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The Workers’ Party condemn latest attacks on lone parents and children

The Government’s cut to the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) takes money from the pockets of many one parent families, exacerbating the already severe child poverty crisis. Already, 12% of children in the State are experiencing deprivation and are at risk of poverty. Single parent families are one of the most vulnerable groups in Ireland [...]

2016-02-13T09:40:36+00:00July 2nd, 2015|

Arrests highlight wholesale failures of policing

The need to place the wholesale reform of the policing service on top of the political agenda is clear from ongoing campaign of arrests targeting political activists and the working class community of Jobstown, according to Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan. “In recent days what has been witnessed is not only clearly policing driven by [...]

2019-05-19T10:01:02+00:00February 11th, 2015|