Labour Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has expressed her disappointment that the second interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes won’t be published on schedule, by the end of this week. Minister Katherine Zappone confirmed the delay in response to a Parliamentary Question by Deputy O’Sullivan…

The controversial Heritage Bill returns to the Seanad tomorrow, Wednesday 29th March for Committee stage, and Senator Kevin Humphreys, who is leading for the Labour Party, said: “The current Heritage Bill proposals that will be debated again in the Seanad is based on bad science and will not give protection to the endangered species of…

Labour Party TD for Longford-Westmeath, Willie Penrose, has called on the Government to establish regional fora to examine how the regions can minimise the impact of Brexit. “Discussion about the potential benefits for Ireland from Brexit has largely centred on the possible gains in the IFSC. The Government seems to have done little analysis on the…

The Parliamentary Labour Party has today agreed a motion proposed by Party Leader Brendan Howlin, which expresses no confidence in Garda management, and calls for changes to the remit of the Policing Authority to allow that body to publish a reform programme based on the Garda Inspectorate recommendations and to direct Garda management to implement…

The Labour group of Senators will be seeking to amend the Order of Business in the Seanad today, to call for the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald to address the House on the ongoing crisis in An Garda Síochána. Labour Seanad whip, Senator Kevin Humphreys said: “As the Minister for Justice has said,…

On the eve of the triggering of Article 50, the Labour Party has provided details of a Brexit Policy Paper containing 20 concrete actions aimed at protecting the Irish economy in the face of the oncoming challenges. The plans will be presented and debated at the upcoming Labour Party National Conference in a few weeks’…

“During her press conference today, the Garda Commissioner said that no deliberate distortion of facts or falsification of figures had yet been established.  This is, quite literally, incredible. Commissioner O’Sullivan’s position seems to be that almost a million mistakes might have happened over recent years. “Exaggerated numbers of breath tests – almost a million of…

With just days to go until the UK triggers Article 50, Labour Louth Senator Ged Nash has called for an Early Warning System to be introduced to help protect Irish workers and industries that are vulnerable to Brexit. The all-Island warning system would bring together trade unions, employers and other stakeholders to identify sectors and…