News – The Labour Party Government must end time wasting and provide certainty to workers Dealing with a Right to Flexible Work in the Work Life Balance Bill must provide certainty for workers Responding to the announcement by Minister Roderic O’Gorman during the discussion of government’s Work Life Balance Bill in Committee today, Labour employment…

News – The Labour PartyLabour justice spokesperson Aodhan Ó Ríordáin has called on the Minister for Justice to make spiking a specific criminal offence under the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022. In seeking to make amendments to the Bill during Dáil committee stage today, Deputy Ó Ríordáin said we need a specific offence of…

News – The Labour Party HIQA must immediately inspect worst hit hospitals Labour health spokesperson, Duncan Smith has warned that the public health service is in danger of complete collapse if the current trolley crisis is not resolved, care in the community is not prioritised and demanded that the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)…

News – The Labour Party Framework must pivot towards growth of exporting indigenous companies Opposition parties must be briefed on tech job losses Labour enterprise spokesperson Ged Nash has today warned that unless a new national industrial policy framework prioritised the scaling up of indigenous Irish enterprise, Ireland will continue to be exposed to a…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson for Transport, Duncan Smith has today (Tuesday 8th November) described the fines imposed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) on Go Ahead and Dublin as eye-watering and said the fines underscore systemic failures across the public transport system. In response to questioning from Deputy Smith at the Oireachtas Transport…

News – The Labour PartyTackling climate change is an act of intergenerational and global solidarity says Labour Leader. Time is running out and the CoP process cannot be allowed fail. Commenting on the commencement of COP27, Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik has today called on Taoiseach Michael Martin and the Irish Government to show both…

News – The Labour Party Serious questions to be asked about compliance with collective redundancy Irish law Labour spokesperson on workers’ rights Marie Sherlock has today (Friday 4th November) expressed her solidarity with the hundreds of tech workers who were told not to come to work today and to wait to hear if they will be…

News – The Labour Party Process began with Labour’s 2016 Conviction for Certain Offences (Apology & Exoneration) Bill  First step in process involved 2018 State apology to LGBT+ citizens and community  Labour TD Ged Nash has welcomed today’s announcement by the Minster for Justice Helen McEntee of a public consultation on the development of a…