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New evidence of Ireland’s tax haven status requires urgent response

The Workers’ Party has called for an urgent government response to the latest research, published this week, listing Ireland as the world’s biggest tax haven. Workers’ Party city councillor Éilis Ryan said: “A report released yesterday by researchers in the University of California (Berkeley), shows that 50% of the foreign profits of US multinationals were [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:04+00:00September 11th, 2018|

Government must act quickly to reopen National Rehabilitation Hospital paediatric service

Dublin Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan has called on the Minister for Health and the HSE to act urgently to restore full inpatient paediatric services at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoighaire. Cllr. Ryan said it was a matter of grave concern that a vital service for children such as that provided at the [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:05+00:00September 2nd, 2018|

Dublin City Councillors to vote on motion calling for mandatory vaccinations in wake of latest measles outbreak

Workers' Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan will be tabling a motion at September's meeting of Dublin City Council, calling for a series of local measures to curtail recent and increasing outbreaks of infectious diseases. The move comes following a further outbreak of measles in Dublin's North Inner City, the area which Cllr. Ryan represents. Speaking on [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:05+00:00August 22nd, 2018|

Queries raised over DanskeBank contract for Government Banking Services

The Workers’ Party have queried why the state will begin paying private bank DanskeBank to provide all government banking services, when it is the majority shareholder in AIB. Workers’ Party city councillor Éilis Ryan said: “Has the government forgotten that it is the majority shareholder in AIB? It would be a far more sensible economic [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:06+00:00July 15th, 2018|

FAI criticised for failing to police League of Ireland licensing system

The Workers' Party have called on the FAI to introduce emergency reviews of how League of Ireland licensing operates, following a decision by players in Bray Wanderers to take strike action in the coming weeks owing to lack of pay. Speaking in response to the planned strike, Workers' Party representative for Palmerstown / Lucan, David [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:07+00:00July 15th, 2018|

Outrage as two Dublin Fire Brigade appliances kept off-road due to staff shortages

Two fire appliances in the ‘Bravo’ division of Dublin Fire Brigade (covering Dolphin’s Barn and Tallaght fire stations) were kept off the road this morning due to staff shortages, reducing the number of fire brigades in the area available to respond to emergency calls by 50%. This is according to information received by Workers’ Party [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:07+00:00July 13th, 2018|

Workers’ Party welcomes ban on Israeli Settlement Goods  

The Workers' Party has welcomed a Seanad vote in favour of a ban on the import of goods originating in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. Speaking following the vote this evening, Cllr. Ted Tynan (Workers' Party, Cork) said: "This victory was hard-won, fought for for decades by campaigners for the rights of the Palestinian people. [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:07+00:00July 11th, 2018|

Éilis Ryan to contest Dublin European elections 

Workers Party promises 'loud, smart, socialist' opposition The Workers' Party has announced it will be running Cllr. Éilis Ryan in the European elections for the Dublin constituency. Cllr. Ryan currently represents the North Inner City ward on Dublin City Council. Announcing the decision, Workers' Party President Mick Donnelly said: "Europe has been the source of [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:07+00:00July 11th, 2018|

Today: Dublin councillors urged to learn from London’s mistakes, stop offloading housing to charities

Dublin City Council will this evening (Monday) vote on whether to sell 52 newly-acquired public housing units at Shelbourne Plaza, Ringsend, to Túath housing charity. Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan will be proposing an amendment that the city council retain a freehold interest in the apartments, to avoid the sorts of housing sell-offs currently being [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:08+00:00July 2nd, 2018|

Lenient sentence for Lowry an affront to democracy and an insult to the working people of this country.

The Workers’ Party have described the €15,000 sentence against Deputy Michael Lowry for having knowingly delivered incorrect corporation tax returns and his failure to keep proper accounts as a gross affront to the two million workers in this country who pay their taxes and who contribute the vast bulk of tax paid into the Irish [...]

2018-06-26T17:45:43+00:00June 26th, 2018|