News – The Labour Party• Taoiseach confirms to Labour Party that cost-of-living measures will be made public next Tuesday • The Dáil must be given time to debate what is proposed In Leaders’ Questions today (Wednesday, 15th February), Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD asked the Taoiseach to end the endless kite-flying of cost-of-living measures, and…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on workers rights, Senator Marie Sherlock has urged the Government to legislate further and faster for a living wage and said all retail workers deserve a living income. Senator Sherlock said: “This is a very important and timely research from Mandate Trade Union and certainly will give the powers…

News – The Labour Party Calls for a renewed focus on tenant in situ scheme Highlights need to build 50,000 new homes annually Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has today (Tuesday, 14th February) urged Government to accept the Labour Party Motion debated last Thursday (February 9th) to extend the eviction ban and protect…

News – The Labour PartyLabour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the Citizens’ Assembly on drugs as announced by government today must place communities at the heart of its discussions. Calling for a move to a harm reduction approach, Deputy Ó Ríordáin said Ireland must move from its archaic and failed criminal approach, to a…

News – The Labour PartyLimerick Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan has today (Monday 13th February) once again called on the Rehab Group to pay the former Section 38 Rehab Logistics workers in Raheen the redundancy package they are owed. Cllr Sheehan was speaking after joining the Rehab workers as they staged a protest outside Rehab head office in City West ahead of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik TD has said that the continued exponential increase in rent prices demands serious attention from Government. Following a Labour motion in Dáil Éireann last week (Thursday, 9th February) which called for an increase in the Housing for All targets to 50,000 new builds annually,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator and Oireachtas Health Committee member Annie Hoey has called for the introduction of a lung cancer screening programme. Senator Hoey said: “Ireland’s two-tier health system has a severe impact on the most disadvantaged in Irish society. It’s the same story – if you can pay you can have access…

News – The Labour PartyLabour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has expressed his deep concern at Garda personnel figures reported in the Irish Independent today. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said the party of law and order has presided over the near total collapse of the frontline Garda numbers. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “It is deeply concerning…