Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 19 October 2019 [This statement was drafted before the chaotic vote in the British Parliament.]  The deal now on the table regarding Brexit, agreed between the EU and the British Conservative government, is certainly a reheated May deal but with some important changes from […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 1 October 2019 The announcement that Harland & Wolff has been bought by Infrastrata, a British energy firm, is due in no small measure to the swift action of the workers, who occupied the yard to defend their jobs. Their action saved the jobs […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 25 September 2019 The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland at its regular meeting in late September discussed and evaluated both the national and the international situation.      There are growing signs of a deepening global economic slowdown. The system may be facing […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 2 September 2019 The Communist Party of Ireland strongly condemns the attack last night on the monument to Jim Gralton on the site of Gralton’s Pearse-Connolly Hall at Effernagh, Co. Leitrim.      Gralton was deported, without trial, in 1933. The monument was unveiled in September 2016 […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 10 August 2019 The Communist Party of Ireland once again expresses its solidarity with the people of Venezuela and condemns the latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States and the tightening of its illegal blockade.      The United States has sought to control all […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 9 August 2019 The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with the workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and welcomes the action taken by them in defence of their jobs.       Harland and Wolff should be nationalised. This could provide tens of […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 10 July 2019 We welcome the announcement of the possible future changes in regard to abortion and marriage equality in the north of Ireland.       We congratulate the people and organisations that have campaigned down through the years for these democratic changes. These victories flow from […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 29 May 2017  1. The National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland, meeting on the last weekend of May, discussed the political and economic situation facing workers and working people across the country.      2. It is the assessment of the party that public-sector […]

National Executive Committee, Communist Party of Ireland 16 March 2019 At its regular meeting on 16 March 2019 the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland discussed the current situation in relation to the continuing debate about Brexit and also the decision of the Public Prosecution Service in regard […]

13 February 2013 Eugene McCartan, general secretary of the CPI, condemned the joint military agreement between the minister for defence, Alan Shatter, and the British minister for international security strategy, Andrew Murrison, to send Irish soldiers on a “joint training mission” to Mali as part of the European Union’s military […]