Cork City North West Workers’ Party candidate James Coughlan has called for a realistic jobs strategy for the Northside of the city based on strategic planning and direct job creation by state agencies and local authorities. Mr. Coughlan said that as an immediate priority hundreds of building workers could be put to work if the [...]
The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Finnegan, has said that the resignation of Minister Alan Shatter does not, as the government may hope, draw a line in the sand in relation to public concerns regarding the administration of justice in this country. “Alan Shatter was an arrogant Minister in a government which has made [...]
Workers Party local election candidate James Coughlan has said that the so-called free allowance of water to householders is a cruel trick designed to deceive low income families into believing they were going to be protected from hefty water charges. […]
Workers Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the Revenue Commissioners’ imminent deduction of unpaid Household Charges was nothing less than pure theft from the pay-packets of workers and the welfare payments of honest citizens. Cllr. Tynan said that the circulation of letters of intent to thousands of homes in the last few days had [...]
Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has accused the government of playing a cynical game of rumour and denial as part of a “softening up” exercise to prepare people for much higher water charges than originally stated. Cllr. Tynan said that the issue of whether there would be a standing charge on water bills was [...]
Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has warned that the government and city managers are intent on shutting down social housing and handing it over to private or voluntary groups. The Mayfield based councillor said that while there have been long-term problems without housing waiting lists, over the past few months the allocation of social housing [...]
Mayfield Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has described the situation where over 500 local authority flats and houses remain empty in Cork City at a time of housing crisis as a “no brainer”. Speaking at tonight’s (Monday) meeting of Cork City Council, Cllr. Tynan said that with 8,000 people on Cork City Council’s housing list [...]
The President of the Workers Party, Michael Finnegan, has described the government’s decision to sell Bord Gáis Energy to Centrica and two other multinational companies as an outrage. Mr. Finnegan said that the decision represented a u-turn on the part of Minister Pat Rabbitte who a fortnight ago announced that the company had been withdrawn [...]
Cork Workers Party Councillor Ted Tynan has said that the government’s decision to make the new Irish Water company a subsidiary of Bord Gáis is merely a diversionary tactic as both it and its parent company will be privatised within the next few years with thousands of job losses, poorer quality water and huge increases [...]