News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Alternative Budget commits to: Pay apprentices at least the minimum wage and abolish apprenticeship fees; Support training using the National Training Fund surplus; Stamp out bogus self-employment and protect the construction SEO process. Speaking in advance of the publication of Labour’s Alternative Budget, Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking at the publication of Labour’s Alternative Budget, Labour finance and public spending spokesperson Ged Nash TD outlined Labour’s proposed allocation of the €14bn Apple money over five years. Deputy Nash said this windfall is a once in a lifetime opportunity to build homes, tackle the root of the housing crisis…

News – The Labour Party Growing frustration among residents groups about waste failure in the city. We need re-municipalisation and a single waste operator for Dublin. Following on from a public meeting on Dublin’s waste management problem, Labour’s Senator Marie Sherlock has said it’s becoming increasingly clear that the time has now come for a…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Alan Kelly TD has today criticised the Government for their failure to manage the National Children’s Hospital project, calling out repeated delays and a total lack of accountability from those in charge. Despite having spent millions of euros, not a single child has been treated at the hospital, and we…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has written to An Taoiseach, calling for the Government to ensure that religious orders fully contribute to any redress scheme addressing the systemic child sexual abuse uncovered in Ireland’s educational institutions. Bacik has urged that the Government support the Labour Party’s “Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Cllr and General Election Candidate Conor Sheehan has called on Government to take serious and immediate action to address failures in UHL. Cllr Sheehan said: “The INMO’s Trolleywatch figures show that once again University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 86 people on trolleys as of today. This news…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Health Spokesperson, Duncan Smith TD, has called for immediate and decisive action following the publication of the report into the tragic death of Aoife Johnston at University Hospital Limerick (UHL). Deputy Smith said: “It is heartbreaking to read the findings of the report into Aoife Johnston’s death. My thoughts are…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Cllr and General Election candidate Conor Sheehan has called on the Minister for Health to address the long-publicised capacity issues in UHL following the report into the death of Aoife Johnston. Cllr Sheehan said: “Today is another harrowing day for the family of Aoife Johnston. To learn that her death…