News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has criticised the inadequate response from Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to alarming findings published by Women’s Aid today.  Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Bacik called for urgent steps to ensure Gardaí uphold a truly “zero tolerance” approach to gender-based and domestic violence. Bacik called for…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Spokesperson on Disability Senator Laura Harmon has called for immediate Government action to tackle Ireland’s appalling record on disability employment, following confirmation at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters that Ireland has the worst disability employment gap in Europe.  Senator Harmon said: “It is unacceptable that Ireland has the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator from Cork South Central Laura Harmon said anyone who spent so much as one minute in a Mother and Baby Home should be entitled to redress. Following the publication of the first annual report by the Special Advocate for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, Senator Harmon urged for…

News – The Labour Party No mention in the implementation plan of the big ideas in waste management, policing, the arts and cycling/transport that were a central part of the task force report Not yet clear if Government department involvement is there to support or to strangle the vision of the taskforce. Early omens not…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s MEP for Dublin Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has slammed the Government’s ‘Roadmap for Dublin’, calling it another example of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil governing by press release, and demanding real action to reverse years of decay and neglect in our capital city. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP said: “This Government announcement…

News – The Labour PartyLabour leader Ivana Bacik TD said the failure by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to act to protect homeless children is deeply problematic. During Leaders’ Questions, the Taoiseach said that he has no issue in “looking at” Labour’s bill to protect children from entering homelessness – but this is 8 years…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Ciarán Ahern TD speaking today  from the plinth at Leinster House, called for the inclusion of services in the Occupied Territories Bill. Deputy Ahern said: “We in the Labour Party have stood firm for years in our support for the Occupied Territories Bill. In 2018, we proudly co-signed it alongside…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Further and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Laura Harmon has expressed concern about the new US visa rules which will force applicants to reveal all social media usernames for the past five years, calling it excessive and intrusive.  Senator Harmon said: “The J1 programme is a cornerstone of the friendship between…