24 January 2011 The intervention by the EU Commission, in the person of the chief spokesperson for Ollie Rehn, calling for the passing of the Finance Bill is another clear example (if one were needed) of who is calling the shots. His intervention was timed to influence the outcome of the […]
Statements
Twenty years after the Gulf War
The importance of the struggle for peace, against imperialist exploitation and oppression Statement by thirty-two communist and workers’ partiesJanuary 2011 Twenty years have elapsed since the beginning of the Gulf War. On 17 January 1991 the armed forces of the USA, NATO and its allies unleashed—with the ratification of the […]
Reject EU austerity law and the anti-democratic European Union
Joint statement of the Communist Party of Ireland and Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Ireland and the Communist Party of Britain condemn the decision of the December 17 EU summit to seek to amend the European Union Constitutional Treaty without holding national referendums. This represents a blatant […]
The budget delivered as ordered
7 December 2010 The much-hyped budget has finally been delivered, much of it leaked over the last number of weeks in a sordid orgy by “informed sources” and the serried ranks of commentators and tame academics, vying with each other to present their interpretation of what each and every leak […]
IMF, ECB and EU are sacrificing Irish people to save the euro
29 November 2010 The imposed “solution” to the Irish state’s growing and deepening crisis is to make every person an indentured servant to the needs and interests of EU finance houses, in particular to German banks. The National Pension Fund is now to be squandered to bail out banks that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]