Enda Kenny, made honorary chairman of club last year There has been a call for an investigation into the payment of a €20,000 grant to a cycling club in Enda Kenny’s Mayo constituency. Workers’ Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has today (Tuesday) called on the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General [...]
Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has today called on RTÉ to reverse its decision to outsource all young people's programming to the independent sector. Dignam stated: “RTÉ's decision to outsource young people's programming is a slippery slope towards further privatisation of a vital public service. The State broadcaster has a duty to the [...]
Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative Dublin North West Workers’ Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has stated that DCC’s housing report on Ballymun is just a smokescreen for their ambition to only use the private market to build new homes. Dignam stated: “DCC’s latest report essentially blames Ballymun’s regeneration issues on social housing and [...]
The Workers’ Party has said that the alteration of the terms of the Landsdowne Road Agreement by the government to facilitate a settlement with the Garda unions shows that the agreement is effectively dead in the water. Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam said that the government had been engaged in brinkmanship, first with the ASTI [...]
Mock citizen's arrest of "property vulture" Workers' Party members picket property developers conference in Dublin today (Friday, 14th October) The Workers’ Party has condemned as grossly inappropriate the attendance of Dublin City Council planners at a conference organised by and for Irish property developers in Dublin today (Friday, 14th October). At a demonstration [...]
Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative Dublin North West The Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has warned against Minister Michael Noonan's plans to cut Ireland's debt-to-GDP ratio to 45% over the next decade. Dignam stated: “People should be very concerned about Fine Gael's plans to reduce our debt-to-GDP ratio to 45%, exactly [...]
Workers' Party representative slams O'Leary's far-right comments Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative Dublin North West Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has described Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's fundraiser as 'far-right' and 'dangerous'. Dignam stated: 'Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's pre-budget fundraising event were repulsive by even his own low [...]
Workers’ Party condemn closing of Ireland Palestine Solidarity accounts by bank of Ireland Party urges members and supporters to close accounts at B of I Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party representative Dublin North West The Workers’ Party have condemned the sudden closure by Bank of Ireland of the bank account of the Ireland Palestine [...]
“Teresa was no saint, but a religious zealot who used Calcutta's poor for her own fundamentalist agenda “ Workers Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam has criticised RTE’s decision to give live coverage to the Mother Teresa canonisation ceremony. He stated: "I find it mind-boggling that RTÉ has decided to spend taxpayer's money on covering [...]
Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party representative Dublin North West The Workers’ Party have said that nobody, least of all the government, should be surprised to learn that the JobBridge scheme is fatally flawed and is fundamentally aimed at promoting a low pay economy. Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam said that that “the dogs on [...]
