Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has called for a “root and branch” overhaul of the planning process in the wake of An Bórd Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission to Indaver for a major waste incinerator at Ringaskidy, Co. Cork. Graphic showing the plume of air pollution blown by the prevailing wind (2015 study) [...]
Dublin paramedic calls for expulsion of Israeli ambassador, in solidarity with the murdered medic The Workers' Party have reiterated their call for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled from the country, in the wake of the shooting dead of 21-year old Palestinian medical volunteer, Razan al-Najar. The Party's representative in Palmerstown-Lucan, David Gardiner, who is [...]
On Sunday, 20th May 2018, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, supported by the Communist Party of Venezuela, was re-elected to office. Despite winning all bar two of the many elections and referenda in the course of recent history, President Hugo Chavez and President Nicolas Maduro and the entire Bolivarian revolution have faced relentless US hostility and [...]
A Freedom on Information request by Workers’ Party City Councillor, Eilis Ryan, has revealed that the controversial decision by Dublin City Council to cancel an event about the book "The Question of the 8th" at the recent Dublin International Literary Festival, was based on inaccurate information concerning its organisers. Email correspondence released to Ryan reveals [...]
Workers’ Party representative in Meath, Séamus McDonagh, has welcomed the large yes vote in favour of the repeal of the 8th amendment. Speaking following the referendum, McDonagh said: "This referendum was a resounding victory for women's equality, nowhere less than in Meath. 69% voted in favour of ending Ireland's medieval ban on abortion in Meath [...]
Gavin Mendel-Gleason The Workers’ Party has criticized a recent announcement by government to seek 800 non-EU workers to take up work permits in the agri-food sector. The Party has called for any job vacancies in the industry to instead be opened up to undocumented migrants and asylum seekers in Ireland. Workers’ Party representative [...]
We, the undersigned Communist and Workers parties condemn the decision of the Trump administration – in complete contravention of world public opinion – in taking the USA out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) agreement with Iran, and the dangerous consequences this now has. The United States’ withdrawal on 8 May 2018 from [...]
The Workers’ Party participated in a large rally in the centre of Belfast in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The following address was made by Gerry Grainger, Director of International Affairs of the Workers’ Party of Ireland: “Last Monday, as Israel in a deplorable display of triumphalism, celebrated the Trump administration’s opening of the US [...]
The Workers Party of Ireland condemns today’s murderous attacks on Palestinian civilians by the Israeli state. At present, sources suggest that at least 55 Palestinians have been killed and 2,400 wounded by Israeli forces, on what has been described as the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 attacks on Gaza. Today’s events, which have [...]
The Workers’ Party have called on the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, as well returning officers, to ensure that religious schools are not selected as polling stations for the upcoming referendum, given the history of Church influence over the issue in Ireland. Workers’ Party representative for Lucan/Palmerstown David Gardiner said “The vast majority [...]
