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Nash calls for immediate suspension of EU-Israeli Association Agreement

News – The Labour Party Occupied Territories Bill must be passed next week – including goods and services  Irish vetoes must be deployed to ensure Israel is finally held accountable Labour’s finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD has paid tribute to the 15 brave Irish people who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, putting their…

21 May 2026

Bacik calls for establishment of Safe Fund to protect survivors of domestic abuse

News – The Labour Party Fund would provide fast financial support to people escaping abuse Calls for reform of family courts Abusers must not be accommodated within ranks of An Garda Siochana Labour leader Ivana Bacik TD urged the Taoiseach to introduce Labour’s proposed €3mn Safe Fund for victims of survivors of domestic abuse. As…

Ivana Bacik TD
20 May 2026

More than 50,000 families could be missing out on working family payment

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s social protection spokesperson Mark Wall TD has urged working families across the country to check their eligibility for the Working Family Payment following an Oireachtas Social Protection Committee hearing today which revealed that over 50,000 eligible families may be entitled to the payment . Deputy Wall said: “I would encourage…

20 May 2026

Further Meta redundancies demand strategy to protect jobs

News – The Labour Party Tech sector contagion must be managed Labour’s enterprise spokesperson George Lawlor TD has called on Minister Burke and Minister of State Smyth to develop a strategy to protect tech jobs as the contagion of redundancies continues to spread in the sector. Deputy Lawlor said: “This is a deeply worrying and…

20 May 2026

Govt rental bill drives record surge in rent prices as landlords take advantage of new rent hike rules

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has urged Government to remove the market rent reset mechanism from its rental bill and to support Labour’s Bill to ban no fault evictions in light of the massive rent increases in the first quarter of 2026 according to the Daft.ie report published today (May…

20 May 2026

Permanent future for Dublin supervised injecting facility secured – now it’s time for more, says Ó Ríordáin

News – The Labour PartyDublin MEP and Labour Party Dublin spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has welcomed the rejection of the planning appeal against Ireland’s first medically supervised injecting facility at Merchants Quay, saying the decision secures the permanent future of a life-saving service for Dublin. Ó Ríordáin, who as Minister of State for Drugs secured…

20 May 2026

Ogbu demands action as Galway rents soar by 18%

News – The Labour Party Galway rents soaring under Government’s watch Daft.ie figures show Galway City rents now 18% higher than a year ago Government must scrap rent reset mechanism in RTB Bill and ban no fault evictions now Labour candidate in Galway West Councillor Helen Ogbu has accused Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Independents…

20 May 2026

Students, Apprentices and Colleges Should Not Take the Hit for Government Overspends

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD and education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny and Labour Senator and spokesperson on further and higher education Laura Harmon said Parliamentary Question replies received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform confirm that the levy being applied across Government departments to cover overspends within the Department of Education is not…

19 May 2026

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