In late November the Communist Party of Ireland held it 25th National Congress in Belfast, the highest political authority of the CPI. The congress brought together delegates from all over the country. It was the culmination of a long process of discussion in the branches on a number of motions, […]
Political Statements
Political statement
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 […]
Essential to break with the EU and the euro
The recent proposals by the British government regarding a possible border between the British state and the European Union expose how marginal the interests of the Irish people are in relation to the negotiations now under way. The terms of Britain’s relations with the EU will be decided between Britain […]
Wolfe Tone oration
Speech by John Douglas, general secretary, Mandate at the United Wolfe Tone Commemoration, Bodenstown, 20 September 2017 Comrades, brothers and sisters, Our national freedoms were defined by the United Irishmen in terms of citizenship, the responsibility of the state to its citizens and the responsibility of all citizens to the […]
United Wolfe Tone Commemoration Bodenstown, 20 August 2017
As part of its continuing efforts to build unity among left and progressive forces, between socialists and republicans, the Peadar O’Donnell Socialist Republican Forum called for a united commemoration to honour Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–1798), the founder of Irish republicanism. Tone developed his political strategy in the belief that Irish […]