Labour Tipperary TD Alan Kelly has called for urgent action to address safety issues on the M7 in Tipperary, following recent collisions on the motorway near Roscrea. Deputy Kelly said: “I am very concerned that this section of the M7 between Roscrea and Moneygall is becoming an accident blackspot, with a number of recent crashes…

Labour spokesperson on Enterprise and Innovation and Limerick City TD, Jan O’Sullivan, has welcomed the jobs boost announced for Limerick today, with up to 150 new roles set to come on stream at H&MV Engineering. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “This is great news for Limerick on the jobs front this morning and another sign the region…

Leader of the Labour Party and spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Brendan Howlin TD has said: “It is a matter of deep regret that 12 months on, Northern Ireland is still without a functioning Executive, and without a voice in the critical talks underway on Brexit. “However, the move by the Irish and British Governments to…

Labour Party member of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called for the Taoiseach to unequivocally commit to holding a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment in the month of May. Ahead of the Dáil debate, Deputy O’Sullivan said: “Public statements up to very recently have set May as the…

I welcome the Minister to the House, and welcome this important and historic debate. First – I, and my party, Labour, fully support the report’s recommendations, in particular the recommendation that the Eighth Amendment, Article 40.3.3, should be repealed simpliciter. We also support the recommendations for legislation on abortion if repeal is achieved – to…

  On Wednesday 4th May 1983, then Senator, Mary Robinson moved an amendment in Seanad Eireann.   It said that Seanad Eireann refuses to give a second reading to the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution Bill On the grounds that the Bill is so unclear and ambiguous that it is not a proper subject for…

Labour spokesperson on Climate Action and the Environment, Senator Ivana Bacik, has welcomed plans by the EU to ensure all plastic packaging is recyclable by 2030, saying that Ireland must move to tackle the issue before that. Senator Bacik said: “The sheer volume of plastic packaging used in everyday items now is astonishing, and the…

I am an Irishman. Son of a woman forced to leave the Civil Service when she got married. Grandson to women who were born with no right to vote. Brother to a woman born the year the 8th amendment passed – when as Emily O’Reilly put it – ‘The Masterminds of the Right’ got their…