"It is with deep sadness and regret that the Workers Party announces the death of Sean Garland, a life-long comrade, a member of the Party's Central Executive Committee and one of the people who most influenced and shaped the Workers Party over many decades. Sean Garland (1934-2018) Party President Michael Donnelly has paid [...]
Personal tribute to May Mac Giolla by Workers' Party President Michael Donnelly Workers' Party President Michael Donnelly I first met May many years ago back in the early 1970’s through her husband Tomás , when I was then a delegate from the North West Region of the Party representing Derry & Strabane at [...]
Tribute to Friend and Comrade Mhaire Bhean Mhic Giolla by Sean Garland, National Treasurer The Workers' Party of Ireland Thursday 29th March 2018 Comrades May Mac Giolla, Tomas Mac Giolla and Sean Garland Carmel, Danny, Comrades, Friends and Members of Maire Bhean’s extended family. On this sad occasion we will pay a grateful [...]
Gavin Mendel-Gleason Reilly’s claims in social media post about the Workers’ Party’s attitude to O’Cualann Housing development in Ballymun are ‘totally fabricated’ says Ballymun Workers’ Party representative Gavin Mendel-Gleason Mendel-Gleason stated: ‘My attention was brought to a post on Facebook by Ballymun Sinn Féin Councillor Reilly in which she claimed that the Workers’ [...]
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 [...]
Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland extends its solidarity to the Iraqi Communist Party and condemns the vicious and cowardly attack on the headquarters of the district committee of the Iraqi Communist Party in the city of Diwaniyah in southern Iraq. The WPI also condemns the use of firearms on the university campus and [...]
Repeal the 8th Amendment! https://www.youtube.com/embed/_eG9e1mrxNo Looking back at campaigning against the 8th Amendment in 1983. Still fighting against it today, we spoke to present and past members including Anne Finnegan, Mary Diskin, Eilish Matthews, Padraig Mannion and Seamus McDonagh. The Eighth Amendment equates the right to life of a pregnant woman with that of [...]
The Workers’ Party has hit back against a number of politicians and commentators who have criticised former Cuban President Fidel Castro who died on Friday. Workers’ Party North Inner City Councillor, Éilis Ryan, described the attacks on Fidel Castro as “the brainwashed rantings of people who knew nothing about the former Cuban leader other than [...]
It is with a sense of deep sadness that the Workers’ Party of Ireland has learned of the death of Comrade Fidel Castro, former President of Cuba and Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was President of Cuba for forty nine years. After commanding the revolution which overthrew the dictator, Fulgencio Batista, [...]
Workers Party Ard Fheis, Dublin, 18/19 October 2016 Over 150 delegates and observers attended the Workers’ Party Ard Fheis on Friday (18th November) and Saturday (19th November) in the Communications Workers’ Union Hall in Dublin 1, where motions were passed on a broad range of issues including public housing, reproductive rights and Traveller [...]
