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McAleese Resignation From Gaelic Games Integration Committee Disappointing But Not Surprising

News – The Labour PartyChairperson of the Oireachtas Sports Committee and Labour Party TD Alan Kelly has paid tribute to the work carried out by Dr Mary McAleese today following news that she has stepped down as chairperson of the Integration Committee overseeing the Integration of the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association and other organisations….

08 September 2026

Time for Government to strengthen Occupied Territories Bill and include services

News – The Labour Party UK set to go further and ban trade in goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements   Labour foreign affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has called on Government to urgently strengthen Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill following confirmation that the UK Government is set to ban trade in goods and…

08 September 2026

Child Poverty increase an indictment of Government Budget decisions

News – The Labour Party Unacceptable to see 200,000 children in poverty in a country as wealthy as Ireland. Budget must include commitment to a targeted second rate of child benefit. Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has condemned the large recorded increase in child poverty, saying it was the direct result of budget decisions made…

Ivana Bacik TD
08 September 2026

Kelly: Eight-year citizenship rule is performative politics from Minister O’Callaghan

News – The Labour PartyLabour justice spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has called on Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to drop plans to increase the residency requirement for Irish citizenship from five to eight years, describing the proposal as performative politics that will do little to improve Ireland’s immigration system. Deputy Kelly said: “Minister O’Callaghan needs…

07 September 2026

Time to pull the plug on Government’s data centre free-for-all

News – The Labour Party Data centres cannot get special treatment while households pay the price Labour climate spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has reiterated calls for a moratorium on further data centre expansion, after the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) proposed offering large energy users cut-price gas in return for accepting possible disruption to…

07 September 2026

Health budget deficit accelerating as Government avoids honest conversation

News – The Labour Party HSE on course for deficit of close to €1 billion by year end Government must be honest about the true cost of delivering health services Major hospitals still without agreed 2026 service level agreements Labour Health spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has called on the Government to have an honest conversation…

04 September 2026

Renters paying the price for Minister’s rent hike bill

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has said new RTB figures showing a 9.1% annual surge in rents for new tenancies are a damning indictment of the Government’s rental policy, calling on the Minister for Housing to change course and introduce the rent brake proposed by Labour. Speaking at the Labour…

03 September 2026

Fares increases must be stopped – Labour

News – The Labour PartyLabour Transport spokesperson Ciaran Ahern TD has condemned plans to raise public transport fares by 15% and called on the government to stop the increases that are way above the rate of inflation in the midst of a cost of living crisis. Speaking in advance of the Labour Party Think In,…

03 September 2026

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