News – The Labour PartyA new report from Friends of the Earth has found that energy demand from data centres has cumulatively added €750 million to household electricity bills since 2015, and could add a further €1.5 billion over the next decade. Speaking in the Dáil today, Labour’s Energy Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD condemned the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour EducationSpokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has welcomed confirmation from the Minister for Education that the revised 2014 SNA Circular, the Workforce Development Plan, and the redeployment scheme will be published before the summer recess. Speaking following questions to the Minister this morning, Deputy Kenny said: “I welcome the Minister’s confirmation that…

News – The Labour PartySenator Harmon, Labour spokesperson for Further and Higher Education said: “90 staff are to be made redundant over the next two years with no assurances that South East Technological University (SETU) will reinstate these roles. It is inconceivable that a regional college of this standing would close its doors with no…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has warned that this Government is presiding over a deepening climate failure, after raising the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest emissions projections directly with the Taoiseach in the Dáil today. Deputy Bacik said: “Families and workers across Ireland are already living with the consequences of climate failure….

News – The Labour Party Critical Infrastructure Bill decision will drive worse climate outcomes European-wide heatwave at a time when Ireland on course to significantly exceed emissions targets Labour’s climate spokesperson Ciarán Ahern has expressed his grave concern at the failure of Minister Darragh O’Brien to get real about climate. Ahern said the lack of…

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…

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…

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…