The following oration was given by Sinn Féin (Official) Ard Comhairle member Billy McMillen at the Party's Wolfe Tone commemoration in June 1973, in the early stages of the party's transition from Sinn Féin to the Workers' Party. Bodenstown Oration 1973 A Chomrádaithe, “It is well to remember that nations which submit to conquest or [...]
The following oration was delivered by Austin Kelly, North Belfast branch, on Sunday 3rd September at the Workers' Party Commemoration at Milltown Cemetery for our members and supporters who lost their lives in 1976 and 1977. Austin Kelly delivers the oration Oration, Workers' Party Commemoration, Sunday, 3rd September 2017 Comrades and Friends, We [...]
Cllr Éilis Ryan and May MacGiolla at the 2016 Bodenstown Commemoration Comrades, A few weeks ago, May MacGiolla mentioned to me that she thought this was her 81st year attending Bodenstown commemorations. Speaking to May, and indeed reading previous addresses given in Bodenstown, it was clear that it's unusual for a member who [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has said that 100 years to the day after the execution of the socialist revolutionary James Connolly (May 12th) the same forces which demanded his killing continue to rule Ireland north and south. Mr. Donnelly said that it was noteworthy that while the state paid lip service [...]
In response to increasing expectations among financial analysts and journalists of an impending stock market crash, Jimmy Dignam, the Workers’ Party candidate for Dublin North West has said that Ireland’s banking system is an unreformed Frankenstein’s monster that could cause a repeat of the economic catastrophe of 2008 / 2009. Jimmy Dignam Dignam [...]
