25th March 2023 The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the French working class and with all those involved in the mass struggles to defend their rights and social advances against the anti-worker decree of President Macron to raise the retirement age to 64 years. Due to the […]

STATEMENT ON NATIONAL PLAN AGAINST RACISM22/03/23 On March 21 the government launched its National Plan Against Racism as required by the EU Action Plan Against Racism (2020-2025). At its launch the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar claimed that the government was, “committed to rooting out systemic racism” while the Minister of state […]

The Communist Party of Ireland attended, at the invitation of the Communist Party of China, a high-level dialogue between the CPC and Political Parties from across the world. General Secretary of the CPC and President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, attended the meeting and delivered a key-note […]

On the latest UN Human Rights Council report on Nicaragua Enviado por tortilla el Dom, 05/03/2023 – 18:42 Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal, March 5th 2023 In general, practically all reports on Nicaragua by international human rights institutions and organizations fail to check information supporting false claims, omit facts inconvenient to their findings […]

CPI General Secretary Jimmy Corcoran spoke to the crowd and highlighted that it was Capitalism, and the commodification of housing in particular, that was giving the far-right oxygen. The left needs to reclaim the national flag and national symbols from fascists. The need for working-class based anti-fascism is pressing, rather […]

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202302/t20230224_11030713.html 2023-02-24 09:00 1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries. Universally recognized international law, including the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, must be strictly observed. The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries must be effectively upheld. All countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich […]

Statement on 1st anniversary Ukraine war. 24th February On the first anniversary of the outbreak of the proxy war between NATO and Russia, the chances of it escalating into a direct war between nuclear armed NATO and Russia increases as NATO continues to pour arms and tanks into Ukraine with […]

The  “Northern Ireland Protocol”  negotiations  are best characterised as part of the inter-imperialist struggle between the EU and Britain with regard to the latter’s future trading relationship and access to markets within that bloc. They are about securing Britain’s future relationship with the EU and are  not about the Irish […]

Local Party Activists took part along with other concerned peace activists in the monthly People’s Movement protest against the militarisation of the EU outside the Dáil today. Commenting after the protest Pól Ó Deoráin said that he was appalled by the clamour for war among the leadership in the EU […]

COMMUNIST PARTY OF IRELAND | PÁIRTÍ CUMANNACH NA hÉIREANN On February 21st 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the Manifesto of the Communist Party. It was to be published in English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish. In 1986 an Irish translation – Clár na Comharsheilbhe – was published […]