News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Alan Kelly TD has welcomed the signing into law of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 by President Higgins on Monday, 21st July. This landmark legislation extends the Widow’s, Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension to qualified cohabitants for the first time. Deputy Kelly…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Climate and Transport Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has hit out at the Government’s revised National Development Plan (NDP), accusing Ministers of dragging their feet on public transport. Speaking following the publication of the revised NDP today, Deputy Ahern said that the €2 billion allocated to Metrolink does not represent the…

News – The Labour Party Hype of €100b over next 5 years punctured with little or no detail Little certainty about future delivery given that chunk of spend is backloaded to period where we have little or no economic certainty at end of decade. €1.5bn tax cut splurge in Budget 2026 No sign of urgency…

News – The Labour Party Government asleep as Limerick halts grant scheme Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has hit out after Limerick City and County Council was forced to pause Housing Adaptation Grant applications, having run out of funding for 2025 already. Deputy Sheehan said: “This grant is not a luxury – it is…

News – The Labour Party Ó Ríordáin calls for vote this November Labour’s Dublin Spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP has called on the Government to hold a plebiscite on a directly elected mayor for Dublin on the same day as the presidential election this November. He said Dubliners deserve the same opportunity as Limerick to…

News – The Labour Party New information through parliamentary questions highlights alarming state of public dental services. Dental services available to medical card patients are collapsing. Ticking time bomb due to the significant drop in primary school aged children attending scheduled assessments of up to 46.2%, despite greater school age population. Meanwhile, the number of…

News – The Labour Party Progressive step on Local Property Tax to raise €65m. Labour’s Councillor Darragh Moriarty has welcomed the decision by Dublin City Council (DCC) to retain the Local Property Tax (LPT) at the base rate for the remainder of this Council term. For the first time in over a decade, the Council…

News – The Labour Party  Commencements plummet, prices still rising Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has slammed the Taoiseach’s “desperate spin” on falling housing commencement numbers, following comments by Micheál Martin in Cork this afternoon defending a dramatic drop in new builds. Speaking today, Deputy Sheehan said it was “completely disingenuous” for the Taoiseach…