The Workers’ Party has accused Environment Minister Alan Kelly of cravenly capitulating to property developers in relation to the minimum size of so-called studio apartments in the Dublin region which can now be 27% smaller than the previous maximum size. Dublin Central Workers’ Party councillor Éilis Ryan said that the new regulations amounted to a [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan (WP) The Workers’ Party this evening expressed disappointment at Sinn Féin’s refusal to rule out supporting the sale of public housing in the future. Speaking after a special meeting of Dublin City Council this evening, called to discuss a Sinn Féin motion on the matter, Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan [...]
The Workers' Party extends its full solidarity with all INMO members and emergency department workers who are taking strike action tomorrow (Tuesday 15th October). Jimmy Dignam, Dublin North-West representative, stated: “I will be present at tomorrow's picket line at Beaumont hospital to show my full solidarity with the striking emergency department workers. The fact that [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the shocking levels of fuel poverty revealed in the Unite union study published today exposes the true misery of Christmas for a huge number of families in Cork and across the state. Cllr. Tynan said that the Unite report had utterly destroyed [...]
Jimmy Dignam, WP candidate Dublin Nth West Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam has said that the reported spurt in economic growth making headlines across the state today is just an illusion for the great majority of working class people who have experienced little or no recovery while many more have seen their personal [...]
Seamus McDonagh (WP) Workers Party Meath East representative Seamus McDonagh has said that Labour Party leader Joan Burton’s attempts to portray differences with Fine Gael in the run up to the general election will cut no ice with voters who have seen the two government parties cemented to one another like limpets over [...]
Lorraine Hennessy Lorraine Hennessy, Workers’ Party representative for Dublin Mid-West has slammed Minister for Health, Mr. Leo Varadkar, as being hypocritical in his penalising of hospitals for patients on trolleys. The number of patients on trolleys is a national disgrace and robs people of a basic entitlement - the right to human dignity. [...]
Workers Party candidate Seamus Mc Donagh ( Meath East) has condemned journalist Paul Williams scaremongering at meetings on rural crime that are being held around the country. WP Meath representative, Seamus McDonagh, said: “I was both amazed and disgusted by the tenor of journalist Paul Williams’ contribution to a meeting on rural crime in the [...]
Workers' Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam has offered his full support to nurses at Beaumont Hospital who have announced industrial action in response to unsafe staffing levels at the hospital. Speaking to activists in his constituency, Dignam said, 'The fact that 99% of Irish Nurses & Midwives’ Organisation’s members in the medical and [...]
The Workers’ Party have said that the reported decision of Irish Water boss John Tierney to stand down at the end of his contract and the company’s plans to re-brand itself are a clear sign that Irish Water is on its last legs and that anti-water charges activists should increase the pressure on the government [...]
