Cllr Éilis Ryan and May MacGiolla at the 2016 Bodenstown Commemoration Comrades, A few weeks ago, May MacGiolla mentioned to me that she thought this was her 81st year attending Bodenstown commemorations. Speaking to May, and indeed reading previous addresses given in Bodenstown, it was clear that it's unusual for a member who [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has called for an immediate assurance from Health Minister Simon Harris that under no circumstances will the Emergency Department of the city’s Mercy University Hospital be allowed to close or downgrade services. Cllr. Tynan said that leaked information from the Department of Health’s Trauma [...]
Address of Gerry Grainger, International Affairs Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ireland to the Anti-NATO meeting organised by the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe, Warsaw 8 July 2016 Dear Comrades, I bring greetings from the Workers’ Party of Ireland on the occasion of this meeting which takes place in [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan The Workers' Party have said that talk of reforms in the European Union structures to make it more accountable and democratic can have no credibility while the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) continues to be pushed by national governments and the EU commission. Cork Workers Party Cllr Ted Tynan [...]
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 [...]
WP President Michael Donnelly The working people of Northern Ireland, for the first time in over 40 years, have the opportunity to make their voices heard on the institution now known as the European Union. Unfortunately, the real debate has been obscured and distorted by the official “Remain” and “Leave” campaigns, each of [...]
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 [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Speaking during a meeting this afternoon between North Inner City public representatives and Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Workers’ Party Councillor Éilís Ryan proposed that a ‘Docklands tax’ be levied on large businesses in the Docklands and IFSC, with the revenue raised being ring-fenced to fund public investment in local jobs. “The [...]
The Workers’ Party have said that if Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government Simon Coveney is serious about tackling the cartel that now controls domestic waste collection then he should re-municipalise the service and scrap refuse charges. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cork based Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan, who was jailed for opposition [...]
Only public sector rental can reduce rents to affordable levels In an initial response today (Friday June 17th) to the publication of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness report, Workers’ Party Councillor Éilís Ryan said that the report ‘lacked ambition’ and expressed disappointment at the Committee’s failure to recommend an increased role for the [...]
