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National Transport Authority / Department responsible for financial crisis at Bus Éireann

Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Ted Tynan of The Worker's Party has accused the National Transport Authority and the Department of Transport of being responsible for the present dire financial  situation in Bus Éireann. Cllr. Tynan said that since it was set up the NTA has been undermining actively Bus Éireann by issuing licences [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:35+00:00January 10th, 2017|

McGuinness resignation -‘irresponsibility on top of arrogance’

The DUP / Sinn Fein Coalition has consistently failed to deliver The Workers Party has condemned as ‘irresponsible’ Sinn Fein’s decision to resign from the Executive and trigger an Assembly election. ‘Today’s resignation will solve nothing. The RHI scandal will remain unaddressed, the waste of public money will continue, there will be no [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:35+00:00January 9th, 2017|

Council must be instructed not to reject NAMA social housing offers because of ‘tenure mix,’ says Workers’ Party councillor

A Dublin City Councillor has criticised council officials’ decision to reject NAMA social housing offers because of concerns about ‘tenure mix.’ Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City), was responding to reports that Dublin City Council rejected over a quarter of properties offered to it by NAMA in 2016 because of concerns around ‘tenure [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:35+00:00January 5th, 2017|

Government should requisition beds and wards in private hospitals to deal with emergency

Unoccupied hospital bed- a rare sight in Ireland's public hospitals The Workers’ Party have said that the latest increase in the number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland today has gone beyond an emergency and now requires bold and immediate action by the government. Cork based Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:35+00:00January 3rd, 2017|

New Year message of Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly

WP President Michael Donnelly Comrades and friends, the past year has been a difficult one for most workers and their families as well as those who are unemployed. Despite the self-congratulations from government ministers and their media apologists, about how much better-off people are both in Northern Ireland as well as in the [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:35+00:00December 31st, 2016|

Cut in number of Medical Cards heralds the return of health cuts

The Workers’ Party have said that the announcement that the 2017 HSE Service Plan will budget for 24,000 fewer Medical Cards is a plain admission that severe health cuts are back on the agenda and seriously undermines the government’s claims of a recovery in the economy. Dublin Central Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan said that [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:35+00:00December 14th, 2016|

Yet another housing initiative doomed to fail while government refuses to build public housing

WP Meath representative Seamus McDonagh The Workers’ Party have said that Housing Minister Simon Coveney and his colleagues can bring in bills on various aspects of housing rental until the cows come home but none of these will have any significant effect on the housing crisis as long as the government refuses to [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:36+00:00December 13th, 2016|

Sale of O’Devaney Gardens amounts to ‘selling off the family silver’ according to new Workers’ Party housing finance policy

Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party has this morning launched its public housing finance policy, “Financial Aspects of a Solution to the Irish Housing Crisis”. The launch comes ahead of this afternoon’s city council vote on whether to sell O’Devaney Gardens – a 14 acre site of city council land formerly used for [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:36+00:00December 9th, 2016|

Bus Éireann funding crisis a symptom of deliberate government policy says Tynan

The continuing financial crisis at Bus Éireann is a direct result of government policy of cutting subvention to the state transport company according to Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan. The Cork based councillor said that the government was ramping up attacks on Bus Éireann and other state companies with a view to turning public opinion [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:36+00:00December 7th, 2016|