Labour spokesperson on further and higher education Senator Annie Hoey expressed her best wishes to all students receiving a place in further and higher education institutions today. However, Senator Hoey cautioned that students must have certainty that they will be supported by government with adequate infrastructure in place. Senator Hoey said: “Today is hopefully a…

Friends and Comrades, I speak today at a time when we are in the midst of both a cost of living crisis and a housing crisis that taken together, if not urgently addressed, will: see our poorest households forced to take impossible decisions between heating or eating; drive thousands of working families into poverty and…

Welcoming the appointment of a new CEO Designate of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland Labour sports spokesperson Mark Wall said a ban on gambling ads is the most vital next step to protect problem gamblers. Senator Wall said: “I welcome the appointment of the new CEO Designate of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland….

Mortgage interest rate cap needed now. Responding to reports that the households could face average repayment hikes of up to €900 a year due to further rises in mortgage interest rates, Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash said the Government has no option but to support Labour’s legislation to cap mortgage interest rates in Ireland. Deputy…

Drogheda’s Premier Periclase plant ‘canary in coalmine’ as redundancy notices set to be issued Planned energy supports won’t be sufficient to stave off job losses in industry  Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash has called today (Tuesday, 7th September) on the government to create a new short-term wage support scheme to help protect jobs and firms most at…

Labour spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Senator Annie Hoey has today (Monday 5th September) said that the escalating student accommodation crisis and the soaring cost-of-living for students must be addressed in Budget 2023. Speaking following the publication of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) pre-budget submission, Senator Hoey said: “The student accommodation crisis…

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has today (Friday, 2nd September) said that the government must act urgently to tackle spiralling energy prices by introducing immediate price caps on energy bills, establishing a windfall tax on the excessive profits of energy and gas companies and increasing fuel allowance eligibility limits for people on low to middle incomes….

Following the broadcasting of a Liveline programme today (Thursday, 1st September), during which the consolidation of the Citizens Information Service was discussed, Leader of the Labour Party and TD for Dublin Bay South Ivana Bacik has renewed her calls for a halt to the further diminishing of the service. Deputy Bacik said, “I am concerned…