Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 12 April 2017 The Communist Party of Ireland stated on the 6th of April that working people need to be vigilant regarding the current Government’s manoeuvring in relation to water charges. We stated that the Government and the European Union would take time to […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 11 April 2017 The talks at the Workplace Relations Commission between the unions and management in Bus Éireann have broken down, and the dispute has now been referred to the Labour Court. The company was not in a position to put forward a proposal, […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 6 April 2017 The Communist Party of Ireland calls on working people to continue to mobilise and push for the full abolition of water charges and for a referendum to put the people’s ownership of all water resources into the Constitution of Ireland.      It has […]

Statement by the Southern Area Committee, CPI 1 April 2017 At the Southern Area Congress of the CPI today, delegates confirmed their support for the Bus Éireann workers and their colleagues in Irish Rail and Dublin Bus in their struggle to protect pay and conditions and the rural transport network.      The Government’s […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 26 March 2017 The opinion expressed by the EU commissioner for the environment, Karmenu Vella, that the proposal by Fianna Fáil to impose fines on those wasting water would be insufficient to comply with EU law, and that it would not be in line […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 11 March 2017 The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland, meeting over the weekend of 11 March, evaluated the political challenges facing the people at both the national and the international level at the present time.      The recent elections to the Belfast […]

Statement by Northern Area Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 17 January 2017 The collapse of the Stormont assembly on Monday 16th January leaves the people of Northern Ireland facing regional elections on the 2nd of March this year. The issues that will confront the people will not be about the problems […]

1 January 2017 As we enter a new year, working people should look forward with hope and confidence. Around the country tens of thousands celebrated the Centenary of the 1916 Rising with pride. Despite decades of prolonged assault by the establishment and their pet academia, they have failed to undermine […]

16 December 2016 The Communist Party of Ireland requests that the Citizens’ Assembly give consideration to our views in your discussions on the eighth amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann, its legal and human consequences, and how we should deal with these.      The Communist Party of Ireland participated in the original campaign […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 6 December 2016 The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland, meeting in early December, discussed current political developments and the nature of the struggle that working people face into as we approach a new year.      The capitalist system is marked by an […]