The Workers’ Party’s representative in Meath, Séamus McDonagh, has called for a full enquiry into the circumstances which led to the arrest of a Palestine supporter at last Saturday’s (June 9th) Meath v Tyrone football match. McDonagh, who was in attendance at the match in question, said: “I was in attendance at the Meath v [...]
Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has called for a “root and branch” overhaul of the planning process in the wake of An Bórd Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission to Indaver for a major waste incinerator at Ringaskidy, Co. Cork. Graphic showing the plume of air pollution blown by the prevailing wind (2015 study) [...]
Dublin paramedic calls for expulsion of Israeli ambassador, in solidarity with the murdered medic The Workers' Party have reiterated their call for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled from the country, in the wake of the shooting dead of 21-year old Palestinian medical volunteer, Razan al-Najar. The Party's representative in Palmerstown-Lucan, David Gardiner, who is [...]
On Sunday, 20th May 2018, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, supported by the Communist Party of Venezuela, was re-elected to office. Despite winning all bar two of the many elections and referenda in the course of recent history, President Hugo Chavez and President Nicolas Maduro and the entire Bolivarian revolution have faced relentless US hostility and [...]
A Freedom on Information request by Workers’ Party City Councillor, Eilis Ryan, has revealed that the controversial decision by Dublin City Council to cancel an event about the book "The Question of the 8th" at the recent Dublin International Literary Festival, was based on inaccurate information concerning its organisers. Email correspondence released to Ryan reveals [...]
Workers’ Party representative in Meath, Séamus McDonagh, has welcomed the large yes vote in favour of the repeal of the 8th amendment. Speaking following the referendum, McDonagh said: "This referendum was a resounding victory for women's equality, nowhere less than in Meath. 69% voted in favour of ending Ireland's medieval ban on abortion in Meath [...]
Workers’ Party representative in Waterford, Dick Roche, has welcomed the large yes vote in favour of the repeal of the 8th amendment. Speaking following the referendum, Roche said: "This referendum was a resounding victory for women's equality, nowhere less than in Waterford. Almost 70% voted in favour of ending Ireland's medieval ban on abortion in [...]
Gavin Mendel-Gleason The Workers’ Party has criticized a recent announcement by government to seek 800 non-EU workers to take up work permits in the agri-food sector. The Party has called for any job vacancies in the industry to instead be opened up to undocumented migrants and asylum seekers in Ireland. Workers’ Party representative [...]
The Workers’ Party participated in a large rally in the centre of Belfast in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The following address was made by Gerry Grainger, Director of International Affairs of the Workers’ Party of Ireland: “Last Monday, as Israel in a deplorable display of triumphalism, celebrated the Trump administration’s opening of the US [...]
Two Tallaght firefighters, both active in the campaign for a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum, have condemned the latest ad by the ‘Save the 8th’ campaign, which depicts a firefighter carrying a child out of a burning building. Sara Phelan, who is a female firefighter at Tallaght fire station, said: “The sexism in this [...]
