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Government housing failure driving record homelessness crisis

News – The Labour PartyThe latest figures published by the Department of Housing show another devastating increase in the number of people without a home. There are now 17,548 people living in emergency accommodation across the State, including 5,604 children. Labour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD said this crisis is not accidental, and that political…

29 May 2026

EU housing delegation leaves Dublin shocked at Government failure

News – The Labour PartyMEPs from across Europe visited Dublin this week to examine the housing crisis, and what they saw was a Government that has run out of excuses, said Dublin Labour MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. Speaking at the conclusion of the visit, Ó Ríordáin MEP said: “Having spent the week with a delegation…

29 May 2026

Speech by Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD – Black and Irish Professional Network of Ireland Conference

News – The Labour PartyDeputy Ivana Bacik TD, Labour Party Leader, today delivered the keynote address at the 2026 Black and Irish x APNI (African Professional Network of Ireland) Conference: Shaping the Future, taking place today at TU Dublin Aungier Street, Dublin city centre. It’s an honour to have been invited to give the keynote…

Ivana Bacik TD
29 May 2026

Households paying the price for Government’s data centre obsession – Ahern

News – The Labour PartyA new report from Friends of the Earth has found that energy demand from data centres has cumulatively added €750 million to household electricity bills since 2015, and could add a further €1.5 billion over the next decade. Speaking in the Dáil today, Labour’s Energy Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD condemned the…

28 May 2026

Children with additional needs cannot be left behind

News – The Labour PartyLabour EducationSpokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has welcomed confirmation from the Minister for Education that the revised 2014 SNA Circular, the Workforce Development Plan, and the redeployment scheme will be published before the summer recess. Speaking following questions to the Minister this morning, Deputy Kenny said: “I welcome the Minister’s confirmation that…

28 May 2026

Senator Laura Harmon calls for transparency and assurances for staff of Carlow College around closure

News – The Labour PartySenator Harmon, Labour spokesperson for Further and Higher Education said: “90 staff are to be made redundant over the next two years with no assurances that South East Technological University (SETU) will reinstate these roles. It is inconceivable that a regional college of this standing would close its doors with no…

27 May 2026

Government has no credible climate plan – Bacik

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has warned that this Government is presiding over a deepening climate failure, after raising the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest emissions projections directly with the Taoiseach in the Dáil today. Deputy Bacik said: “Families and workers across Ireland are already living with the consequences of climate failure….

Ivana Bacik TD
27 May 2026

Government sleepwalking public into billions of climate fines

News – The Labour Party Critical Infrastructure Bill decision will drive worse climate outcomes European-wide heatwave at a time when Ireland on course to significantly exceed emissions targets Labour’s climate spokesperson Ciarán Ahern has expressed his grave concern at the failure of Minister Darragh O’Brien to get real about climate. Ahern said the lack of…

27 May 2026

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