Workers Party

Workers’ Party candidate disappointed by AAA misrepresentation on abortion rights

Cllr Eilis Ryan, The Workers' Party general election candidate in Dublin Central, has criticised the Anti Austerity Alliance for issuing a press release falsely claiming that The Workers' Party were not pro-choice. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Cllr Ryan said, 'It is deeply disappointing that Diana O'Dwyer and Ruth Coppinger would set themselves up as [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:50+00:00February 24th, 2016|

Water protests have put privatisation on the back foot – Friday’s election should ensure it is taken off the agenda

Time to repudiate the McCarthy Report on the sale of State Assets Cllr. Ted Tynan, the Workers’ Party candidate in Cork North Central has said that the massive backlash against water charges and Irish Water had put the outgoing government’s privatisation plans seriously on the back foot but he  feared  these plans could be revived [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:51+00:00February 23rd, 2016|

Cllr Éilis Ryan says voters looking for clear commitment to repeal the 8th Amendment

Repeal the 8th on voters’ minds in Dublin Central Cllr Éilis Ryan says voters looking for clear commitment to repeal the 8th Amendment As the General Election campaign enters its final days, the Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Central – Cllr Éilis Ryan – has said that, along with obvious issues such as water charges, [...]

2016-02-22T08:07:33+00:00February 22nd, 2016|

Business claims of red tape are red herring says Workers’ Party

  Dublin Mid-West candidate Lorraine Hennessy highlights low levels of regulation and high taxpayer subsidies to Irish business High subsidies generate low return in terms of decent jobs, says Hennessy Speaking today (Sunday) the Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Mid-West, Lorraine Hennessy, said that claims by the business lobby and their political advocates that Irish [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:51+00:00February 21st, 2016|

Workers Party candidate Seamus McDonagh says 5,000 on Meath housing list are in total despair

“People want to see action in bricks and mortar not meaningless promises” Meath East Workers’ Party candidate Seamus McDonagh has said the individuals and families on the County Meath housing waiting list are in total despair and will not be deceived by weasel words this time.  They will only believe there is an end to [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:51+00:00February 20th, 2016|

Tynan asks “What recovery?”, as nearly 35,000 suffering deprivation in Cork North Central

The Workers’ Party candidate in Cork North-Central, Cllr Ted Tynan, said today (Thursday) that the Government’s claims of economic recovery ring hollow in Cork North Central where an estimated 35,000 people suffer from multiple forms of deprivation.  Estimates also show that nearly 20,000 people suffer from heat deprivation, while around 12,000 suffer from food poverty. “Many [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:51+00:00February 18th, 2016|

Loss of 1,000 jobs at Bombardier shows NI Assembly jobs policy flawed

The loss of more than 1,000 jobs at the Bombardier plant in Belfast has been described by the Workers Party as ‘…a further blow to Northern Ireland’s manufacturing base and evidence, if it was needed, that the Assembly has no viable  job creation programme to secure existing jobs and expand the economy’ Bombardier “This announcement comes in the wake [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:51+00:00February 17th, 2016|

Austerity has trapped survivors of domestic violence

Cllr Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin Central, today represented the party at the launch of SAFE Ireland’s manifesto which seeks to put violence against women on the political agenda as parties prepare for next week’s General Election. Cllr. Éilis Ryan   Speaking after the event, Cllr Ryan said: “Women throughout Ireland [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:52+00:00February 16th, 2016|

Main parties won’t build social housing because they are under thumb of developers

Cork North Central Workers’ Party candidate Cllr. Ted Tynan has said that neither the present government nor Fianna Fail will embark on a major social housing construction programme because the parties in question are still under the thumb of developers. Cllr. Ted Tynan Cllr. Tynan said that a local authority led housing construction [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:52+00:00February 16th, 2016|

Workers Party candidate expresses solidarity to water protesters as case begins

The Workers’ Party candidate in Dublin North West, Jimmy Dignam, has offered his solidarity and support to the water charges protestors before the criminal courts this week. Dignam said, ‘These trumped up charges are a clear case of political policing and are designed to intimidate citizens from showing their opposition to the austerity agenda of [...]

2016-02-15T18:30:25+00:00February 15th, 2016|