Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party have warned that the latest figures which show officially over 1,000 people are homeless in the capital is “only the tip of a deadly iceberg” and that the real homeless figures are much higher. Dublin Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan said that were it not for the [...]
Minister Bruton’s Disastrous Bullying Tactics Raises his Fitness for Office The Workers’ Party has condemned the provocative and regressive handling by the Minister for Education, Mr. Richard Bruton, of the current teachers’ dispute. The demands of ASTI members stand up to scrutiny as being fair and reasonable. Far from being extreme they simply demand what [...]
WP Meath representative Seamus McDonagh Meath East Workers’ Party representative Seamus McDonagh has said that those on Meath County Council’s housing list wanted to see action in the form of new local authority houses, not to witness a “Punch & Judy” show between Junior Housing Minister Damien English and local councillors. Mr. McDonagh said the [...]
The Workers’ Party have accused the government of hiding behind the Citizen’s Assembly in relation to this week’s AAA/PBP Dáil motion calling for referendum to repeal the 8th amendment. Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan said that it was clear that the Citizen’s Assembly was merely a mechanism to allow the government to kick fraught issues [...]
The Workers’ Party has condemned the guilty verdict against a Tallaght teenager charged in relation to the alleged false imprisonment of Joan Burton at the 2014 Jobstown protest. Workers’ Party spokesperson Seamus McDonagh described the verdict as vindictive and politically motivated adding that the decision could impose a lifelong stain on the character of a [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Dublin Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan has said that the newly introduced measures on vulture funds and tax avoidance are purely a symbolic move to assuage public anger while in real terms property speculation and overseas tax avoidance remain a highly lucrative enterprise for those with significant wealth. Cllr. Ryan [...]
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 [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan The Workers’ Party have described today’s budget as being as bad any presented by Michael Noonan at the height of the economic crisis. Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan said that the budget was shocking in the extent of its focus on handouts and tax loopholes for those with wealth while [...]
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 [...]
