News – The Labour PartySupporting the call of Grow Remote for a right to flexible work, Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Tuesday, 26th April) called on government to fast-track Labour’s Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022. Speaking ahead of the resumption of pre-legislative scrutiny of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2022…

News – The Labour PartyLabour finance spokesperson, Ged Nash has today (Tuesday, 26th April) said a real plan to combat an imminent and sharp rise in variable mortgage interest rates is urgently needed to assist up to 450,000 homeowners. His call comes amid growing speculation that the European Central Bank will increase interest rates before…

News – The Labour PartyIvana Bacik TD, leader of the Labour Party, is to deliver the annual Trinity Monday Memorial Discourse today (Monday, 25th April) in Trinity College. The subject of Deputy Bacik’s discourse will be the life of the distinguished Trinity Law graduate, Averil Deverell (1893–1979); one of the first two women to be…

News – The Labour PartyTHE nationwide housing crisis has left so many young people, families and single people fearing for how they will keep a roof over their heads. Despite the pandemic, Central Statistics Office figures show house prices rose by 14.8 per cent last year. Outside Dublin city, where often the problem feels more…

News – The Labour PartyThe government’s announcement of a Work Life Bill this week that solely makes accommodations for people with caring responsibilities totally misreads the changes in work over the past two years. Government’s bill will fall far short of meeting the very clear demand for a greater work life balance in this country….

News – The Labour PartyLabour Higher Education spokesperson, Annie Hoey, has today (Friday, 22nd April) demanded that the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris steps up and guarantees that remote learning options become a permanent feature of our education system. The call comes following news that colleges are actively emailing students to confirm…

News – The Labour Party Corporate rentals should be required to rent for temporary period Following reports that more than 50% of accommodation pledges for Ukrainian refugees has fallen through, Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan urged government to consider bringing in temporary emergency compulsory rental powers. Senator Moynihan said: “Government has been on the backfoot…

News – The Labour PartyFollowing a seminar hosted by Labour Party, Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock have called for stronger workers’ rights for SNAs. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “In the week of teachers’ unions conferences, we in the Labour Party wanted to highlight the disparity in terms and conditions…