At least 80,000 people marched through the streets of central Dublin today to voice their opposition to water charges and privatisation. Today's rally was the fourth in a series of marches organised by the Right2Water campaign and supported by numerous political and community organisation. The Workers' Party is affiliated to the Right2Water campaign and was well [...]
The Workers’ Party have condemned the jailing of five anti-water charge protesters in Dublin today (Thursday) saying the decision was an outrageous attack on the right to protest and an affront to the principles of justice. Workers’ Party Dublin Councillor Éilis Ryan said the ruling was a confirmation of how the judicial system is being [...]
The need to place the wholesale reform of the policing service on top of the political agenda is clear from ongoing campaign of arrests targeting political activists and the working class community of Jobstown, according to Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan. “In recent days what has been witnessed is not only clearly policing driven by [...]
Michael Donnelly The Workers’ Party have condemned the arrest this morning of Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy and three other people for their alleged role in a protest against Tánaiste Joan Burton at Jobstown in West Dublin last November. Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that the arrest of the four was not [...]
Workers’ Party Dublin councillor Éilis Ryan has condemned the intimidation of water protesters by private security firms working for Irish Water and has said the failure of the company and its agents to respond to queries and complaints from local representatives was completely unacceptable Councillor Ryan, who represents the North Inner City Ward, submitted [...]
The President of the Workers' Party, Michael Donnelly, has called for a massive turnout at Wednesday's anti water charges rally in Dublin which is due to gather outside Leinster House at lunchtime. Mr. Donnelly said that the government had to shaken out of its smug complacency in the wake of recent changes in the implementation [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Mick Donnelly, has said that the campaign against water charges and privatisation remains as valid as ever and the campaign should continue on the basis of community based activism and non-violent civil disobedience. The campaign was a genuine people’s one with mass support as shown by the [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic of Ireland are expected to demonstrate tomorrow in over 100 cities, towns and villages to voice their outright opposition to water charges, water metering and privatisation of the public water supply. Organised by the Right2Water campaign, a coalition of trade union, community and political groups (including the [...]
The mass opposition to water charges is being undermined by Sinn Féin politicians constantly changing positions on the campaign, according to Meath Workers' Party representative Seamus McDonagh. “The Sinn Féin position on water charges was changing weekly, now it is changing daily. Only two weeks ago TDs Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald publicly stated [...]
Following the massive national demonstration in Dublin on October 11th in which around 100,000 people took to the streets to voice their outright opposition to water charges and privatisation, follow up protest marches will be held across the state on Saturday, November 1st, organised once again by the Right2Water campaign. Right2Water.ie is a public campaign [...]