8 December 2012 At its December meeting the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland discussed the political and economic situation in the country, north and south. The party’s evaluation is that at both the national and the international level the system is experiencing new and deeper difficulties.       Growth […]

New Year statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 31 December 2012 As the old year fades from our memory we can approach the new year with some degree of optimism. Throughout 2012 there where numerous protests and demonstrations right across the country, from Belfast to Cork, from Galway to […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 15 October 2012 Workers need to be careful not to fall into the trap being laid by this bankrupt government. The internal troika of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and, in an active support role, Fianna Fáil are attempting to gain political cover for […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 12 October 2012 The announcement that the European Union has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace brings the absurd to a new level.      This political institution has already removed two democratically elected governments, in Italy and Greece, and behaves as a colonial overlord in […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 8 October 2012 The statement today by the minister for finance, Michael Noonan, calling on the European Central Bank to make a “declaration of intent” about some kind of solution in relation to the Anglo-Irish Bank promissory notes is a clear sign of desperation […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 1 October 2012 The decision today by the government to hand over €1 billion to unguaranteed and unsecured AIB bondholders reveals once again the priorities of this government. It has put a greater price on looking after financial speculators than on the health and […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 26 September 2012 The recent joint statement by the German, Dutch and Finnish finance ministers exposes the carefully constructed myth built up by the Irish government that it is winning the argument in relation to a solution to the socialised corporate debt—the bank guarantee—imposed […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 3 September 2012 The Government is to outsource services in health, justice, education and local authorities as part of the EU-IMF cuts programme. Each department has been given until the end of the year to propose areas for outsourcing; but given the history of […]

3 September 2012 The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland unequivocally condemns the shooting of thirty-four striking miners by police at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa. The deaths reveal a society that, despite the progress made by the ANC government, is still dominated by […]

1 September 2012 The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland at its meeting on 1 September discussed the difficult economic conditions and the hardship being imposed by the ruling class as they attempt to make the people pay for the deepening crisis of the system.      The trade union […]