It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of Comrade Mark McLoughlin, Ravensdale, Dundalk. Mark McLoughlin Mark McLoughlin gave a lifetime of service to the Workers' Party and towards the achievement of a democratic, socialist, secular republic in Ireland. He was unstinting in his dedication to the party. Mark was always [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has expressed strong support for the campaign launched by the Mandate trade union today (Friday) for decent pay and conditions of employment for workers employed by Dunnes Stores. Mr. Donnelly said that Mandate were raising an important and timely issue which affects thousands of workers in [...]
The Workers’ Party of Ireland welcomes the release of the remaining members of the Cuban Five after long years of false imprisonment in the US. The WPI salutes the Cuban heroes who were unjustly arrested by the FBI on 12 September 1998, falsely charged with espionage, wrongfully convicted in a U.S. federal court in Miami [...]
Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that he is not surprised by the findings of a new ESRI report on the effects of government budgetary policy over the past six years which showed a 13% drop in income for the least well off. Cllr. Tynan said that the report demolished Tánaiste Joan Burton’s [...]
WP North Belfast party reps Chris Bailie and Gemma Weir show their solidarity Workers Party North Belfast representatives Gemma Weir and Chris Bailie braved the cold this week to call with Party members and supporters in the Kansas Avenue / Cedar Avenue area of North Belfast encouraging them to support the ‘People’s NHSni’ [...]
The President of the Workers' Party, Michael Donnelly, has called for a massive turnout at Wednesday's anti water charges rally in Dublin which is due to gather outside Leinster House at lunchtime. Mr. Donnelly said that the government had to shaken out of its smug complacency in the wake of recent changes in the implementation [...]
Above: Satellite dishes at the secretive General Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) near Cheltenham, England. The Workers’ Party has condemned the government’s signing of a Statutory Instrument giving foreign law enforcement authorities the right to intercept Irish telephone calls and electronic communications such as email and text messages. Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that the [...]
“The lowering of Corporation Tax by the Northern Ireland administration will guarantee not one single new job but will assure tax breaks for large firms, accountants and lawyers. This is a massive economic con trick. Beyond the rhetoric - that is the reality of what is happening today”, says John Lowry of the Workers [...]
Irish Government Insults Those Who Liberated Auschwitz While Ignoring Present-Day Fascist Murders, Says Workers’ Party President. Workers' Party President Mick Donnelly has condemned the Labour Party minister Aodhán Ó Riordáin for insulting the memory of those who liberated Europe from fascism and ended the Nazi genocide while at the same time turning a blind eye to fascist murders in [...]
The Workers Party has welcomed the judgement in the case of Bernadette Smyth who has been found guilty in Belfast of harassing Marie Stopes clinic director Ms. Dawn Purvis “Every woman who uses a family planning service, a pregnancy advice service or any other service concerned with her reproductive health and her choices deserves to [...]