News – The Labour PartyWexford last year, Now Dublin. The last Wexford-Dublin fixture I was at, Wexford did some lovely hurling, with 22 points over Dublin’s 2 goals, 14. But, I’m willing to concede a small victory to Dublin tonight. Here, at our first ever one-member-one-vote conference, We have an even larger attendance than at…

News – The Labour Party At the annual Labour Party Conference, Labour Party Health spokesperson and Vice Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Alan Kelly TD, presented Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap and Lorraine Walsh with Labour Women’s Jo Cox award for Bravery for their work on the Cervical Check scandal.  Labour Women created this award…

News – The Labour PartyLeader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, has condemned the call from Tanzanian regional governor, Paul Makonda, for ‘suspected homosexuals’ to be reported to his office in order for them to be arrested. Speaking today, Deputy Howlin said: “Labour condemns any attempt to target or discriminate against a group on…

News – The Labour PartyOpening Remarks to Conference, Friday, 2nd November 2018 I want to open my remarks with a few words of thanks. I’d like to thank the our hard working staff and the many volunteers, who I know have put tremendous work into organising Conference and helping us run events this weekend. I…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Social Protection, Sen. Ged Nash has said: ”The Minister for Employment Affairs & Social Protection’s response to Illness Benefits payment fiasco has been shocking. ”She has taken a hands-off and lackadaisical attitude to this scandal which affects tens of thousands of citizens who have paid their taxes and…

News – The Labour PartyIn his opening Address to the Labour Party Conference, Labour Party Chair Jack O Connor said that the fragmentation of the democratic Left would gift the Fine Gael/ Fianna Fail “axis of the Right” a continuing monopoly of power, which in turn would translate into an ongoing housing crisis, low pay,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Health Spokesperson Alan Kelly TD, has called for the chair of the Oireachtas Committee to invite the authors of the “Health Inequalities in Europe” report to address the Oireachtas Health committee and discuss their findings in relation to Ireland. Commenting today Deputy Kelly said: “Today’s report highlights, yet again, the…

News – The Labour PartyLast month, the Seanad passed all stages of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017, a Private Members Bill initiated by the Labour group in the Seanad. This year, the EU Equal Pay Day falls on 3 November. It marks the moment when women symbolically…