The Workers’ Party has called on the Irish Government to bring to an end its close business and political links with a regime in Saudi Arabia which has condemned a young political activist to death by crucifixion and is a systematic extreme abuser of human rights. Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor, Éilis Ryan, said: “Recent [...]
• 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 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 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 our [...]
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 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 [...]
The Workers’ Party has wholeheartedly welcomed today’s (Tue 28th October) statement by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties in relation to recent racist events in Waterford and the urgent need for comprehensive legislation on hate crime and incitement to hatred. For many years the Workers Party has advocated the implementation of comprehensive legislation on hate [...]