Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland, 12 February 2016 As working people throughout the European Union are beginning to question its role and even its very nature, and whose interests it serves, another new grouping emerges to sow confusion and throw sand in their eyes.      The “Democracy in Europe Movement, […]

Statement by Dublin District, Communist Party of Ireland, 7 February 2016 The Report of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis, recently published, says that “no one single event or decision led to the failure of the banks in the lead in period to the Crisis, but rather […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 22 January 2016 The report of the Banking Inquiry, published today, vindicates the analysis of our party from the very beginning of the banking crisis and the bail-out.      It is clear from the report that the European Union was in complete control and absolutely in […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 3 December 2015 The Communist Party of Ireland congratulates the people of Denmark on their resounding victory in voting down the proposition from the Danish government on the repeal of Denmark’s opt-out on justice and home affairs. Despite numerous threats, blackmail and scaremongering from […]

14 November 2015 The general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, Eugene McCartan, condemned the violent attacks on people that took place in Paris last night, which from the latest reports seem to have left 160 people dead.      “These are shocking attacks, which cannot be countenanced by progres­sive people. They […]

22 September 2015 Last night’s television programme on the state-controlled RTE dealing with inequality in Ireland, presented by David McWilliams, was of interest by virtue of the fact that an establishment figure spoke about inequality.      Any regular reader of Socialist Voice, the monthly paper of the CPI, would have been well aware of […]

25 July 2015 The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland at its meeting in July discussed the political and economic situation in the context of events now unfolding within the European Union resulting from the imposition of the new memorandum on the Greek working class. The meeting […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 14 July 2015 The European Union has exposed its essential class nature in its attitude to the Greek people. After months of arm-twisting, bullying and blackmail it has imposed even more draconian austerity on the working people of Greece.      The stance taken by the Irish […]

27 June 2015 Once again the true nature of the European Union is exposed. Behind the face of a “Europe of solidarity” there is nothing more than bullying, arm-twisting, and blackmail. The much-vaunted sharing of values is nothing but a cloak to disguise the power of the European and American […]

Political statement, 21 June 2015 At its recent meeting the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland expressed its solidarity with the Greek people, in particular the Greek working class, at this time of renewed pressure and bullying by the troika of the European Union, EU Central Bank, […]