Check Against Delivery – Embargoed to 8.30pm Comrades and Friends It is an honour to have been selected as your candidate – our candidate – to contest the forthcoming bye-election here in Dublin Bay South. First I would like to thank Kevin Humphreys and Chloe Manahan for proposing and seconding me and for their kind…

The Labour Party selection convention for the Dublin Bay South by-election will take place at 8pm tonight and a livestream will be available on the Labour Party Facebook Page. Senator Ivana Bacik will be formally selected as the Labour Party candidate. Watch from 8pm: https://www.facebook.com/thelabourparty It will be chaired by Duncan Smith TD and our…

Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan has urged the Government to consider a Vacant Home Tax to bring empty housing stock into use for those who need it. People are rightly outraged at the degree to which the Government is prioritising investors over hard working ordinary people in the midst of a housing crisis. Senator Moynihan…

Speech by Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly TD at the Annual James Connolly Commemoration where he addressed the housing crisis, the impact of Covid-19 on young people and the need for a new social contract. “This week marks 105 years since the founder of the Labour Party, James Connolly, was executed by firing squad by…

Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said the Minister for Housing can resolve issue of investment funds devouring opportunities for first time home owners immediately through issuing guidelines to local authorities. Last week, the Labour Party offered the Minister an opportunity to put his money where his mouth is by reintroducing his bill to ringfence 30%…

Labour Party leader, Alan Kelly will address the annual James Connolly Commemoration on Sunday at Arbour Hill in Dublin (Sunday, May 16th 2021) with Ethel Buckley of SIPTU and members of the Connolly family. This is a closed event due to Covid-19 restrictions and will be broadcast through the Labour Party Facebook Page.

Investment in IT infrastructure and security essential. Back up plans for patient appointments and services needed. Weaknesses in HSE IT systems previously highlighted. With much detail of the HSE ransomware attack still unknown, Labour Party Leader and Health spokesperson Alan Kelly said it is essential that the public are reassured that services will be maintained…

Leader of the Labour Party Alan Kelly TD has appointed Duncan Smith TD as Director of Elections for the party in the by-election that will be held later this year in Dublin Bay South. The Labour Party selection convention to formally endorse Ivana Bacik as our candidate will be held this coming Monday 17th May…