Billy McMillen Memorial Address 2015 Belfast, speech delivered by Workers' Party President Mickey Donnelly. Comrades, Friends. Michael Donnelly delivering his speech in Belfast I am very privileged and honoured to be asked to deliver today’s memorial talk on Billy McMillen. Many years ago, when I joined the old Republican Movement over in Strabane, [...]
The Workers’ Party will hold its Ard Fheis / Annual Conference 2015 in Dublin this weekend, gathering at the Communications Workers Union hall, North Circular Road, Dublin 1, on Friday (9th October) and Saturday (10th October). The conference will be attended by over 150 delegates from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and overseas who [...]
COMMUNIST PARTY OF GREECE - CENTRAL COMMITTEE Tel:(+30) 210 2592111 • Fax: (+30) 210 2592298 • e-mail: cpg.kke@gmail.com, cpg@int.kke.gr 145 Leof.Irakliou, Gr- 14231 Athens • http://inter.kke.gr To the Workers Party of Ireland, Dear comrades, The KKE expresses its solidarity and full support to the Workers Party of Ireland (WPI) regarding the important battle [...]
The following is the Party Political Broadcast of the Workers' Party for the forthcoming Westminster elections which will be held on May 7th The Party’s candidates are: Hugh Scullion Mid Ulster: Damien Harte Upper Bann Lily Kerr Belfast South: John Lowry Belfast West: Gemma Weir Belfast North. In a joint statement the [...]
The Workers' Party has condemned the attack on the North Belfast constituency office of the SDLP which was discovered on Saturday morning (February 14th). North Belfast WP representative Gemma Weir said, "The overnight attack on the Antrim Road offices of the SDLP is disgraceful and cowardly and is designed to intimidate all those engaged in [...]
The Workers Party has described the Stormont House Agreement as a bad deal for workers and the formal and most public indication to date of the adoption of Tory economic principles and policies by the DUP/Sinn Féin led administration in Northern Ireland. At the January meeting of the Party's Central Executive Committee the Party [...]
The Workers Party has responded to the public consultation on the draft budget proposals of a number of Executive Departments. Follow the links below for comments on the Education, Health and Social Care, Employment & Learning and Culture, Arts and Leisure draft budget proposals. The Party has also commented on the Executive’s overall funding proposals for 2015 [...]
WP North Belfast party reps Chris Bailie and Gemma Weir show their solidarity Workers Party North Belfast representatives Gemma Weir and Chris Bailie braved the cold this week to call with Party members and supporters in the Kansas Avenue / Cedar Avenue area of North Belfast encouraging them to support the ‘People’s NHSni’ [...]
“The lowering of Corporation Tax by the Northern Ireland administration will guarantee not one single new job but will assure tax breaks for large firms, accountants and lawyers. This is a massive economic con trick. Beyond the rhetoric - that is the reality of what is happening today”, says John Lowry of the Workers [...]
The Workers Party has welcomed the judgement in the case of Bernadette Smyth who has been found guilty in Belfast of harassing Marie Stopes clinic director Ms. Dawn Purvis “Every woman who uses a family planning service, a pregnancy advice service or any other service concerned with her reproductive health and her choices deserves to [...]