Author: jamescallaghan

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The EU and the IMF are the determining forces

23 November 2010 This Government, like the Irish economy, is holed below the water line and is sinking. The life-raft being constructed by the EU and the IMF is not designed to solve the deepening problems facing our people but only to save the rich and powerful, in particular the […]

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Chickens coming home to roost

17 November 2010 The Communist Party of Ireland calls upon working people, and in the first place the organisation that claims to represent them, the trade union movement, to resist the policies that both the European Union and the International Monetary Fund are imposing and will impose in the coming […]

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Violent assault on student protest

3 November 2010 The Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the students of Ireland who marched in their thousands, coming from all over the country, to protest against the expected rise in registration fees for third-level colleges in the forthcoming budget.      The party condemns the violence perpetrated by the forces of the […]

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Communists applaud and participate in Féile an Phobail

21 July 2010 Belfast Central Branch of the Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the organisers of Féile an Phobail for another year’s rich mix of cultural, sporting and political events showcasing the creativity and diversity of “the people” within West Belfast and far beyond.      We are glad to be able to […]

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Bank of Ireland job losses

16 July 2010 The announcement today by Bank of Ireland that it would be cutting its work force by 750 jobs over the next two years is clearly just the beginning. These job losses come in the wake of the thousands of jobs already gone from the financial services sector […]

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Political statement

26 June 2010 The recent publication of the report of the Saville Inquiry is to be welcomed. It is a repudiation of the two attempts at a cover-up by the Widgery and Whitelaw Inquiries.      The British establishment has been forced to acknowledge that all those murdered and wounded on Bloody Sunday, […]

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Publication of the Saville Report

15 June 2010 The Communist Party of Ireland welcomes the section of the Saville Report that exonerates the twenty-eight people who were shot, fourteen of whom were killed in Derry on the 30th of January 1972. It found that “the paratroopers’ actions were unjustifiable and unjustified.”      We congratulate the relatives and […]

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Solidarity volunteers are the real heroes

5 June 2010 The actions of the Israeli government over the past week have once again exposed its mailed fist of violence and repression, usually covered by peace rhetoric and military spin. The action of the Israeli armed forces in preventing the Rachel Corrie, with much-needed aid, getting to Gaza is nothing […]