News – The Labour Party Progressive step on Local Property Tax to raise €65m. Labour’s Councillor Darragh Moriarty has welcomed the decision by Dublin City Council (DCC) to retain the Local Property Tax (LPT) at the base rate for the remainder of this Council term. For the first time in over a decade, the Council…

News – The Labour Party  Commencements plummet, prices still rising Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has slammed the Taoiseach’s “desperate spin” on falling housing commencement numbers, following comments by Micheál Martin in Cork this afternoon defending a dramatic drop in new builds. Speaking today, Deputy Sheehan said it was “completely disingenuous” for the Taoiseach…

News – The Labour Party Secular Re-Write of 1937 Text in advance of Unity Referendum. Speaking today at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Donegal, at an event focused upon the Constitution, Ivana Bacik TD, Leader of the Labour Party, will call for a radical re-write of the Constitutional text, saying: “As we approach its 90th birthday,…

News – The Labour Party Collective bargaining delivering real results Labour’s workers’ rights spokesperson Senator Nessa Cosgrove has welcomed the confirmation that the minimum hourly rate for security workers in Ireland will rise from €14.50 to €15.41 from 22 July 2025. In response to a parliamentary question to Labour Finance Spokesperson Ged Nash TD, the…

News – The Labour Party Specialist centres seriously understaffed Patients still waiting for National Framework   Following a Dáil debate on women’s health this week, Labour’s Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has renewed calls for urgent action on endometriosis, criticising the Government’s repeated delays in delivering the promised National Endometriosis Framework and failure to properly…

News – The Labour Party Government chaos on student fees Students left in the lurch again Labour’s Further and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Laura Harmon has called on Government to immediately reverse its planned hike in student fees, after the Minister failed to provide clarity in the Seanad today. Labour is demanding the Government use…

News – The Labour Party Stop funding Israeli war effort Protect workers’ right to refuse Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Duncan Smith TD will tomorrow publish the Occupying Power (Securities and Handling of Settlement Goods) Bill 2025, which would ban the Central Bank of Ireland from preparing prospectuses for the sale of Israeli bonds and other…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has today condemned the Government’s record on housing during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil. Speaking just before the Dáil summer recess, Deputy Bacik criticised the Taoiseach for failing to take meaningful action on homelessness, the Tenant in Situ scheme, vacancy and dereliction. She said that Fianna…