Public cancer patients left behind Labour proposes new early-access programme Labour’s Health Spokesperson and General Election candidate in Fingal East, Duncan Smith TD, has raised the alarm over the growing inequality in Ireland’s two-tier health system, as public cancer patients face unacceptable delays in accessing potentially lifesaving treatments. Following calls from the Irish Cancer Society,…

Labour launches plan to end low pay and give workers more power at work: Government’s shameful record on low pay must be brought to an end with 27% of all workers low paid in the Irish economy and over a third of those are women. Ignorance of FF and FG laid bare with no commitment…

Guarantee an appropriate school place for every child with additional needs. Fund a €15m Waiting List Initiative to provide assessments of needs and reimburse parents for private therapies. Introduce a Cost of Disability payment and reform disability payments. Invest in disability services and more accessible transport and housing. Develop a new Comprehensive Employment Strategy for…

Garda numbers have gone backwards – sworn members lower now than 2020. Invest an extra €100m to expand Templemore, provide temporary training capacity, key worker housing and modern equipment. Increase €354 per week Garda Training Allowance to a starting salary. Provide incentives to recruit back members who have left, improve pay, and introduce an occupational…

Bring an end to the fossil fuel area in Ireland, meet our carbon budgets and seek emission reductions of circa 8% a year. Invest over €16bn of extra investment in climate action over the next five years including an additional €10bn for public transport projects. Commit €2.5bn to a National Retrofitting Fund for street-by-street energy…

Labour’s General Election Candidate in Kildare South, Senator Mark Wall, has condemned the Department of Justice’s decision to withhold €4.5 million in agreed funding for  Sensational Kids, a charity centre in Kildare Town to support children with additional needs. Senator Wall said: “Construction on this vital facility in Kildare town has now ground to a…

Limerick Labour General Election Candidate has said that the fact there are 134 people waiting for a bed on trolleys at UHL is a national scandal. Cllr Sheehan said: “We are at the beginning of winter below the real impact of flu and other respiratory viruses such as Covid can be quantified and there are…

Seven in ten young people want out Labour’s general election candidate for Cork South Central, Councillor Laura Harmon, has condemned the Government’s failure to deliver for young people following the publication of a National Youth Council of Ireland survey. The survey reveals that 7 out of 10 people aged 18-24 believe they would have a…