News – The Labour Party Board for new hospital must be appointed and chair announced Minister must confirm when sanction and recruitment for additional consultant posts will take place Limerick Labour TD Conor Sheehan has said that patient safety concerns at UHL must be urgently addressed. Deputy Sheehan was speaking after the Medical Board at…

News – The Labour Party Cllr Helen Ogbu calls for urgent investment in estate roads and local infrastructure   Councillor Helen Ogbu, Labour candidate in the Galway West by-election, has called for urgent investment in road and infrastructure repairs across Galway City after raising concerns at Galway City Council about the deteriorating condition of roads…

News – The Labour Party Labour calls for major active travel expansion during National Bike Week Expansion of Cycle to Work scheme to include children and low-income households Major investment needed for city bike schemes, e-bikes and protected cycle lanes Labour climate and transport spokesperson Deputy Ciarán Ahern has marked National Bike Week by calling…

News – The Labour Party Huge missed opportunity to include life-protecting vaccines in the most recent three-year framework agreement, signed at the end of March with both Medicines for Ireland and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. Cost of shingles vaccine of €43.6m per year for over-65s with 50% uptake is a tiny fraction of the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD has urged Government to introduce an emergency mini-Budget to support PAYE workers through the cost of living crisis that is worsening under Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. Questioning Minister McEntee during Leaders’ Questions today, Deputy Nash said the message from this Government to ordinary working…

News – The Labour Party €11,522,504 spent on agency staff in Wexford between 2023-2025 Fraction of spend goes to actual workers for the agency  Wasteful spend of taxpayers money demands answers from Government  Labour TD for Wexford George Lawlor has expressed his concern at massive overspend by the HSE on agency staff. Following news that…

News – The Labour Party Minister for Health and new HSE CEO must set out precisely the service impact and ensure that frontline roles will not be on the firing line. HSE has 136,606 WTE funded posts for 2026 while almost 4,000 HSE staff posts were unfilled at the end of last year, and the…

News – The Labour PartyParents of children waiting years for an Assessment of Need today brought their fight for justice to the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee, calling for action over Ireland’s failure to meet its legal obligations to children with additional needs. The petition was supported by the committee today – being referred to the…