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, […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 22 April 2015 The conviction of the independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace on two charges of breaching airport by-laws at Shannon Airport and the fine of €2,000 imposed on them is farcical beyond belief. What Clare Daly and Mick Wallace did in […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 21 February 2015 The crowing from the establishment and its tame media about forcing a climb-down by SYRIZA over the Greek debt and the continuing austerity programme barely disguises the complete contempt that they have for the people.      It matters little whether one thought that […]

Statement by the Communist Party of Ireland 19 February 2015 The decision of the High Court to imprison Bernie Hughes, Michael Batty and Derek Byrne for 28 days and Damien O’Neill and Paul Moore for 56 days is a blatant attempt by the state to bully communities that are resisting the […]