News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator and member of the Oireachtas Health subcommittee on mental health Annie Hoey has called on government to address the concerns raised by Bodywhys at today’s committee meeting. Senator Hoey has written to social networking sites demanding more thorough and proactive interventions to protect people suffering from eating disorders from…

News – The Labour Party Minister Eamon Ryan’s Constituency received 13 times more than its neighbouring constituency At the start of National Bike Week, Labour Cllr Darragh Moriarty is calling on the NTA and DCC to correct the unfair imbalance of funding made available for cycle infrastructure to the Dublin South Central area. The breakdown…

News – The Labour PartyLabour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan has called for the introduction of a Rent to Buy housing scheme to help those caught in the rent trap get on the property ladder. With the cost of buying a home soaring nationwide, Senator Moynihan said time has come for government to be open to…

News – The Labour PartySpeech by Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik TD to the Annual James Connolly Commemoration, Arbour Hill. Comrades, members of the Connolly family, friends. As Leader of the Labour Party, it is an honour to address this joint SIPTU/Labour Party commemoration of the life and legacy of James Connolly. Connolly is the…

News – The Labour Party Make the whole country an RPZ and freeze rents for 3 years Invest Croí Cónaithe allocation towards cost rental Increase cost rental targets in Housing for All Responding to the latest Daft rental report, Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said the government is continuing to fail renters who are facing…

News – The Labour PartyLabour health spokesperson Duncan Smith has today (Thursday 12th May) criticised the government over the lack of progress made to develop a national cervical screening laboratory in Ireland. Despite promises made by the government following the CervicalCheck scandal that a laboratory would be fully operational in Ireland by September of this…

News – The Labour Party Hundreds of thousands of low paid workers would benefit from a Living Wage. Labour proposal would be phased in over three years. Bill to be debated in Dáil on Wednesday, Labour calls for Government support. Launching the Living Wage Bill 2022, Labour Party Leader, Ivana Bacik TD said it would…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader Ivana Bacik will address the annual James Connolly Commemoration at Arbour Hill in Dublin on Sunday, May 15th 2022. Deputy Bacik will be available to speak to journalists ahead of the ceremony at 11.45am. The official ceremony, including a speech from Ivana, is scheduled to begin at 12pm….