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Time for urgent action on Cork injection centre

News – The Labour Party Injection centres save lives Labour’s Eoghan Kenny TD has called for the immediate establishment of a supervised drug injection centre in Cork city, warning that continued Government inaction is putting lives at risk. Speaking in response to the evidence emerging from Dublin’s pilot injection centre, Deputy Kenny said that it…

20 May 2025

Labour demands urgent action on Assessment of Needs crisis

News – The Labour Party In response to parliamentary question to Alan Kelly TD,  HSE has warned over 15,000 children waiting 6+ months for assessment. HSE expects waiting list to hit 25,000 by year’s end. Labour’s Alan Kelly TD has slammed the Government for presiding over an illegal and deeply damaging backlog in assessments of…

20 May 2025

Labour marks 10 years of marriage equality

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party hosted an event this evening (Monday, 19th May 2025) marking 10 years since the historic vote to legalise same-sex marriage. Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD was joined by Senator Laura Harmon and former Labour Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, who put the marriage equality vote on the political agenda. The…

Ivana Bacik TD
19 May 2025

Labour calls for urgent public campaign on HHC vapes

News – The Labour Party Despite warnings of the risk of serious harm to mental health, HSE confirmed in recent response to a parliamentary question that there are no plans for HHC prevention or awareness raising campaigns. College of Psychiatrists in Ireland warn that there are reports of many HHC-induced psychosis in Ireland and HHC…

19 May 2025

Government must stop ignoring renters

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has slammed the Government’s ongoing failure to tackle the rental crisis following the publication of the latest Daft.ie rent report, which shows average rents have now surged beyond €2,000 for the first time nationally – with rents in Limerick city up a staggering 20.4% year-on-year….

19 May 2025

Labour urges attendance at Gaza solidarity march

News – The Labour Party National Demonstration for Palestine – Today at 1pm at Garden of Remembrance in Dublin Labour foreign affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has urged attendance at the National Demonstration for Palestine in Dublin today at 1pm meeting at the Garden of Remembrance, with protests happening all over the country. Deputy Smith…

17 May 2025

Ahern welcomes pension increase for retired CIÉ workers following 17 year wait

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Transport spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has welcomed the decision by the CIÉ group, which comprises Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, to increase pensions for retired workers for the first time since 2008. It is understood that the CIÉ will provide around €30 million to fund the deal. Deputy…

15 May 2025

Rents soar while Government turns blind eye

News – The Labour Party– RTB report shows same old, same old from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has said the latest Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) report shows Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are completely out of touch with the reality of Ireland’s housing crisis. The RTB’s Q2 2025…

15 May 2025

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