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Decade of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael housing policies is failing

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD said the recent CSO data showing house prices increasing by €200,000 in a decade paints a picture of housing policy in free fall. Deputy Sheehan said: “It’s no wonder that our young people are leaving in their droves, that we struggle to keep public servants…

22 May 2025

Time to Fix Ireland’s JLC System

News – The Labour Party Labour Bill tackles employer obstruction Labour’s Enterprise and Employment Spokesperson George Lawlor TD yesterday introduced legislation to strengthen Ireland’s system of Joint Labour Committees (JLCs), calling for urgent Government support. The Labour Bill comes in another week with no new legislation from the Government benches, despite the continued race to…

22 May 2025

Government must act to open 49 drug treatment beds left idle due to funding

News – The Labour Party 49 homeless addiction treatment beds lying empty since October 2024. €35.9m million spent by Government to build 100 beds in the new Dublin Simon Community Health and Addiction Treatment Facility at Ushers Island. Fully operational facility would provide healthcare for 1,264 to 1,450 homeless adults and would save lives. Department…

21 May 2025

Labour calls on Govt to table emergency resolution at UN General Assembly to address failure of Security Council in Gaza

News – The Labour Party Motion would call for the development of a sustainable ceasefire and peace agreement, and creation of an international peacekeeping force for Gaza to allow aid to flow Labour will seek support of Government backbenchers to take action for Gaza Under questioning by Labour leader Ivana Bacik TD in the Dáil…

Ivana Bacik TD
21 May 2025

10 years since marriage equality: Labour leads call for next steps

News – The Labour Party Support for LGBTQI+ youth Close legal gaps for all families Labour Senator Laura Harmon today will host a gathering in Leinster House to mark the tenth anniversary of Ireland’s historic Marriage Equality Referendum and ask – what’s next? The event, will be joined by dozens of campaigners who played pivotal…

21 May 2025

It’s time to end the fast-fashion business model in the EU, says Ó Ríordáin MEP

News – The Labour PartyResponding to the announcement of €2 levy on small parcels in the EU by the European Commission, Dublin MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said: “The amount of parcels coming into the EU from companies like Shein and Temu has tripled in the last two years. These companies have been flooding our…

21 May 2025

Fine Gael don’t know where they are on fast fashion

News – The Labour Party Then Minister Coveney opened Shein’s Dublin office in May 2023 Two years’ on and Minister Alan Dillon u-turns Labour climate spokesperson Ciaran Ahern TD said he is baffled at the approach taken by Fine Gael when it comes to tackling fast fashion producers like Shein. Following the announcement this morning…

21 May 2025

Smith calls on Taoiseach to put date on enactment of Occupied Territories Bill

News – The Labour PartyLabour whip and foreign affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has called on the Taoiseach to set out an exact time frame for the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill. In response to Smith’s questioning in the Dáil, the Taoiseach and his Government failed to provide a clear timeline to the introduction…

20 May 2025

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