Our candidate for the Dublin Bay South by-election Senator Ivana Bacik will outline her plans to tackle the rental crisis head on through a Renters’ Rights Bill today at 11:15am at the Docklands. She will be joined by Labour housing spokesperson Senator Rebecca Moynihan. What: Senator Ivana Bacik Renters’ Rights Bill launch with Labour housing…

Labour spokesperson on higher education Senator Annie Hoey has written to Facebook and Instagram asking the sites to consider playing a more proactive role in protecting and supporting people suffering from eating disorders. Highlighted the continued failings by Government to provide adequate funding to the treatment of eating disorders, Senator Hoey said that this issue…

Key themes for year ahead are community, housing and gender. Enhance local communities and work to make Dublin look and feel like a European city post-Covid. Pursue real long-term solution to homelessness, waiting lists and housing precarity with the provision of affordable housing. Champion issues directly impacting women and girls, and minorities in our city….

Labour Party finance spokesperson Ged Nash and spokesperson on higher education Annie Hoey will be available to speak to media on the plinth at 11.30am today Tuesday 29th June on issues of the day. What: Doorstep with Labour reps. Where: Leinster House plinth, Kildare St. When: 11.30am, Tuesday 29th June. For any journalists or photographers…

Labour Party Senator Marie Sherlock has branded as “shameful” the ongoing, protracted delays to the development of a new school building for bunscoil Coláiste Mhuire in Parnell Square, Dublin 1. In an exchange with Minister of State Josepha Madigan, speaking on behalf of Minister Norma Foley on the floor of the Seanad this morning, Senator…

Welcoming the Minister’s proposals to tackle sexual violence and harassment in higher education, Labour spokesperson Annie Hoey said that this is a great opportunity to overhaul the culture on campuses, where safety is not always guaranteed. Senator Hoey said: “This is a really welcome step in the right direction. However, there is no point in…

Labour candidate in the Dublin Bay South bye-election, Ivana Bacik today launched a radical new vision for the protection and enhancement of Dublin Bay. Central to her proposal is a new statutory Dublin Bay Taskforce charged with preserving for future generations the distinctive character of Dublin Bay and its ecology as a coastal resource. Launching…

Labour proposed bill to reduce the cost of land Time to consider a Rent to Buy scheme Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said that it is incumbent on the Government to take action to ensure that the housing it is building on State land represents true affordability. Citing reports of a continued overheating in the…