Sunday 28th June 2015 Speech given by Gemma Weir Comrades and friends, Once again we have gathered here in Bodenstown, in the graveyard where Theobald Wolfe Tone is buried. For us this is not some ritual or some type of unthinking glorification of the past or deification of heroes. For us this is a meaningful [...]
The Workers' Party has published its formal submission to the Right 2 Water conference which takes place in Dublin on Saturday, 13th June. The party's submission is a comprehensive summation of its policies on a range of issues including many of those raised at the previous Right2Water conference on 1st May 2015. You can view or [...]
Workers' Party of Ireland Head Office: 24a-25 Hill Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Tel: ++353-1-8740716 To: The Central Committee, Communist Party, Turkey 5th June 2015 Dear Comrades, The Workers' Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party, Turkey, and extends its best wishes, solidarity and support to the Communist Party in [...]
As Workers Party members and supporters are aware, long standing and loyal comrade and friend , Des O'Hagan , died on Tuesday 5th May in Downpatrick hospital. Dessie's life was the Workers Party going back to the 1950's when he was imprisoned in Crumlin Road prison for four years. Over that long period until the [...]
The Workers’ Party have described the gagging of media coverage of the Dáil speech of Catherine Murphy TD in relation to the finances of Denis O’Brien as a national outrage and the party has accused the mainstream media of cowering in the face of a rich and powerful media mogul Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly [...]
The Workers’ Party have described the government’s decision to sell its remaining 25% share in Aer Lingus as an act of treachery which would have far reaching and damaging consequences for the Irish economy. Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that Aer Lingus had been more than a national flagship for Ireland. The airline, [...]
Workers' Party Councillor for Dublin's North Inner City, Éilis Ryan commented on today's rising figures: "Today's figures that over 20,000 people are now on social housing waiting lists across Dublin will come as no surprise to all those living through this housing crisis nightmare." "Every day I meet people who are simply struggling to have [...]
The President of the Workers Party, Michael Donnelly, has welcomed the overwhelming Yes vote in the Marriage Equality referendum saying it showed that Ireland was ready to embrace further change. Mr. Donnelly said that he was overjoyed at the strength of the Yes vote which showed Ireland had travelled full-circle from the conservative, inward looking [...]
TRIBUTE TO DES O'HAGAN (1934-2015), THE WORKERS' PARTY, DELIVERED BY GERRY GRAINGER, CHAIR, NORTHERN IRELAND REGION, THE WORKERS' PARTY, 9TH MAY 2015 AT ROSELAWN CREMATORIUM, BELFAST. Comrades and friends, We have come to mourn the sad and enormous loss of our comrade, Des O’Hagan. We have come too, to celebrate his life. On behalf [...]
Workers’ Party calls for state to recoup funds from landlords who have caused and profited from substandard accommodation The Workers’ Party has strongly condemned the states’ handout of thousands of euro to landlords who profit from renting out hazardous, radically substandard accommodation. Workers’ Party councillor for Dublin’s north inner city, Éilis Ryan, this morning visited a premise at [...]