The Workers' Party extends its full solidarity with all INMO members and emergency department workers who are taking strike action tomorrow (Tuesday 15th October). Jimmy Dignam, Dublin North-West representative, stated: “I will be present at tomorrow's picket line at Beaumont hospital to show my full solidarity with the striking emergency department workers. The fact that [...]
Jimmy Dignam, WP candidate Dublin Nth West Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam has said that the reported spurt in economic growth making headlines across the state today is just an illusion for the great majority of working class people who have experienced little or no recovery while many more have seen their personal [...]
Workers' Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam has offered his full support to nurses at Beaumont Hospital who have announced industrial action in response to unsafe staffing levels at the hospital. Speaking to activists in his constituency, Dignam said, 'The fact that 99% of Irish Nurses & Midwives’ Organisation’s members in the medical and [...]
Over thirty people attended a forum on the housing crisis last Thursday (15th October) in the Axis Centre Ballymun, hosted by Workers' Party Dublin North West candidate Jimmy Dignam. Speakers at the forum were Fr. Peter McVerry (Homelessness campaigner), Lorraine Hennessy (Housing Activist in Balgaddy) and Jimmy Dignam (Workers’ Party Candidate for Dublin North West). [...]
The Workers' Party in Dublin is to hold a public forum on the housing crisis, Thursday 15th October, 7.30pm, at the Axis Centre, Ballymun. In the midst of an ever worsening housing emergency, the Workers' Party is hosting a public forum for people to come and share their experiences and opinions on the housing crisis. [...]
Workers’ Party representative for Dublin North-West, Jimmy Dignam, has described the legal charges brought against water activists as an “outrage and an affront to democracy”. He commented, “these proceedings are designed to intimidate people into both paying water charges and to dissuade the water movement from exercising its democratic right to protest”. “The arrests and [...]
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 [...]
The Workers Party has condemned the DPPs decision to pursue the prosecution of more than 20 protesters arising from the Jobstown demonstration last November in which Tánaiste Joan Burton’s car was delayed. Workers’ Party spokesman Jimmy Dignam said the decision was a disgrace and could potentially lead to a lifetime criminal record and lengthy jail [...]
The Government’s cut to the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) takes money from the pockets of many one parent families, exacerbating the already severe child poverty crisis. Already, 12% of children in the State are experiencing deprivation and are at risk of poverty. Single parent families are one of the most vulnerable groups in Ireland [...]