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As Paris leads by example Government need to tackle car bloat in cities and towns

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Climate Spokesperson Senator Rebecca Moynihan today follow the actions of Parisians and take action to tackle car bloat in our urban areas. Senator Moynihan said “With SUVs gaining popularity, their disproportionate contribution to pollution demands immediate attention. Government urgently need to address the issue of car bloat in Irish cities….

Senator Rebecca Moynihan
06 February 2024

Horgan seeks full publication of Cork Event Centre documentation

News – The Labour Party Labour Cork City Rep demands additional State Aid request to be revealed. The sod was turned on the project in 2016 by former Taoiseach Enda Kenny but no building progress of any kind has taken place since, but Exchequer commitments have grown to €57 million. Labour’s Cork City South East…

02 February 2024

Nash tells PayPal executives to identify alternatives to redundancies

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s enterprise spokesperson Deputy Ged Nash has spoken with PayPal Executives this afternoon as the company has revealed it is considering letting 205 staff go, across their remote working (Dundalk) and Blanchardstown operations. This latest development comes on top of a spate of redundancies across the business in Ireland in recent…

01 February 2024

Statement by Alan Kelly on latest RTÉ report

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Tipperary and Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee member Alan Kelly said: “I can’t fathom why it took this long to get this information regarding these redundancy packages. When RTÉ came before the Public Accounts Committee, we repeatedly asked about and interogated these redundancies. “It seems that the information was…

01 February 2024

Student Housing Scandal: 51-Week Leases spark outrage

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Further Education spokesperson Senator Annie Hoey has expressed deep concern over the shocking decision by one of Dublin’s largest private student landlords, Hines, to extend lease lengths for the 2024-2025 academic year. Under this controversial move, students are now compelled to commit to a 51-week tenancy, a staggering 10 weeks…

Senator Annie Hoey image
01 February 2024

Latest report into RTÉ practises yet another shocking indictment of upstairs downstairs culture in the organisation

News – The Labour PartyCommenting on the publication today by RTÉ today of the McCann Fitzgerald report into voluntary exit programme, Labour media spokesperson Marie Sherlock said the revelations today are yet another shocking example of an upstairs downstairs culture within the organisation. Senator Sherlock said: “There was an appalling situation where the former CFO…

31 January 2024

Prohibition Doesn’t Work: Time for a Health-Led Approach

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Justice Spokesperson Aodhán Ó Riordáin TD was speaking today in the Dáil during the Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022. Deputy Ó Riordáin said “The prevailing policy of criminalisation disproportionately impacts the poor and less powerful. It dehumanises and denigrates those grappling with addiction. We must recognise that addiction…

31 January 2024

Latest health insurance increase exposes failing health of national care system

News – The Labour Party INMO report 12,132 patients, including 278 children, went without a hospital bed this January Ireland to have a deficit of 49,000 nurses by 2041 Questioning Minister Eamon Ryan during Leaders’ Questions today, Labour leader Ivana Bacik demanded an end to the HSE recruitment freeze. Deputy Bacik said: “Minister Ryan and…

Ivana Bacik TD
31 January 2024

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