News – The Labour PartyLabour Transport spokesperson, Senator Kevin Humphreys, has called for free fares for children to be instated on public transport in Dublin in December in a bid to encourage more people to leave their cars at home in the run up to Christmas. Senator Humphreys said: “Anyone travelling in and out of…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking about the Dáil debate on moving the Writ for the four Bye-elections, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, called for unity among progressive parties and independents to oppose the conservative Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil partnership government. Brendan said: “Labour has four excellent candidates standing in these elections: John…

News – The Labour PartyLimerick Labour T.D Jan O’Sullivan says RTE’s decision to close its Limerick studio and move Lyric FM to Dublin and Cork must be resisted. The Limerick T.D said: “We have to come together and fight this, RTE is a national public service broadcaster and not a Dublin public service broadcaster. The…

News – The Labour PartyCllr. Ciara Galvin of the Celbridge-Leixlip Municipal District has today (Wednesday 6th November) called for an emergency meeting of Kildare County Council on the matter of the ongoing Boil Water Notice situation.  Cllr. Galvin is also calling for a representative of Irish Water to attend. “Irish Water’s handling of the current…

News – The Labour PartyCork University Hospital asks public to explore other options before attending Emergency Department – 65 on trolleys today. Labour Cork Cllr John Maher has called for urgent action from the Government to address the crisis in Cork University Hospital where there were 65 people on trolleys today, that a plan is…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader Brendan Howlin TD, has expressed concern that the Taoiseach’s comments on illegal migration risk giving people the wrong perception on the scale of the issue. Deputy Howlin said: “The most recent statistics show net migration to Ireland of nearly 34,000 people in the last year, but that is…

News – The Labour PartyResponding to reports of the planned closure of Saint Joseph’s Dementia Care home in Shankill in Dublin, Labour Senator and member of the All Party Oireachtas Group on Dementia, Kevin Humphreys, said: “I’m extremely concerned by today’s Morning Ireland report on the mooted closure of St. Joseph’s in Shankill. It was…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called on the Government to provide free flu vaccinations across the board to help counter winter viruses and as a measure to reduce trolley numbers later in the year. Deputy Kelly said: “Despite thousands of people ending up on trolleys every week in…