Seamus McDonagh

Workers’ Party calls for action on Traveller accommodation

WP Meath representative Seamus McDonagh The Workers' Party has called on the Government to use the upcoming budget to show commitment on Traveller accommodation on the anniversary of the Carrickmines fire. Seamus McDonagh Workers' Party rep for Meath, said: "On 10th October, this country will mark the first anniversary of the Carrickmines fire [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:41+00:00October 3rd, 2016|

Water Commission members afraid to look public in the eye says McDonagh

WP Meath representative Seamus McDonagh The Workers’ Party have said that the real reason the government’s water charges commission will not be holding planned public meetings is because the commission’s ruling in favour of charges has already been decided and the commission members “are afraid to look the public in the eye”. This [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:41+00:00September 10th, 2016|

Profit has displaced good causes as National Lottery’s main focus since privatisation

WP Meath East candidate Seamus McDonagh Workers’ Party Meath representative Seamus McDonagh has said that recent revelations regarding financial losses and price increases by the new National Lottery operator have shown the perils of privatisation. Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), a consortium which includes An Post and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (owners of [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:42+00:00August 29th, 2016|

WP call for new water march to keep up pressure on wavering parties

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 [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:49+00:00March 30th, 2016|

Workers’ Party President Mick Donnelly issues final appeal urging voters to support party’s candidates

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 [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:50+00:00February 24th, 2016|

Workers Party candidate Seamus McDonagh says 5,000 on Meath housing list are in total despair

“People want to see action in bricks and mortar not meaningless promises” Meath East Workers’ Party candidate Seamus McDonagh has said the individuals and families on the County Meath housing waiting list are in total despair and will not be deceived by weasel words this time.  They will only believe there is an end to [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:51+00:00February 20th, 2016|

Government scores own goal with latest Irish Water texts

Responding to the current flurry of Irish Water text messages being sent to householders, Seamus McDonagh,  who is contesting the General Election on behalf of the Workers’ Party in Meath East, today (Monday) said that voters are daily being reminded of what he termed ‘the ongoing fiasco’ of water charges. WP Meath East candidate [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:52+00:00February 15th, 2016|

WP targetting seat in Cork North Central, expects strong showing elsewhere

Workers Party President Mick Donnelly (Back) with candidates (L-R) Cllr. Ted Tynan, Jimmy Dignam, Seamus McDonagh, Cllr. Éilis Ryan and Lorraine Hennessy A resurgent Workers’ Party is running five candidates in the forthcoming General Election, and today said that it expects to be in the hunt for the final seat in Cork North [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:52+00:00February 14th, 2016|

Rejuvenated Workers’ Party seek to empower the working class

The announcement of February 26th as the date for the 2016 general election hasn’t come a moment too soon according to the Workers’ Party. The Party’s President Michael Donnelly said that the long drawn out announcement of the election date by Taoiseach Enda Kenny amounted to “the greatest walk of shame in the annals of [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:53+00:00February 3rd, 2016|

Banking Inquiry was meant to fail say Workers’ Party

The Workers’ Party has said that the report of the Banking Inquiry, published today (Wednesday) is worthless because the inquiry was a toothless tiger that was meant to fail and missed the point completely. Workers’ Party Meath East candidate Seamus McDonagh said the inquiry had been an expensive waste of money and could never have [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:53+00:00January 27th, 2016|