Speaking at a May Day meeting last night Workers’ Party president Michael Donnelly stated that Ireland is within three weeks of enshrining the concept that civil marriage as a civil right within our constitution. He said that this would be one of the most significant constitutional changes since the adoption of Bunreacht na hÉireann. [...]
The Workers’ Party have welcomed the announcement that the government is to buy the site in Moore Street, Dublin where some of the final moments of the Easter 1916 Rising took place and where Commandant Padraig Pearse surrendered on behalf of the Irish Republic proclaimed earlier that week. Workers Party Dublin City Councillor, Éilis Ryan, [...]
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 [...]
Wynn's Hotel on Lower Abbey Street in the centre of Dublin was the venue for the public relaunch of the North Dublin branch of the Workers' Party on Saturday, 7th of February. The four hour event was very well attended and saw party members new and old mixing with party supporters and others interested in [...]
The Workers’ Party Central Executive Committee has welcomed the publication, by the government, of the wording for the forthcoming referendum on Marriage Equality and promised to campaign vigorously for a Yes vote. Michael Donnelly, president of the Workers’ Party stated: “This referendum is long overdue. It peels back one further layer of repression from our [...]
The Workers’ Party has called on the government to block any sale of Aer Lingus and to use its strategic 25% share to ensure that the airline continues to provide vital connectivity between this country and the rest of the world. Dublin Workers’ Party councillor, Éilis Ryan, said that Aer Lingus was of vital strategic [...]
The Workers’ Party has a representative on Dublin City Council for the first time since 1999 with the announcement today (Wednesday, 21st January) that north inner city councillor, Éilis Ryan, has joined the organisation. Announcing her decision to join the Workers’ Party, Éilis Ryan, said: “The Workers’ Party has a proud history of standing [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has said there is a judicial bias against working class people when it comes to the penalties for fraud and other financial wrongdoings. Mr. Donnelly said that the five year prison sentence handed down to a man convicted of social welfare fraud was in stark contrast [...]
Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that he is not surprised by the findings of a new ESRI report on the effects of government budgetary policy over the past six years which showed a 13% drop in income for the least well off. Cllr. Tynan said that the report demolished Tánaiste Joan Burton’s [...]
Above: Satellite dishes at the secretive General Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) near Cheltenham, England. The Workers’ Party has condemned the government’s signing of a Statutory Instrument giving foreign law enforcement authorities the right to intercept Irish telephone calls and electronic communications such as email and text messages. Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that the [...]