The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the workers and families affected by the announcement that up to 500 jobs are to be cut at Aer Lingus. The communist party supports trade unions in opposing compulsory redundancies but urges unions to demand nationalisation. These proposed redundancies are not […]
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Statement on Aughinish Alumina
Aughinish Alumina exposes the danger of leaving strategic industry in foreign corporate hands. One of the State’s most important industrial assets, central to a variety of downstream supply chains, is controlled outside any Irish democratic economic strategy by a Russian oligarch and is now being made into a plaything of […]
Frank Ryan Commemoration 2026, Glasnevin
On 11th of July, Independent Dublin Republicans organised a commemoration for Irish Republicans who fought Fascism 1936 – 1938 in Spain. Comrade Gearóid Ó Machail spoke at this event; he is an Executive Committee member of both Friends of the International Brigades Ireland (FIBI) and the Communist Party of Ireland […]
The myth of Irish influence in the EU
As the Irish government assumes the Presidency of the European Union from July our people will continue to be bombarded by over-exaggerated claims about the democratic nature of the EU and the extent of the Irish government influence on decisions, selling us the myth that we are at the heart […]
Communist Party of Ireland Statement on the latest US threats to Cuba
The Communist Party of Ireland condemns the escalating US attacks on the sovereign Republic of Cuba and in particular the illegal “indictment” of the revolutionary leader and former President of the Republic Raúl Castro Ruz. The US has long been a rogue state which ignores international law and the UN […]
Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan!
International Working Women’s Day (IWWD) traces its origins to the labour movements of Europe and North America in the early 20th century. At the 1910 International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen, Clara Zetkin proposed the annual celebration of a day dedicated to women’s struggle for equality and emancipation. She […]
Statement on the Deepening Crisis of Capitalism
The instability of capitalism deepens. For a second time in less than 20 years the economic model pursued by the Irish ruling class is facing a crisis. The US government decision to impose 20% tariffs on EU imports to the US, as the US capitalist class attempts to halt its […]
Statement in support of Mothers Against Genocide Activists
The women of the Communist Party of Ireland would like to offer our deepest solidarity with the Mothers against Genocide group, we share the outrage felt across the solidarity movement at your horrific treatment. In your fight to expose the genocide currently being carried out by the Zionist occupation against […]
Statement on International Working Women’s Day 2025
It was the 8th of March in 1917, in the midst of World War I, when women workers took to the streets with the cry of “Peace, Land and Bread” and began the process of the Russian Revolution. Women have since remained at the forefront of the anti-war struggle, here […]
Medical Aid from Ireland to Cuba
In spite of the extremely difficult challenges, CPI members working alongside Aid for Cuba in Belfast were successful in breaking the illegal US blockade of Cuba and delivering much needed medical supplies to a hospital in Havana. The work that has gone into raising the funds to transport this aid […]