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Labour demands urgent plan for tech layoffs

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has called on Government to urgently develop a serious industrial and workers’ protection plan in response to mounting layoffs across the tech sector, warning in the Dáil today that Ireland is dangerously exposed to the decisions of a small number of multinational corporations. Raising the issue…

Ivana Bacik TD
26 May 2026

Occupied Territories Bill must include goods and services

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has welcomed the decision to bring the Occupied Territories Bill to Cabinet today, but warned that Government must ensure the legislation includes both goods and services if it is to have any meaningful impact.  Deputy Smith said: “We welcome the fact that the Occupied…

26 May 2026

Ó Ríordáin: European Parliament housing visit exposes Irish Government failure in tackling the housing crisis

News – The Labour PartyDublin MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin will partake on the official delegation of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis to Dublin beginning today. The visit of a delegation of MEPs from across Europe will be led by his Socialist colleague and Committee Chair Irene Tinagli (S&D Italian). The delegation…

26 May 2026

Nash calls for immediate suspension of EU-Israeli Association Agreement

News – The Labour Party Occupied Territories Bill must be passed next week – including goods and services  Irish vetoes must be deployed to ensure Israel is finally held accountable Labour’s finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD has paid tribute to the 15 brave Irish people who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, putting their…

21 May 2026

Bacik calls for establishment of Safe Fund to protect survivors of domestic abuse

News – The Labour Party Fund would provide fast financial support to people escaping abuse Calls for reform of family courts Abusers must not be accommodated within ranks of An Garda Siochana Labour leader Ivana Bacik TD urged the Taoiseach to introduce Labour’s proposed €3mn Safe Fund for victims of survivors of domestic abuse. As…

Ivana Bacik TD
20 May 2026

More than 50,000 families could be missing out on working family payment

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s social protection spokesperson Mark Wall TD has urged working families across the country to check their eligibility for the Working Family Payment following an Oireachtas Social Protection Committee hearing today which revealed that over 50,000 eligible families may be entitled to the payment . Deputy Wall said: “I would encourage…

20 May 2026

Further Meta redundancies demand strategy to protect jobs

News – The Labour Party Tech sector contagion must be managed Labour’s enterprise spokesperson George Lawlor TD has called on Minister Burke and Minister of State Smyth to develop a strategy to protect tech jobs as the contagion of redundancies continues to spread in the sector. Deputy Lawlor said: “This is a deeply worrying and…

20 May 2026

Govt rental bill drives record surge in rent prices as landlords take advantage of new rent hike rules

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has urged Government to remove the market rent reset mechanism from its rental bill and to support Labour’s Bill to ban no fault evictions in light of the massive rent increases in the first quarter of 2026 according to the Daft.ie report published today (May…

20 May 2026

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