The Workers' Party has made a formal submission to the Citizen's Assembly demanding a referendum for the complete removal of the 8th Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann / The Constitution of Ireland. You can view / download the Workers' Party submission by clicking the following link:- workers-party-submission-to-citizens%27-assembly-on-8th-amendment-1
Trade Union International of Pensioners and Retirees of the World Federation of Trade Unions in Denmark, 20 July 2016 Contribution by Lily Kerr (Workers’ Party of Ireland) Comrades, I am Lily Kerr from the Workers Party of Ireland. We are proud to participate in this important conference and we salute the organisers. Pensioners across the world [...]
Cllr Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Central, today represented the party at the launch of SAFE Ireland’s manifesto which seeks to put violence against women on the political agenda as parties prepare for next week’s General Election. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Speaking after the event, Cllr Ryan said: “Women throughout Ireland [...]
Workers' Party representative for Whitehall and Glasnevin, Jimmy Dignam, has welcomed the news that an Educate Together Secondary School is to open in the area in September. Dignam stated, The announcement by the City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together that the new school will be co-located in the building currently occupied [...]
Workers' Party Dublin-North West representative Jimmy Dignam has slammed the uncertainty over the future of the North-West Childcare Resource Centre and the Ballymun Young Women’s Project, as a double-blow for women living in Ballymun and the wider north-west Dublin area. Dignam called on the City of Dublin Youth Service Board (CDYSB) to move immediately [...]
• System of Direct Provision must be dismantled • McMahon report does not go far enough • Lives will continue to be blighted in this unjust system Cllr Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party Cllr for Dublin's North Inner City, today criticised the recommendations of the McMahon Report on the Protection Process and Direct Provision. The report [...]
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 [...]
Speaking at a May Day meeting last night Workers’ Party president Michael Donnelly stated that Ireland is within three weeks of enshrining the concept that civil marriage as a civil right within our constitution. He said that this would be one of the most significant constitutional changes since the adoption of Bunreacht na hÉireann. [...]
The Workers’ Party Central Executive Committee has welcomed the publication, by the government, of the wording for the forthcoming referendum on Marriage Equality and promised to campaign vigorously for a Yes vote. Michael Donnelly, president of the Workers’ Party stated: “This referendum is long overdue. It peels back one further layer of repression from [...]
The Workers' Party is holding a number of events in Dublin to mark International Women's Day (Sunday, March 8th). The main event, organised by the Dublin Region of the Workers' Party will begin with a gathering at Grattan Bridge (Capel Street) at 1pm on Sunday - see below for full details International Women's Day is [...]
