Policy

Tynan calls for support for motion proposing Direct Labour housing programme

Cllr. Ted Tynan (WP), Cork City Councillor Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has called on fellow city councillors to fully endorse a motion currently before the council’s Housing Strategic Policy Committee which, if taken up by government, could give a major boost to social housing construction in Cork and throughout the country. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00August 29th, 2016|

City Council management and elected councillors in clash over O’Devaney Gardens future

Cllr. Éilis Ryan WP legal advice contradicts DCC chief executive. Ryan calls for publication of full figures and assessment. Dublin City Council Chief Executive Brendan Kenny has requested that councillors overturn a motion passed at the last Dublin City Council meeting on July 27th, calling for 100% mixed income, public housing to be developed [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00August 25th, 2016|

Government needs no report to show that JobBridge is fatally flawed

Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party representative Dublin North West The Workers’ Party have said that nobody, least of all the government, should be surprised to learn that the JobBridge scheme is fatally flawed and is fundamentally aimed at promoting a low pay economy. Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam said that that “the dogs on [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00August 21st, 2016|

Continued spending on failed utility Irish Water proves that suspension is a ruse

Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that reports that Irish Water is seeking an extra €300 million to offset water charges income during the 9 month suspension are a clear indication that the government has no intention of abolishing water charges or the “failed utility”. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Tynan said [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00August 11th, 2016|

Government must come clean on reported RAF fighter jet deal

Jimmy Dignam, Workers Party representative Dublin North West The Workers’ Party have said that the government must come clean on reports in today’s Irish Examiner that an agreement has been made to allow Britain’s Royal Air Force to overfly Irish airspace and shoot down aircraft suspected of being in the hands of terrorists. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00August 8th, 2016|

The Workers’ Party calls on Dublin City Council to withdraw the Oscar Traynor Road housing site from the Housing Land Initiative

Jimmy Dignam Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative in Dublin North West, said: 'Following the passing of a Workers' Party motion at Dublin City Council to develop the O'Devaney Gardens site in Dublin 7 as publicly-owned mixed-income housing, I am now calling on Dublin City Council to commit to developing the Oscar Traynor Road [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00July 31st, 2016|

Workers’ Party ensures that O’Devaney Gardens re-development will be 100% public, mixed income

Cllr. Éilis Ryan Councillors vote for motion based on ‘Solidarity Housing’ model Move calls Government’s Housing Land Initiative into question Dublin City Council last night (Monday July 25th) voted for the redevelopment of O’Devaney Gardens, in the North Inner City, as 100% public, mixed income housing.  The decision by councillors to approve the [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00July 26th, 2016|

Workers’ Party to attempt to stop demolition of O’Devaney Gardens

  Council attempt to force through demolition against wishes of residents “underhanded” Workers’ Party will ask councillors to vote for “100% public, mixed income” housing instead of privatisation of the public site. The Workers’ Party will tonight propose that the demolition of tenanted blocks in O’Devaney Gardens be postponed until new homes have been built [...]

2016-07-25T16:22:17+00:00July 25th, 2016|

ESB should complete stalled Mayo Renewable Power plant

Another failure by private sector highlights the strength of the public sector WP President Michael Donnelly The Workers’ Party President, Michael Donnelly, called on the government to allow the ESB Group, through Eirgrid, to take over the construction of the  Mayo Renewable Power  generation station at Killala saying that once again the private [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:43+00:00July 22nd, 2016|

Low Pay Commission lives up to its name and delivers kick in the teeth to workers

Jimmy Dignam The Workers’ Party has hit out at the recommendations of the Low Pay Commision which, according to the party, had lived up to its name and delivered “a kick in the teeth” to low paid workers. Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that the 10 cent per hour [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:44+00:00July 20th, 2016|