News – The Labour PartyLabour seeks publicly owned broadband network – We are not so much selling the family silver as paying someone to take it off our hands says Sherlock. Labour Communications spokesperson Seán Sherlock TD has today launched the Labour Party Private Members motion, to be debated on Wednesday, that calls for the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Children and Youth Affairs spokesperson Seán Sherlock has called on Tusla to explain the treatment of a whistleblower whose employment was terminated despite it being recommended that they remain on payroll, as revealed in the Irish Examiner today. Deputy Sherlock said: “It is deeply worrying that a whistleblower in Tusla…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton TD is attending the 59th Plenary Session of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly from this evening until Tuesday 22nd October in the Forest of Arden, Warwichshire. Deputy Burton chairs the Economic Committee that is due to finalise a report on how to revitalize the high street….

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Brendan Howlin has repeated his call for pensioners and welfare recipients to be the first beneficiaries of a prospective Brexit deal. Deputy Howlin made his remarks following the Taoiseach’s assertion that no deal Brexit preparations could be stood down if the House of Commons accepts the deal tomorrow. Deputy…

News – The Labour Party  Labour Cllr Lettie McCarthy has said the ongoing failure of the Minister for Transport Shane Ross to address the terrible bus service for Stepaside, Kilternan, Glenamuck and Carrickmines must be addressed. Cllr McCarthy said: “There has been a huge population increase in the Stepaside, Kilternan, Glenamuck and Carrickmines areas but…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Housing spokesperson and Limerick TD Jan O’Sullivan has expressed serious concern at the rising number of children who are becoming homeless or are at risk of homelessness. It comes after the housing charity Novas said that for the first time, it has helped more than 1,000 children in the past…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in advance of tomorrow’s Westminster vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with the European Union, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, said that there is a real risk that the deal will deepen sectarian political divisions in Northern Ireland due to the plan for votes on the deal every…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in response to the draft Brexit deal agreed between the Barnier team and the British government, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, called on Leo Varadkar to introduce a  supplementary budget to keep pensions in line with inflation.   Deputy Howlin said:   “The people did not…