Progression of traveller site voted down in Dun Laoghaire Labour Party Spokesperson on Equality Cllr. Deirdre Kingston has expressed disappointment at the lack of support for the progression of a traveller accommodation site at a meeting of the Dun Laoghaire Area Committee yesterday evening, despite it being included in a programme adopted by councillors in…

Labour Party candidate for Dublin Bay North, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has congratulated the Gardaí on their excellent detective work in Marino and across the city yesterday evening. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “While controversies around Garda management issues regularly make the rounds in Irish media, yesterday’s arrests are a timely reminder of what Gardaí do…

Labour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has pledged support for proposals by the housing charity Threshold for an NCT-style system of inspections for the private rental sector. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “The shocking revelations in last week’s RTÉ Investigates programme have shown just how far some rogue landlords are prepared to go in order to make…

Labour Transport spokesperson, Senator Kevin Humphreys, has called on the Minister for Transport Shane Ross to try to secure industrial peace in Irish Rail first before he seeks to apply his talents on brokering a settlement between North Korea and the United States. Senator Humphreys said: “Tomorrow a second day of industrial action will take…

Labour Party Environment spokesperson, Senator Ivana Bacik, has said the Government should have a long term-plan to ban non-compostable coffee cups as well as a coffee cup levy. This comes as the Minister for the Environment has said he plans to introduce a 15 cent charge on take-away coffee cups. Senator Bacik said: “As well…

Following the publication of details from the Paradise Papers, Labour spokesperson on Finance, Joan Burton TD has called on AIB and Bank of Ireland to come clean on the level of offshore tax avoidance they have facilitated in the past. The Government now also has questions to answer about this year’s tax amnesty for offshore…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD, has said it is shocking that both the Gardaí and the Government have failed to fill positions in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. This comes after it was established by the This Week programme that a vacancy for a detective inspector position to head up the…

Labour Party TD for Longford/Westmeath Willie Penrose TD will introduce the Courts (Multi Party Actions) Bill 2017 in Dáil Éireann next week. This Bill will allow wronged tracker mortgage customers to take a class action suit, rather than them all taking individual cases against banks. Deputy Penrose said: “This unique Bill would seek to facilitate…