Labour Senator and Oireachtas Health Committee member Annie Hoey said influencers must do more to safeguard against the proliferation of diet culture online. In response to research from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) showing a widespread failure of influencers to label content as advertising, Senator Hoey reiterated her call for social media giants…

Labour’s Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill would provide security to the over 75,000 cohabiting families in Ireland Labour Senator Mark Wall said government must commit to addressing the inequity in current social welfare systems when it comes to cohabiting couples. Following a High Court judgement in the O’Meara Case in October 2022, Senator Wall…

Speaking in advance of a Dáil motion on the Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said Labour has no confidence in either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil when it comes to housing. After six wasted years of failed housing policy, Senator Moynihan said the government’s silver bullet, Housing for All, is failing…

Labour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said today (Friday 9th December) the housing crisis is having a huge impact on people trying to escape domestic violence situations. Commenting on the 9% increase in reported incidents of domestic abuse to Gardaí in 2022, Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “It is encouraging that more people have the…

Labour leader and Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik has welcomed the commitment from government to consider the establishment of a Dublin Bay Authority to protect and promote the biosphere across the city’s bay. Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Bacik welcomed government support for the central principle of her Dublin Bay Bill and said that,…

Labour defence spokesperson Mark Wall has welcomed the move to offer an apology to Dónal de Róiste after 53 years. Senator Wall said questions remain as to the delay in providing justice to de Róiste and his family. Senator Wall said: “It is welcome news that an apology will be issued to Dónal de Róiste…

Speaking following the admission of a breach of duty by two laboratories for screening CervicalCheck smear tests today, Labour’s Alan Kelly said clinicians can no longer claim ‘limitations of screening’ absolutely as an argument for a failure to read smear tests correctly. Deputy Kelly was present in the court today alongside Stephen Teap, whose late…

Government must respond urgently to disadvantage and stop putting it on long finger. Labour Party Senator Marie Sherlock has said the major shortage of free preschool places in the Dublin’s north inner city cannot continue to be ignored by the Government. Speaking after the Labour party brought forward a motion in the Seanad last night…