Policy

Workers’ Party rejects sale of council homes now and in the future

Cllr. Éilis Ryan (WP) The Workers’ Party this evening expressed disappointment at Sinn Féin’s refusal to rule out supporting the sale of public housing in the future. Speaking after a special meeting of Dublin City Council this evening, called to discuss a Sinn Féin motion on the matter, Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:55+00:00December 17th, 2015|

Anti-nurse spin from HSE and government is utterly deplorable

The Workers' Party extends its full solidarity with all INMO members and emergency department workers who are taking strike action tomorrow (Tuesday 15th October). Jimmy Dignam, Dublin North-West representative, stated: “I will be present at tomorrow's picket line at Beaumont hospital to show my full solidarity with the striking emergency department workers. The fact that [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:55+00:00December 14th, 2015|

Economic spurt an illusion for the great majority

Jimmy Dignam, WP candidate Dublin Nth West Workers’ Party spokesperson Jimmy Dignam has said that the reported spurt in economic growth making headlines across the state today is just an illusion for the great majority of working class people who have experienced little or no recovery while many more have seen their personal [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:55+00:00December 10th, 2015|

Burton’s manufactured spat with FG will cut no ice with voters

Seamus McDonagh (WP) Workers Party Meath East representative Seamus McDonagh has said that Labour Party leader Joan Burton’s attempts to portray differences with Fine Gael in the run up to the general election will cut no ice with voters who have seen the two government parties cemented to one another like limpets over [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:55+00:00December 5th, 2015|

Varadkar and government guilty on hospital trolley scandal

Lorraine Hennessy Lorraine Hennessy, Workers’ Party representative for Dublin Mid-West has slammed Minister for Health, Mr. Leo Varadkar, as being hypocritical in his penalising of hospitals for patients on trolleys. The number of patients on trolleys is a national disgrace and robs people of a basic entitlement - the right to human dignity. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:55+00:00November 30th, 2015|

Workers’ Party welcome High Court Ruling on abortion

The Workers Party has welcomed this morning’s High Court Ruling that abortion legislation in Northern Ireland is in breach of human rights law but has expressed regret that this decision had to come through the courts rather than via  the Assembly.   “As a society we must support a woman’s right to choose and recognise that [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:56+00:00November 30th, 2015|

Workers Party statement on Syria, the UNSC resolution and intervention calls

Workers’ Party Statement on Syria, the UNSC resolution and the calls for further intervention   The internal frictions in Syrian society manipulated by the imperialist powers intent upon foreign intervention have created a situation which now poses a major threat not only to Syria, but also the entire region and the world. The arming of [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:56+00:00November 26th, 2015|

Nurses deserve support in strike for standards – Dignam

Workers' Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam has offered his full support to nurses at Beaumont Hospital who have announced industrial action in response to unsafe staffing levels at the hospital. Speaking to activists in his constituency, Dignam said, 'The fact that 99% of Irish Nurses & Midwives’ Organisation’s members in the medical and [...]

2016-01-02T23:36:50+00:00November 25th, 2015|

Workers’ Party Statement on terrorist attacks

  The Workers’ Party of Ireland condemns the murderous terrorist attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis which has been claimed by ISIS/Daesh and expresses its condolences to the families and friends of the many victims and its solidarity with the French people.   The WPI condemns with equal force the recent terrorist attacks carried out in [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:56+00:00November 17th, 2015|

Irish Water rebrand will not cover its toxic legacy

The Workers’ Party have said that the reported decision of Irish Water boss John Tierney to stand down at the end of his contract and the company’s plans to re-brand itself are a clear sign that Irish Water is on its last legs and that anti-water charges activists should increase the pressure on the government [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:56+00:00November 8th, 2015|