Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party have called for Priory Hall to be held in public ownership and rented under a mixed income public rental scheme, which they say would allow the council to avoid selling off a public asset, but still recoup the cost of their investment. Speaking ahead of a vote [...]
WP says tax windfall must be used for 'public compensation fund' to build public housing Apple revenue could build 72,000 houses in Ireland The Workers’ Party has today (30th August) issued a call for the government not to appeal the European Commission's Apple tax decision, but to establish a ‘Public Compensation Fund’ with money recouped [...]
WP Meath East candidate Seamus McDonagh Workers’ Party Meath representative Seamus McDonagh has said that recent revelations regarding financial losses and price increases by the new National Lottery operator have shown the perils of privatisation. Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), a consortium which includes An Post and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (owners of [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan (WP), Cork City Councillor Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has called on fellow city councillors to fully endorse a motion currently before the council’s Housing Strategic Policy Committee which, if taken up by government, could give a major boost to social housing construction in Cork and throughout the country. [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan WP legal advice contradicts DCC chief executive. Ryan calls for publication of full figures and assessment. Dublin City Council Chief Executive Brendan Kenny has requested that councillors overturn a motion passed at the last Dublin City Council meeting on July 27th, calling for 100% mixed income, public housing to be developed [...]
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 [...]
