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Waterford Post Office closures a ‘missed opportunity,’ says Workers’ Party

The Workers’ Party have said that the planned closure of three post offices in Waterford city and county are a missed opportunity for badly-needed public investment in community services in the county. The statement comes following yesterday’s announcement that post offices in Ballinamult, Kilmeaden and Lemybrien, along with 156 other post offices nationwide, will close. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:05+00:00August 29th, 2018|

Proposed closure of 80 post offices will kill off rural Ireland

Seamus McDonagh (WP) The Workers’ Party have said that the proposed closure of at least 80 post offices, most of them in rural areas, would amount to “another nail in the coffin of rural Ireland” and the party has called on the government to stop the plan going ahead. Meath East Workers’ Party [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:32+00:00March 7th, 2017|

Dublin Nth. Inner City Taskforce Report ignores vital issues including housing – Cllr. Éilis Ryan

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party Councillor for the North Inner City has blasted the Dublin North Inner City Taskforce Report for ignoring vital issues like housing and instead focusing on ‘narrative changing’. Cllr Ryan attacked the report, authored by Kieran Mulvey, for focusing on clichés over actual substance: “The focus in [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:33+00:00February 16th, 2017|

Moves to launch Taoiseach’s inner city taskforce behind closed doors criticised by local community

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Information has emerged that Kieran Mulvey’s report into tackling violence in Dublin’s north inner city will be launched this Thursday (16th February) - without any formal invitation or notification being issued to the North Inner City Community Coalition, the main community stakeholder in the area. The move has led to [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:33+00:00February 15th, 2017|