said: “It is abundantly clear from numerous media polls that this is the wish of [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 18th, 2016|

Tynan opposes €200k council loan to Cork Film Festival

Cllr. Ted Tynan, "Essential council services must come first" Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that he could not in conscience support a loan request for €200,000 by Cork City Council to the Cork Film Festival committee at a time when the council’s services remain seriously curtailed due to cutbacks in its [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 16th, 2016|

100 years after his execution James Connolly is as relevant as ever

The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has said that 100 years to the day after the execution of the socialist revolutionary James Connolly (May 12th) the same forces which demanded his killing continue to rule Ireland north and south. Mr. Donnelly said that it was noteworthy that while the state paid lip service [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 12th, 2016|

Community reponse to Belfast murder and maiming

A protest rally against recent murders, attempted murders and maimings will be held at the shopping complex on the Grosvenor Road at 7.30pm on Wednesday (11th May) The protest has been prompted by Monday night’s murder of Dan Murray just several hundred yards away in Lady Street, but also reflects the growing anger and resilience [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:47+00:00May 11th, 2016|