Cllr. Ted Tynan Ted Tynan, Workers' Party councillor in Cork city, said; “If the Office of Public Works had produced the 300 maps that were due in March 2014 instead of the 50 that were produced, could homes destroyed in the subsequent floods have been protected? And in the 73 months from February [...]
In light of yesterday's announcement that TXFM is set to stop airing, the Workers' Party has called on the State's broadcaster, RTÉ, to take over the license. Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, stated: “As with all forms of art and music, it is essential that diversity is provided across the spectrum. TXFM, and [...]
WP Assembly Candidates 2016 The Workers' Party will be contesting the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections with the following candidates: Conor Campbell - West Belfast Damien Harte - Upper Bann Lily Kerr - South Belfast Hugh Scullion - Mid Ulster Gemma Weir - North Belfast In a joint statement the candidates said, [...]
The Workers’ Party have called on the leadership of the Right2Water campaign to organise a further national rally against the water charges in order to increase the pressure on political parties and deputies who had been elected on a mandate to abolish water charges and Irish Water to keep those promises. Workers’ Party spokesperson Seamus [...]
Gemma Weir is to stand as the Workers Party’s North Belfast candidate in May’s Assembly Elections. Gemma Weir She was confirmed as the party’s choice at an election rally held on Sunday. Gemma, who polled almost one thousand votes in last year’s Westminster elections, used the rally to set out her manifesto saying [...]
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 [...]
