News – The Labour Party Labour will continue to fight for fairness, equality and the rights of working people. Labour leader Ivana Bacik TD has today announced the party’s new Front Bench parliamentary spokespersons. With a total of eleven TDs and two Senators elected to the Oireachtas, Bacik said that Labour will continue to campaign…

News – The Labour PartyResponding to the Programme for Government, Labour Limerick TD Conor Sheehan said the lack of ambition or vision when it comes to housing is disgraceful. Speaking in the Dáil today, Deputy Sheehan said: “There’s been no shortage of spin and bluster from this Government when it comes to housing. Rather than…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Duncan Smith TD has condemned Donald Trump’s outrageous call to forcibly relocate the 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza and called for immediate action to pass the Occupied Territories Bill. Deputy Smith said: “For the United States, a supposed beacon of freedom and justice, its continued indifference to the plight of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour whip Duncan Smith TD has urged Government to see sense and end the charade that Micheal Lowry and his Regional Group will be designated as a hybrid group for Dáil speaking rights. Smith said: “The latest proposal from Government is truly beyond belief. They are rewriting the very terms of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Marie Sherlock TD has called on the newly appointed Enterprise Minister to intervene in the proposed changes to civil servants working practices. Deputy Sherlock said: “There are two issues here: one, the somewhat unilateral decision to change workers terms and two, the decision to row back on progress in the…

News – The Labour PartyDeputy Ged Nash TD said: “The announcement at Glen Dimplex in Dunleer that 70 manufacturing jobs at the plant are at risk is a disaster for the workers and their families as well as the wider community in Dunleer and Mid-Louth. “It sounds the death knell for good manufacturing jobs at…

News – The Labour Party 75% of schools report no applicants Labour’s Eoghan Kenny TD has slammed the government’s failure to address the teacher recruitment and retention crisis following stark new figures released this morning by the Principals and Deputy Principals Association. The survey found that 75% of schools had experienced no applicants for vacancies…

News – The Labour Party Each Minister of State costs at least €500,000 No objective justification for increased number of Ministers of State Labour’s Finance & Public Expenditure Ged Nash has said the creation of 23 Minister of State posts would make Bertie Ahern blush. Figures compiled by the Labour Party show each Minister of…