Two-thirds of families in homeless accommodation are lone parent families 3000 public housing units needed in northeast inner city to clear lists The Workers’ Party have today (Tuesday) issued a proposal for a public housing development to built on the site of a former Magdalene Laundry on Seán McDermott Street in Dublin’s North Inner City. [...]
O'Devaney Gardens Dublin City Councillors will tonight (Wednesday) vote on a proposal from the Workers’ Party to ban private, for-profit housing development on Dublin City Council owned lands. Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City) is proposing the motion, and said: “Yesterday saw the announcement of a national demonstration in April to [...]
Publicly-owned housing stock needs to grow by 500% in order to meet demand Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party) has today (Tuesday) issued figures which reveal that Dublin’s publicly-owned housing stock is less than a sixth of what would be required to meet current demand. Cllr. Ryan said: “Figures released to me from Dublin City Council [...]
Calls for mandatory scheme of vaccinations for school-going children to stem whooping cough, measles outbreaks The Workers' Party has issued a proposal calling for the introduction of a mandatory scheme of vaccination for all children who use shared childcare and education schemes, including créches, play facilities, and public and private schools. The call comes in [...]
The Workers’ Party have called on Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue to propose that the EU’s “tax haven blacklist” be expanded to include European countries, when he attends next Tuesday’s ECOFIN meeting of European finance Ministers, and not solely non-EU jurisdictions as is currently the case. The call comes in the wake of a [...]
Debate dominated by demands for expanded public services The Workers’ Party held its annual Ard Fheis over the weekend against a background of continuing election speculation. Over 200 delegates from across Ireland debated a range of motions, with demands for expanded public service taking centre stage. The Workers’ Party will be contesting the constituencies of [...]
A Dublin City Councillor has said the city must follow the lead of Limerick City & County Council, who today announced they would be receiving an €80 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) - the first time a local authority has borrowed directly from the EIB. Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party) said: “It’s [...]
The Workers’ Party have called for a review of the recent appointment of Coca Cola boss Gerry Leydon to the Teaching Council, by Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton. The appointment of Mr. Leydon, who is Europe, Eurasia, Africa Customer Relationship Director for Coca-Cola, was announced yesterday (Tuesday) by Minister Bruton. Cllr. Éilis Ryan [...]
The Workers’ Party has condemned the failure of the Government and management in Irish Rail to work to ensure an end to the worsening rail dispute and highlighted the damaging role the public transport company’s CEO David Franks has played in the crisis. Dublin city councillor Éilis Ryan said: “One of our country’s crucial transport [...]
Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City) has this morning (Friday, 3rd November) called for City Council CEO Owen Keegan to resign, in the wake of last night’s Prime Time Investigates documentary on standards in the private rental sector. Commenting on the situation, the Workers’ Party councillor said: “There is absolute clarity [...]
