Speaking at the Press launch in the Mansion House on the new proposals for redeveloping O’Devaney Gardens negotiated by the parties to the Dublin Agreement, Cllr Joe Costello said: “The new proposals are a vast improvement on the previous ones.  80% of the 824 units will now be affordable and social and just 20% will…

Labour Affordable Housing spokesperson, Cllr Joanna Tuffy has said the case of forty students in Santry who have had €20,000 of rental deposits withheld from them, reported in the Irish Independent today, shows once again the urgent need for a rental deposit scheme which Fine Gael have refused to introduce now for over three years….

Labour City Councillor John Maher has demanded the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice to account for news reports today that just two Gardaí were able to patrol the city last March on a Saturday night and clarify when additional resources will be made available to Cork, and if the city is impacted by cuts…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD., has said that a step change is needed in the Government’s approach to drugs and addiction. Deputy Howlin commented: “Deaths from drug misuse have increased massively, from 431 people in 2004 to 736 in 2016, but we have lost the sense of crisis and outrage that this number of…

The Labour Party will hold a one day National Conference this Saturday 9th November 2019, in the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath from 10.30am. There will be a photocall at 10.30am to open the conference, and a media doorstep at 3pm with Brendan Howlin TD, where our by-election campaign will be launched. The schedule…

Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has called on the HSE to urgently respond to appalling conditions in the psychiatric unit in University Hospital Waterford. Deputy Kelly said: “As reports in today’s Irish Examiner show, the conditions in the psychiatric unit in University Hospital Waterford are completely substandard and require an urgent response from…

Reacting to the latest homelessness figures, Labour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, said: “Unfortunately, today’s homelessness figures , which show another 25 children are now living in emergency accommodation, reveal a worrying and consistent trend. “For eight months now, the overall homelessness figures have been at over 10,000 people, and yet again today we’ve seen…

Labour TDs for the Mid West region, Alan Kelly TD and Jan O’Sullivan TD have said Fine Gael are doing the people of the Midwest a disservice when it comes to dealing with overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Kelly, the Labour Party’s Health spokesperson said: “Throughout the month of October, over 1450 people were…