News – The Labour PartyResponding to the announcement that planning permission has finally been granted for the first phase of development at the Glass Bottle site in Ringsend, Labour Dáil candidate for Dublin Bay South, Senator Kevin Humphreys has said commitment is needed for the funding of 900 social and affordable homes: “I welcome today’s…

News – The Labour PartyOn Monday 3rd February, at 2pm in the Irish Architectural Archive, the Labour Party will formally launch our Housing proposals. Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be joined by Housing spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan and Cllr Duncan Smith, candidate for Fingal, and Chair of Fingal County Council Housing SPC. What: Formal launch of…

News – The Labour PartyCommenting on an article in today’s Sunday Business Post that reports there are 100 luxury apartments still empty in Dublin’s Docklands a year after they were first brought to the rental market, Labour candidate for Dublin Bay South, Senator Kevin Humphreys, said: “This highlights all that is wrong with Dublin’s developer-led…

News – The Labour PartyOn Sunday 2nd February, Brendan Howlin will be on RTÉ’s This Week as part of their Party Leader interview series from 1pm, and following that he will be campaigning in Wicklow Town with our candidate Cllr Paul O’Brien from after 2.30pm On Monday 3rd, at 2pm in the Irish Architectural Archive,…

News – The Labour PartyAddress by Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin to the Institute of International and European Affairs on 31st January 2020. For centuries there has been a two-way movement of people between Ireland and Britain, and there are many familial and economic links between the two islands. That led to the Common Travel Area…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party General Election candidate for Dublin Bay North, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called for a reconfiguration of the Betting Levy in order to fund grassroots football. Speaking at the launch of Labour’s Manifesto for Football, Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “Football is the lifeblood of so many communities – it brings…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking at the launch of Labour’s health proposals in Limerick, Labour Party Health spokesperson and candidate for Tipperary Alan Kelly was joined by Jan O’Sullivan, candidate for Limerick City, and practising nurse Marian Spelman from Galway East, and he went on to say  Labour will commit €40 million to rebalance UHL…

News – The Labour PartyLabour General Election candidate for Dublin Fingal, Cllr Duncan Smith, has called on the Department of Children to respect early years educators right to protest. It comes as the Department of Children issued a circular to childcare providers warning them that funding will be slashed if they take part in the rally, organised…