Gavin Mendel-Gleason The Workers' Party have called on Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney to condemn the United States withdrawal from a nuclear agreement with Iran. The call comes following an announcement from US President Donald Trump that he intends to withdraw from the agreement and re-impose sanctions on Iran. Speaking on the [...]
The Workers’ Party this morning (Monday) launched their referendum campaign outside Dáil Éireann. To launch the campaign, the Party displayed their 1983 posters against the 8th amendment, alongside newly-launched ‘Yes’ posters for the 2018 referendum. Speaking at the launch this morning, Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan said: “The Workers’ Party was the only Dáil party [...]
Cork's new city boundary will add 90,00 to population The Workers’ Party have strongly criticised the Terms of Reference of the new electoral boundary committee for the expanded Cork City which proposes no increase in the number of elected councillors despite an almost doubling of the city’s population. Workers’ Party councillor Ted [...]
Repeal mural tackled by Charities Regulator but Catholic Church ignored despite charitable status The Workers' Party have accused the Charities' Regulator of double standards for failing to tackle the Catholic Church's campaigning on the upcoming referendum on the 8th amendment. The accusations come in the wake of a decision by the Charities' Regulator that the [...]
O Partido dos Trabalhadores da Irlanda (Workers’ Party of Ireland) se solidariza com as forças democráticas, progressistas e revolucionárias e organizações de trabalhadores no Brasil, protestando contra a ordem de prisão do ex-presidente Luís Inácio Lula da Silva e em defesa de seus direitos contra o ataque desencadeado pelo imperialismo e a classe capitalista brasileira. [...]
The Workers’ Party has said that the scale of voluntary redundancies announced today (Thursday) by Eir, are further proof of the failure of privatisation in the telecoms sector. Commenting on today’s announcement, Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan said: “The redundancies at Eir are just further proof that privatisation of Telecom Éireann was only ever [...]
The Workers’ Party’s representative in Meath, Séamus McDonagh, has this morning welcomed the launch of Together for Yes in Meath, which officially took place last night (Wednesday) in the Newgrange Hotel in Navan. McDonagh, who chaired last night’s launch, said: “Last night was a momentous occasion. It brought together groups from Kells, Navan, Trim, Athboy [...]
The Workers’ Party has called for an immediate closure of the facilities at Shannon Airport to the US military as it prepares to attack Syria in support of Islamic terrorist groups in the war-torn country. Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan said: “It seems increasingly certain that a number countries, led by a belligerent Donald Trump [...]
Free Palestine Thousands of Palestinians have been protesting along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip as part of the Great March of Return movement. The grotesque, disproportionate and lethal response of the Israeli state has gone unpunished. Israeli forces fired live ammunition at protesters, killed dozens of Palestinians during the past week, including 21 [...]
Workers Unite, the Power of a United Working Class The following speech was delivered by Comrade Gerry Grainger at the Workers' Party commemoration in Belfast on 1st April 2018. Oration by Comrade Gerry Grainger, Chair of Belfast Region, Secretary of International Affairs Department, member of Central Executive Committee of the Workers' Party Gerry Grainger [...]
