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Labour weekend activities

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be campaigning in Wexford on Saturday morning and then Longford Westmeath on Saturday afternoon where later that evening he will launch the campaign of Alan ‘Budda’ Mangan at 8.15pm in the Community Centre, Castletown Geoghegan. On Sunday morning at 10.30am, Brendan Howlin and Alan Kelly will be available to speak…

Labour Trade Unionists
17 January 2020

Labour welcomes FG u-turn on Mulvey-style Taskforces

Labour Senators Ged Nash and Aódhan Ó Riordáin have welcomed the campaign u-turn from Fine Gael on Mulvey-style commissions in Drogheda today. They said: “Today in Drogheda the Taoiseach said after the election he would like to pick six or seven locations where a Mulvey style task force could be rolled out. “This u-turn from…

Labour Trade Unionists
17 January 2020

Howlin to launch Alan ‘Budda’ Mangan campaign – Saturday 8.15pm

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be in Castletown Geoghan at 8.15pm on Saturday 18th January to launch the general election campaign of our candidate for Longford-Westmeath, Alan ‘Budda’ Mangan. He will be joined by outgoing Labour TD Willie Penrose.  What: Launch of Alan ‘Budda’ Mangan election campaign with Brendan Howlin Where: Community Centre, Castletown…

Labour Trade Unionists
17 January 2020

Labour launch solutions on getting Ireland moving

The Labour Party has today launched a plan on Getting Ireland moving, which aims to cut congestion, promote regional jobs and create liveable communities. Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD said: “The Labour is the party of work. Reforming how people work and making it more family friendly and environmentally friendly is key to our…

Labour Trade Unionists
17 January 2020

Juliet O’Connell to run for Labour in Dun Laoghaire

The Labour Party has confirmed that Cllr Juliet O’Connell will run for the party in Dun Laoghaire in the upcoming General Election. Juliet is a first-time General Election candidate who reclaimed a council seat for Labour in the Dun Laoghaire ward in local elections in May, securing 1,503 votes on her first outing. Cllr O’Connell…

Labour Admin

16 January 2020

Labour to launch Smarter Way to Work policy tomorrow @ 2pm in Drogheda

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD will launch Labour’s Getting Ireland Moving: A Smarter Way to Work on Friday 17th January 2020 at 2pm in The Mill Enterprise Centre, Drogheda with General Election candidates Ged Nash, Duncan Smith and Annie Hoey. They will publish Labour’s plan to cut congestion, promote regional jobs and create liveable…

Labour Trade Unionists
16 January 2020

Sneaky rate rise in Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme shows Govt out of touch with housing reality

Responding to revelations that interest rates under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme have risen, Labour Limerick TD and spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD said: “I am appalled that the Government has authorised an increase in the lending rate under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme. “Neither home loan applicants nor local authorities were…

Labour Admin

16 January 2020

FG Jobs Claim is Deceptive

Brendan Howlin, Leader of the Labour Party, has said that Fine Gael is claiming credit for creating new jobs even though Brexit will cause a slow down in job growth as well as loss of jobs in certain sectors of the economy, and that the budget surplus is built on lucky tax returns from corporation…

Labour Admin

16 January 2020

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