The Workers’ Party have called for any incoming government to commit to reversing cuts made in recent years to pensioners’ fuel and telephone allowances, to compensate them for water charges paid in the past year. Workers’ Party councillor in Dublin, Éilis Ryan, said; “The Workers’ Party has consistently argued for a boycott of Irish Water. [...]
Berta Caceres (1973-2016) At a meeting of Dublin City Council this evening (Monday 7th March), Dublin City Councillors agreed to a request made by Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party), that the council call for an independent investigation into the death of human rights activist Berta Caceres in Honduras last week. Berta Caceres, founder [...]
Workers’ Party representative Jimmy Dignam has expressed the party’s solidarity with striking workers at Cadbury’s plant in Coolock Dignam, who is the Workers’ Party representative in Dublin North West today visited the picket line at Cadbury’s in Coolock and said: ‘I would like to offer my full support to the workers in UNITE and SIPTU [...]
Reacting to the news that Dublin City Council were forced to cancel their initial €20 million tender for modular housing, Jimmy Dignam said: ‘Dublin City Council should cancel their plans for modular housing completely. The whole process has been poorly thought out. We were told the houses would be cheaper than properly constructed housing, [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has issued a final appeal urging voters to support the party’s candidates in Friday’s general election “Votes for the Workers’ Party in Friday’s general election are votes for radical progressive policies and for an end to the cronyism and corruption of the big four parties”, said Michael [...]
Workers’ Party general election candidates have pledged their full support for the Single Parents Acting for the Rights of our Kids (SPARK) campaign to reverse the cuts imposed on lone parent families by the current Government. Rather, the Party is committed to implementing policies which reduce the dire levels of deprivation experienced by this sector [...]
Cllr Eilis Ryan, The Workers' Party general election candidate in Dublin Central, has criticised the Anti Austerity Alliance for issuing a press release falsely claiming that The Workers' Party were not pro-choice. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr Ryan said, 'It is deeply disappointing that Diana O'Dwyer and Ruth Coppinger would set themselves up as [...]
Time to repudiate the McCarthy Report on the sale of State Assets Cllr. Ted Tynan, the Workers’ Party candidate in Cork North Central has said that the massive backlash against water charges and Irish Water had put the outgoing government’s privatisation plans seriously on the back foot but he feared these plans could be revived [...]
Repeal the 8th on voters’ minds in Dublin Central Cllr Éilis Ryan says voters looking for clear commitment to repeal the 8th Amendment As the General Election campaign enters its final days, the Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Central – Cllr Éilis Ryan – has said that, along with obvious issues such as water charges, [...]
Dublin Mid-West candidate Lorraine Hennessy highlights low levels of regulation and high taxpayer subsidies to Irish business High subsidies generate low return in terms of decent jobs, says Hennessy Speaking today (Sunday) the Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Mid-West, Lorraine Hennessy, said that claims by the business lobby and their political advocates that Irish [...]
