Opening Address by Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD to Party Away Day 2018 D Hotel, Drogheda, Co Louth Good afternoon, And thank you all for being here today. Over the course of today and tomorrow, we will be setting out and discussing some of the policies and campaigns that we will be working on…

Labour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton TD, speaking on the ten year anniversary of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Lehman’s Brothers said: “On the 15th September 2008 the world changed when Lehman’s Brothers bank filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It would have a profound and devastating impact on Ireland where the FF-PD economic model would be…

Galway Mayor Cllr Niall McNelis has called on the Minister for Health to close the funding gap in capital investment for health services spending to ensure an essential cancer treatment unit is delivered in Galway, that will serve the entire North-West region, pointing out that ‘Ireland 2040’ is falling at the first hurdle. Mayor McNelis…

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has today commended the bravery of Máiría Cahill and called on the PSNI to work to deliver justice for her and all other victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the republican movement.   Speaking today Senator Bacik said:   “I welcome the findings of the PSNI in their internal…

Labour spokesperson on housing Jan O’Sullivan has today described government’s plan for housing as “old wine in new bottles” Commenting today O’Sullivan said: “Today’s announcement from government of a Land Development Bank is a plan to sell off state-owned land to developers to make a profit which is totally the opposite of what needs to…

Labour Party representative for Dublin Bay North, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse permission for a development on St. Paul’s land adjacent to St Anne’s Park. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “I have been campaigning against development on this land for three years with local community groups and…

Speaking as part of a two-day visit to Galway, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin addressed some of the needs of the city and county. Deputy Howlin said “It was put to me recently that even if the IDA found a business that wanted to open a factory with 1000 jobs in Galway, it couldn’t be…

Labour Party Education spokesperson, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called on the Government and their coalition partners, Fianna Fáil to deliver on tackling back to school costs in the upcoming budget. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “As the phoney war between the Government parties, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Independent Alliance continues over the airwaves,…