Labour Party spokesperson on Health Promotion, Councillor Martina Genockey has today welcomed the advice published by the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland on ‘online influencers’.  Councillor Genockey said: “Following much public debate around the role online influencers play in advertising products to Irish consumers, I welcome the advice published by the CEO of the ASAI…

Labour TD Alan Kelly has said an explanation is needed for the volume of material provided to the Disclosures Tribunal in recent weeks, and accountability for why newly revealed records of emails and phone calls are only coming to light now. Deputy Kelly said: “Several days on, there has still been no explanation from An…

Labour Party spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD has repeated her longstanding proposal for NAMA to form the backbone of a new State Agency to deliver and finance affordable and public housing. Deputy O’Sullivan first put forward a proposal on repurposing NAMA in Summer 2016, while Fianna Fáil have now indicated their support for similar…

Labour spokesperson on Affordable Housing, Joanna Tuffy, has said that a report in today’s Irish Times that Fianna Fáil will pursue an affordable housing plan in their manifesto is welcome, but has come too late. Ms Tuffy said: “For the last two years the Labour Party has advocated for a State Agency to drive the…

A motion calling for DCC to seek legal advice, including from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, to ascertain if the Gresham Hotel is in breach of Equality legislation was passed at the Council’s Housing meeting this evening. The motion tabled by Cllr Alison Gilliland also condemned the actions of the Gresham in ceasing…

Labour representative for Kildare South, Cllr Mark Wall has welcomed the news as reported on RTE this morning that plans are underway for the possible construction of a sugar beet plant on the Kildare/Carlow border. Cllr Wall said: “The prospect of the return of the sugar beet industry to the south east as reported on…

Labour Party Environment spokesperson, Senator Ivana Bacik, has called on the Government to ban non-compostable coffee cups in tandem with introducing the latte levy. This comes as major retailer, Argos, saw a huge surge of people buying re-usable travel cups in Ireland. They estimate that there was a 537 per cent year on increase of…

Labour TD Seán Sherlock has said Ireland must follow in the footsteps of the UK and swiftly move to ban the use of microbeads and other micro-plastics in cosmetic and personal products. Deputy Sherlock’s Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016, which passed second stage in the Dáil last year, would make it an offence to manufacture,…