News – The Labour PartyLabour sports spokesperson Mark Wall has called on Government to introduce playing fields in each local authority municipality. Senator Wall said: “There is an urgent need for local authorities to identify land in every town plan throughout the country in respect of sports facilities. More and more sports clubs are coming…

News – The Labour PartyRaising the Alone and Threshold report published today (Double Deficit: Older and Ageing Persons in the Irish Private Rental Sector), which shows that 40% of elderly people renting in the private market now expect to rent for the rest of their lives, Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has accused…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson on finance, Deputy Ged Nash TD, has accused the government of being “all mouth and no trousers” when it comes to tackling inflated prices at the supermarket checkout, in the wake of today’s meeting of the Retail Forum. Deputy Nash said: “I said earlier this week that we needed…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Finance spokesperson Ged Nash has said the windfall corporation taxes generated in Ireland represents an historic, once-off opportunity to transform our society and environment. Deputy Nash said: “We welcome the scoping report published by the Minister for Finance. The history of the Irish State is scarred by the experience…

News – The Labour PartyLabour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has demanded Government action on child homelessness. Questioning the Taoiseach in the Dáil today, Deputy Bacik said: “In 2017, Jan O’Sullivan published a bill to ensure that families at risk of homelessness are protected by the State, the Housing (Homeless Families) Bill. This would…

News – The Labour PartyLabour finance and enterprise spokesperson Ged Nash consumers must be protected from high prices and gross profit taking from supermarkets in the height of a cost of living crisis. Deputy Nash said: “Consumers are getting squeezed from every angle – the weekly shop is up, energy prices are up, rents are…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on further and higher education and Oireachtas Health Committee member Annie Hoey has urged minister Donnelly to tackle safe staffing levels to prevent a mass exodus of student nurses and midwives from our shores. Responding to a survey published by the Irish Nursing and Midwives Organisation (INMO) stating that…

News – The Labour Party Huge delays in hearing redundancy cases causing workers financial hardship Labour representative in Dublin South-West and employment solicitor Ciarán Ahern has urged Government to fast track the appointment of additional Adjudication Officers to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to deal with the huge backlog in cases. With a spate of…