For years now the government and the media establishment have been telling the same lies about the Triple Lock in order to prepare the ground to end Irish neutrality. No matter how many times their talking points are exposed they still cling to them because there are no good reasons […]
Statements
Communist Party of Ireland statement on Public Sector strike
The Industrial Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland stands in full solidarity with public service workers striking over pay and declining living standards. The government allowed the previous agreement to expire without obtaining a credible successor and must now make substantive movement. Workers are right to reject any settlement […]
Statement from the Communist Party of Ireland on Drumcree
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) salutes the working people of Garvaghy Road and their many supporters. We also acknowledge the courageous stand taken by many within protestant community who stood up and supported the people of Garvaghy Road. The Orange Order does not represent nor speak for all protestants. The unity […]
Do not ignore the root causes of the cost of living crisis!
The cost-of-living crisis has not disappeared and is set to get worse over the coming year. Prices are far above their 2021 level and the next pressure is likely to come again through essentials: energy, food, clothing, transport, heating and housing. These basics are already up multiples of wage increases […]
Public Sector Pay Negotiations
The decision of public sector unions to prepare for and conduct ballots for industrial action is, at this time, necessary. The previous agreement is now up and the Government has failed to engage meaningfully with workers’ unions. Indeed, their rhetoric has attempted to divide workers and pit public sector pay […]
Aer Lingus Job Losses Expose the Cost of Economic Dependence
The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the workers and families affected by the announcement that up to 500 jobs are to be cut at Aer Lingus. The communist party supports trade unions in opposing compulsory redundancies but urges unions to demand nationalisation. These proposed redundancies are not […]
Statement on Aughinish Alumina
Aughinish Alumina exposes the danger of leaving strategic industry in foreign corporate hands. One of the State’s most important industrial assets, central to a variety of downstream supply chains, is controlled outside any Irish democratic economic strategy by a Russian oligarch and is now being made into a plaything of […]
The myth of Irish influence in the EU
As the Irish government assumes the Presidency of the European Union from July our people will continue to be bombarded by over-exaggerated claims about the democratic nature of the EU and the extent of the Irish government influence on decisions, selling us the myth that we are at the heart […]
Communist Party of Ireland Statement on the latest US threats to Cuba
The Communist Party of Ireland condemns the escalating US attacks on the sovereign Republic of Cuba and in particular the illegal “indictment” of the revolutionary leader and former President of the Republic Raúl Castro Ruz. The US has long been a rogue state which ignores international law and the UN […]
May Day Greetings from the Communist Party of Ireland
The Communist Party of Ireland sends May Day greetings to the Irish working class, self-employed working people and family farmers. The harsh reality for working class people on May Day 2026 is the increasing cost of living, with the price of food, clothing, energy, heating and rent increasing, while wages […]