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Statements

The covid-19 pandemic and its impact on women

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 11 June 2020 Amidst all the health problems and upheaval that are taking place resulting from the covid-19 pandemic, the Communist Party of Ireland points out that it is easy to overlook the specific distress that thousands of women are suffering in their own […]

Statements

Political statement

2 May 2020 On 2 May 2020 the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland discused and evaluated the current political and economic situation, both nationally and internationally, resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the growing economic crisis, of which covid-19 is not the cause but simply the […]

John Meehan portrait
Obituary

John Meehan

It is with great sadness that the CPI announces the death of John Meehan of Cloongowla, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, a life­long member of our party. We mourn the pass­ing of one of the last of that genera­tion of rural commun­ists who paid a heavy price for uphold­ing the red banner of commun­ism, the banner of labour.

Statements

One Ireland, one solution: one all-Ireland constitution

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 15 March 2020 Covid-19 hastens the deepening structural crisis of the capitalist system The CPI expresses its solidarity with all those affected, and who will be affected, by this growing health crisis, and to the health staff and emergency services in the front line.      The […]

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Brexit: Only the beginning, not the end

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 30 January 2020 The decision of the people of Britain to leave the European Union on the 31st of January has for the last three years thrown the British and Irish establishments into disarray.      The EU Commission and the corporate forces it serves have also […]