News – The Labour Party 2024 pay increases must encompass catch up with cost of living Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has backed ICTU’s call for private sector pay increases of between 4% to 6%. Senator Sherlock said: “The reality is that while many private sector workers took real wages cuts in the face…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Senator Mark Wall in Kildare South welcomes the announcement granting Councils the authority to utilise CCTV to combat the pervasive issue of illegal dumping. Senator Wall said “The introduction of CCTV to identify and prosecute those responsible for illegal dumping is a long overdue measure. Our communities have been burdened…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Worker’s Rights Spokesperson Senator Marie Sherlock has today called out Minister Simon Harris for his latest political announcement in attempting to increase the number of construction workers in this country. Senator Sherlock said: “Instead of meaningful change to address the challenges associated with the recruitment and retention of construction apprentices…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Workers’ Rights Marie Sherlock, has today called for swift, heavy, and enforceable fines to be handed out to employers who deny workers their civil right to collective bargaining through a trade union. Speaking in advance of a special event in Connect Trade Union later today to discuss…

News – The Labour PartyLabour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin expressed his concern at some Irish MEPs failure to support a resolution in the European Parliament calling for immediate investigations into MEPs acting as agents of influence for Russian. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “We are approaching the two year anniversary of the brutal invasion of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader and Housing Spokesperson Ivana Bacik TD was today reacting to the latest Residential Tenancies Board report which shows that renters are being hit with rent hikes of more than double the legal caps in some rent pressure zones, and that new tenancies are seeing rental cost rises of more…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Transport Spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has said that the new Dublin City Transport Plan, which will reform traffic flow in the heart of our capital, is only a small step forward in the fight against climate change. “Our city centre has been bogged down by an incessant stream of through-traffic,…

News – The Labour Party Growing arson attacks earmarked as accommodation centres for International Protection Applicants demands immediate action. Labour’s Justice Spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD has written to the chair of the Justice Committee calling for urgent action on the worrying increase in alleged arson attacks targeting buildings earmarked as accommodation centres for International…