The Workers’ Party has dismissed the latest government unemployment figures as coming from “the land of Hocus Pocus” and having little relationship to reality. Workers’ Party spokesman Seamus McDonagh said the figures produced by the Central Statistics Office were based on the most restrictive definition of unemployment possible and did not account for tens of [...]
The Workers Party has condemned the DPPs decision to pursue the prosecution of more than 20 protesters arising from the Jobstown demonstration last November in which Tánaiste Joan Burton’s car was delayed. Workers’ Party spokesman Jimmy Dignam said the decision was a disgrace and could potentially lead to a lifetime criminal record and lengthy jail [...]
The Workers’ Party have described the recommendation of a 50 cent per hour increase in the statutory Minimum Wage by the Low Pay Commission as a gross insult to the many thousands of low paid workers in the state. The party’s Dublin councillor Éilis Ryan said that the Low Pay Commission had lived up to [...]
Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has described Irish Water as the most expensive “white elephant” in the history of the state and has said the company is being kept alive only by massive injections of public money and a government in deep denial. Cllr. Tynan said he did not believe that the payment level of [...]
The Government’s cut to the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) takes money from the pockets of many one parent families, exacerbating the already severe child poverty crisis. Already, 12% of children in the State are experiencing deprivation and are at risk of poverty. Single parent families are one of the most vulnerable groups in Ireland [...]
The Workers’ Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the people of Greece in the struggle against austerity and the humanitarian crisis it has wrought. We condemn the actions of the EU-IMF-ECB Troika and the continuing efforts to bleed the Greek working class dry by transferring wealth from the workers of Greece to pay for [...]
• System of Direct Provision must be dismantled • McMahon report does not go far enough • Lives will continue to be blighted in this unjust system Cllr Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party Cllr for Dublin's North Inner City, today criticised the recommendations of the McMahon Report on the Protection Process and Direct Provision. The report [...]
The Workers' Party has published its formal submission to the Right 2 Water conference which takes place in Dublin on Saturday, 13th June. The party's submission is a comprehensive summation of its policies on a range of issues including many of those raised at the previous Right2Water conference on 1st May 2015. You can view or [...]
Workers' Party of Ireland Head Office: 24a-25 Hill Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Tel: ++353-1-8740716 To: The Central Committee, Communist Party, Turkey 5th June 2015 Dear Comrades, The Workers' Party of Ireland sends warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party, Turkey, and extends its best wishes, solidarity and support to the Communist Party in [...]
The Workers’ Party have described the government’s decision to sell its remaining 25% share in Aer Lingus as an act of treachery which would have far reaching and damaging consequences for the Irish economy. Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that Aer Lingus had been more than a national flagship for Ireland. The airline, [...]