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 [...]
Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that reports that Irish Water is seeking an extra €300 million to offset water charges income during the 9 month suspension are a clear indication that the government has no intention of abolishing water charges or the “failed utility”. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Tynan said [...]
Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party representative Dublin North West The Workers’ Party have said that the government must come clean on reports in today’s Irish Examiner that an agreement has been made to allow Britain’s Royal Air Force to overfly Irish airspace and shoot down aircraft suspected of being in the hands of terrorists. [...]
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 [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Councillors vote for motion based on ‘Solidarity Housing’ model Move calls Government’s Housing Land Initiative into question Dublin City Council last night (Monday July 25th) voted for the redevelopment of O’Devaney Gardens, in the North Inner City, as 100% public, mixed income housing. The decision by councillors to approve the [...]
Council attempt to force through demolition against wishes of residents “underhanded” Workers’ Party will ask councillors to vote for “100% public, mixed income” housing instead of privatisation of the public site. The Workers’ Party will tonight propose that the demolition of tenanted blocks in O’Devaney Gardens be postponed until new homes have been built [...]
Another failure by private sector highlights the strength of the public sector WP President Michael Donnelly The Workers’ Party President, Michael Donnelly, called on the government to allow the ESB Group, through Eirgrid, to take over the construction of the Mayo Renewable Power generation station at Killala saying that once again the private [...]
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 [...]
Party advocates cross-subsidised public rental model as an alternative to the scheme Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers' Party today (Tuesday July 19th) criticised “affordable rental” proposals contained in the government’s ‘Rebuilding Ireland’ housing strategy. Under the ‘Affordable Rental’ proposal, the government would establish a €10 million annual fund to deliver 2,000 “affordable rental” [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has said that despite the fact that Cork City Council tenants are paying a total of approximately €20 million per annum in rents for their homes the council’s housing maintenance scheme has been pared down to the bone. The Mayfield based councillor said that there [...]
