Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 29 August 2012 The announcement by the HSE—which in fact is a Government decision—that another €130 million in spending will be cut is a direct result of the forced “bail-out.” As its statement makes clear, the HSE “has been set clearly defined budget targets […]

2 August 2012 The Communist Party of Ireland views with concern the announcement of the re-forming of an “Irish Republican Army,” which could have a detrimental effect on the peace process that the majority of Irish people have endorsed. This has nothing positive to offer in the present political situation.      In […]

25 July 2012 The announcement of a significant oil find in the Barryroe field off the Cork coast, along with the many other discoveries of oil, gas, and precious metals, emphasises once again the case for these and all natural resources to be under democratic people’s control and developed in […]

7 July 2012 The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with TDs who operate under the banner of the United Left Alliance and with all members and supporters of the ULA at this time. We understand full well the nature of the attacks being carried out by the anti-working-class, […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 1 June 2012 The Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the hundreds of thousands of our fellow-citizens who, despite intimidation and bullying by the state and their masters in Frankfurt and Brussels, along with sections of the mass media, voted against the permanent austerity […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 1 June 2012 Martin Kotthaus, spokesperson for the German minister for finance, Wolfgang Schäuble, has called it as it is. There will be no change in regard to the debt: we will have to pay all the debt owing to German and French […]

26 May 2012 At the regular meeting of its National Executive Committee the Communist Party of Ireland once again called on working people to resist the bullying and ideological terror now being unleashed by the Government to force the people to support the Austerity Treaty and to come out and […]