Contribution by Lucas Ryan Introduction: Is Housing A Policy Issue? For many people in Ireland, the most important domestic issue is housing. While the housing crisis is something that is usually talked about as a failing of the Irish government in particular this is not entirely the case. The shortage of affordable housing is a European-wide phenomenon. The average increase in...

Contribution by Rachel Hurley Roche With the assassination of Ali Khamenei and subsequent war being waged on Iran by the United States and Israel, many people in the Middle East are faced with displacement. The war has quickly expanded to include many other countries in the Middle East such as Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar with...

Students gathered on the campus of University College Cork yesterday (October 3rd) in solidarity with Palestine. The Workers Party Youth handed out our recent statement on the capture of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which you can read here. The speakers called for the immediate release of the participants in the Global Sumud flotilla who are currently detained by the...

Statement by the CC of the Workers Party Youth on 1 October, 2025 On 1 October 2025, the Sumud Freedom Flotilla was intercepted by the Israeli military.1 To many this is no surprise. This is the third time since June that the flotilla has been intercepted and the 8th time since 2010 that attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza...

Today, 1 October the working people of Greece are on total strike. In the face of the government's proposal to introduce the 13 hour work day, nothing less than modern slavery, workers will strike at the heart of the system and shut it all down.The 13 hour workday is not just an extension of working hours, but as well an...

The text below, written by the Workers Party Youth, exists to support members of our reading groups and other interested individuals in reading and understanding the text “The Justification Of The Imperialist War Is Used For Pulling The Wool Over The Peoples Eyes” written by Eliseos Vagenas of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).  Those interested in joining can...

Contribution by Lucas Ryan Introduction: Is Housing A Policy Issue? For many people in Ireland, the most important domestic issue is housing. While the housing crisis is something that is usually talked about as a failing of the Irish government in particular this is not entirely the case. The shortage of affordable housing is a European-wide phenomenon. The average increase in...

Contribution by Rachel Hurley Roche With the assassination of Ali Khamenei and subsequent war being waged on Iran by the United States and Israel, many people in the Middle East are faced with displacement. The war has quickly expanded to include many other countries in the Middle East such as Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar with...