Labour’s climate spokesperson Senator Rebecca Moynihan has sounded the alarm on Ireland’s burgeoning data centre construction, warning that the country’s climate emissions targets are at risk due to their unsustainable energy demands. Senator Moynihan said “Following reports of a row between Eamon Ryan and Simon Coveney over the development of new data centres, it’s clear…

Student Accommodation Crisis Reaches Breaking Point Labour’s further and higher education Spokesperson Senator Annie Hoey today condemns the alarming decision by Hubble student accommodation at Cuirt na Coiribe in Galway to raise their prices by almost 30%. This move comes at a critical juncture as the number of students dropping out of college surpasses pre-pandemic…

Recruitment shortfall means that for 27 days in the past three months, fire trucks could not be deployed if needed Four years after Metro hotel fire, no progress on the long promised fire intelligence survey of the city Labour Senator Marie Sherlock congratulated Dublin Fire Brigade and its firefighters on celebrating 125 years of serving…

Responses to Parliamentary Questions put down by Labour health spokesperson Duncan Smith reveal that the HSE cannot provide certainty to workers on a career break that they will not be impacted by the HSE recruitment freeze. Deputy Smith said: “The fact that the HSE cannot provide certainty in regard to workers on a career break…

Labour and SDLP have today met to discuss the New Ireland Commission and mark anniversary of the Democratic Programme. Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik TD said: “For those of us on the left, the Democratic Programme remains a source of inspiration, even if the vision it offers has been far from fully achieved. The Programme…

Minister Harris must outline to Oireachtas Committee plans to ease the stress for students Labour’s further and higher education spokesperson Senator Annie Hoey has criticised Minister Harris’s failure to help students who are struggling to attend and stay in further education. Senator Hoey said: “The enormous financial burden of attending further and higher education is…

Limerick Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan has said that car importers and dealerships who import and sell Japanese import cars need to be mandated to fit them with immobilisers. The Limerick Labour Councillor was speaking after a spate of thefts of Japanese import cars which are not fitted with an immobiliser which is a safety measure…

3 months since Government committed to Labour to examine the policy and no action Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has called on the Government to act before the local and European elections in June to change the rules around public disclosure of candidates’ addresses. Deputy Bacik said: “In November I sought to amend Government legislation,…