Jimmy Dignam Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative in Dublin North West, said: 'Following the passing of a Workers' Party motion at Dublin City Council to develop the O'Devaney Gardens site in Dublin 7 as publicly-owned mixed-income housing, I am now calling on Dublin City Council to commit to developing the Oscar Traynor Road [...]
Jimmy Dignam The Workers’ Party has hit out at the recommendations of the Low Pay Commision which, according to the party, had lived up to its name and delivered “a kick in the teeth” to low paid workers. Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that the 10 cent per hour [...]
Jimmy Dignam The Workers’ Party has welcomed the recommendation of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service to end the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood and calls on the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to respond to the recommendation based on scientific evidence, not stigma or fear. “In the last fortnight we have [...]
Jimmy Dignam The Minister for Environment, Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney has been likened to the legendary King Canute trying to hold back the tide if he expects waste companies to voluntarily agree not to use the new pay-by-weight system as an excuse to rip off customers. The comparison was made [...]
The Workers’ Party have said that only a comprehensive job creation programme providing sustainable long-term employment with decent pay and conditions will be acceptable as a replacement for the JobBridge scheme which, it has been announced, is to end in September. Jimmy Dignam Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that [...]
Fr. Peter McVerry welcomes ‘Solidarity Housing’ as important contribution to thinking on housing ‘Solidarity Housing’ model would expand public housing provision at reduced cost to State Proposals form viable state-led alternative to Housing Land Initiative The Workers’ Party today (Monday May 9th) published Solidarity Housing: Getting the vultures out of Irish Housing, a costed proposal [...]
The Workers Party has flatly rejected claims by the Department of Social Protection that criticism of the JobBridge internship scheme is unfounded. Low paid and exploitation encouraged by JobBridge Dublin North West Workers’ Party representative Jimmy Dignam said that far from being an unbalanced or unfounded representation of the extent of exploitation under [...]
In light of yesterday's announcement that TXFM is set to stop airing, the Workers' Party has called on the State's broadcaster, RTÉ, to take over the license. Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, stated: “As with all forms of art and music, it is essential that diversity is provided across the spectrum. TXFM, and [...]
Workers’ Party representative Jimmy Dignam has expressed the party’s solidarity with striking workers at Cadbury’s plant in Coolock Dignam, who is the Workers’ Party representative in Dublin North West today visited the picket line at Cadbury’s in Coolock and said: ‘I would like to offer my full support to the workers in UNITE and SIPTU [...]
Reacting to the news that Dublin City Council were forced to cancel their initial €20 million tender for modular housing, Jimmy Dignam said: ‘Dublin City Council should cancel their plans for modular housing completely. The whole process has been poorly thought out. We were told the houses would be cheaper than properly constructed housing, [...]
