Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 15 December 2013 Today the Irish establishment loudly proclaims that this state, and by extension the Irish people, has regained its sovereignty. This is as far from the truth as one can get. The Irish establishment has long since abandoned the little sovereignty […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 14 November 2013 The Communist Party of Ireland today warned Irish workers not to fall for the latest ruse by the bankrupt political establishment with its announcement that this failed state will leave the “bail-out programme”—which is in fact a restructuring programme—by 15 December […]

20 October 2013 Once again the people in the Republic have been forced to endure an “austerity” budget as the Irish capitalist class, in alliance with the EU, ECB, and IMF, continue to make working people pay for the odious debt, with cuts in social welfare, attacks on the living […]

11 September 2013 Today is the fortieth anniversary of the fascist coup in Chile on 11 September 1973, when the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup that was planned, organised and directed from Washington.      The fascist coup resulted in more than 3,000 dead, 30,000 tortured, tens […]

28 August 2013 We, the communist and workers’ parties, express our solidarity with the Syrian people and denounce the military attack against Syria that is being prepared by the imperialists of the USA, NATO and the EU together with their allies in order to promote their interests in the region.      We […]

24 August 2013 At its meeting on Saturday 24 August the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland evaluated the continuing economic crisis and its effect on working people, north and south.      Despite much talk by the Irish government and the establishment media about “recovery,” projecting rising property prices […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 15 June 2013 The gathering of the G8 leaders from the dominant centres of monopoly capitalism, like previous such gatherings, will look for solutions to the crisis of the system at the expense of the people. They have nothing to offer working people but […]

29 May 2013 Once again the Labour Party covers itself in shame, said the general secretary of the Commun​ist Party of Ireland, Eugene McCartan, respond​ing to Brendan Howlin’s pushing through of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill (2013) to give him the power to cut workers’ wages, […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 19 May 2013 The imperialist powers Britain, France and the United States regard themselves as the rightful rulers of the Middle East. With the aim of maintaining their hegemony they have always allied themselves with the most backward and obscurantist forces in the area. […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 18 May 2013 At its regular meeting the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland evaluated the present political and economic situation in the country, north and south. What is most clear is that the crisis of the system is deepening: the […]