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Labour Court must intervene in school secretaries and caretakers dispute

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has tonight called on the Labour Court to intervene in the dispute on pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers. Speaking this evening, Kenny said it is shameful that this dispute has continued despite schools returning this week. Deputy Kenny said: “The disrespectful and frankly…

29 August 2025

Over 5,000 children in homelessness – but will Govt be shamed into action?

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD described the record breaking level of homelessness in the State as immoral. Speaking during a Simon Communities event in Dublin today, Deputy Sheehan said Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s failure to address the systemic issues in the housing Department will destroy the lives of young…

29 August 2025

Housing crisis driving growing wealth inequality in Ireland

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s finance spokesperson Ged Nash described data published by the Central Bank on household wealth as unsurprising. Data shows that the wealthiest 10% of households owned almost half the wealth in Ireland. Deputy Nash said: “Ireland has a really poor record on taxing non-productive, passive wealth. Doing so is necessary to…

29 August 2025

Labour calls on Sports Minister to intervene in FAI crisis to protect grassroots football

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party Spokesperson on Sport Rob O’Donoghue TD has expressed his deep concern at the ongoing situation within the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and has urged the Minister for Sport to take immediate steps to assess the potential impact on grassroots football. Speaking today Deputy O’Donoghue, said: “The announcement…

28 August 2025

Central Bank’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians Must End

News – The Labour PartySpeaking ahead of a protest against the Central Bank’s facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds in the EU, Labour’s Ciarán Ahern TD has called on the Governor of the Central Bank to refuse the prospectus which is due for renewal on the 2nd of September. The protest will take…

26 August 2025

Minister for Health needs to get a handle on the crisis emerging in Tallaght Hospital A&E

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Dublin South-West Ciarán Ahern has called on Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to urgently intervene in the growing crisis in Tallaght University Hospital’s Emergency Department. Figures released by the hospital to Deputy Ahern show a 43% increase in wait-times in A&E over the last 5 years, growing…

26 August 2025

16,593 children are overdue for assessment of need

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Disability Senator Laura Harmon has expressed her concern at the enormous and growing waiting lists for assessment of needs at the end of Q2 of 2025. In response to Parliamentary Questions submitted by the Labour Party, the HSE has revealed that only 2,918 assessments of needs had been…

25 August 2025

Education Minister can’t stand on sidelines ignoring secretaries and caretakers

News – The Labour Party Minister must withdraw Guidance on Upcoming Industrial Action Labour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has called on Minister McEntee to withdraw a letter issued to Chairpersons of Boards of Management yesterday regarding planned industrial action of secretaries and caretakers. Deputy Kenny said: “It’s unbelievable that the Department of Education would…

21 August 2025

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