Dublin 4th most expensive European city to build apartments in Labour Leader and Spokesperson on Housing Ivana Bacik TD has highlighted alarming new data revealing that Dublin is the fourth most expensive European city in which to build apartments. The figures coincide with a dramatic decline in the number of new apartments approved for construction…

Labour’s Enterprise spokesperson, Louth TD Ged Nash has asked PayPal to “explore alternative cost savings short of redundancies”. He spoke following the announcement that PayPal plans to make up to 85 workers in their Irish operation redundant. Deputy Nash said “This is the latest stop on the merry-go-round of PayPal’s seemingly endless series of job…

Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty has said the Labour Group on Dublin City Council will only consider supporting a governing alliance that is willing to adopt a progressive approach in relation to the Local Property Tax (LPT). The Labour Party, along with the Social Democrats and the Greens, on Dublin City Council have argued against maintaining…

Public Meeting Hears Locals Won’t Tolerate Evictions Labour Deputy Alan Kelly has called on the Taoiseach to honour the Borrisokane IPA Agreement from 2019. Deputy Kelly said: “At a public meeting on Friday night (June 14th) we were told that the Department of Justice made an agreement with the people of Borrisokane in November 2019…

Speaking on a panel at the Ireland’s Future conference in Belfast today, Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has urged all supporters of reunification to engage now in preparations for a referendum on unity. Deputy Bacik will highlight the Labour Party’s position paper on a united Ireland and called on other political groupings to engage in…

Labour MEP elect for Dublin Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has urged all Irish MEPs to back the call for a Housing Commissioner. Ó Ríordáin said: “Housing is the greatest civil rights issue of our time and European institutions must take decisive action in tackling this escalating crisis. “Ireland needs to be on the front foot with…

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has called on Government to take action now to end the sub-minimum wages for workers under 20 years of age. Since 1 January 2024, the national minimum wage is €12.70 per hour. However, young people continue to be discriminated against when it comes to pay rates. Anyone working under the age…

Labour’s transport spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has called for a complete ban on sharing images from road traffic accidents, citing the need to protect victims and their families from the distress and intrusion of non-consensual recordings. The Labour Party’s “Protection of Accident Victims from Non-Consensual Recording of Images Bill 2022” is set to be debated…