Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 31 October 2017 The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the Iarnród Éireann workers who go on strike tomorrow (1 November) in a series of rolling one-day strikes. Railway workers have not had a pay increase for almost ten years, and it […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 21 October 2017 At the National Executive Committee meeting of the Communist Party of Ireland there was a discussion of the growing housing crisis in the north and south of the country. In particular, the Irish government has failed to address in any serious […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 1 August 2017 The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the working people of Venezuela and congratulates them on holding successful elections and on the positive outcome of the election of the Constituent Assembly, despite widespread violence and intimidation by the right-wing […]

The Communist, Workers’ and Revolutionary Parties below signed, on the occasion of our participation in the XV Congress of the Communist Party of Venezuela, held in the homeland of Bolívar and Chávez:  MANIFEST our solidarity with the people of Venezuela, the Bolivarian process of the affirmation of sovereignty and social […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 4 June 2017 We condemn the attack in London last night, and our sympathies are with those killed and injured and with their families and friends.      To end the attacks on innocent civilians, in London, Manchester, or Paris, the first step is to end the […]

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 […]