With the closure of many primary and post primary schools in the constituency for summer this week, Dublin Bay South bye-election candidate, Senator Ivana Bacik, says the State should provide a suite of additional public supports to assist parents and families.  Senator Bacik said: “The impact of the Covid pandemic on families must be addressed….

Welcoming remarks made by President Michael D Higgins highlighting the scourge of gambling advertising, Labour sports spokesperson Mark Wall has called on Government to prioritise his legislation which would ban all gambling ads. Pointing to the increase in referrals for gambling addiction during lockdown, Senator Wall said that we need to divorce the gambling industry…

UK catch up fund over £1 billion Italy targeting funding for children who struggled with remote working Schools need a plan Marking the end of the primary school year, Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on the Minister for Education to urgently outline her plans for a catch up scheme to offset the…

Gives security of tenure by restricting excuses for evictions.  Paves way for affordable rent linking increases to Consumer Price Index, beyond Labour’s three year rent freeze.  Brings rented homes into 21st century by banning blanket ban on pets and hanging clothes on balconies.  Labour candidate in the Dublin Bay South bye-election Senator Ivana Bacik today launched…

Our candidate for the Dublin Bay South by-election Senator Ivana Bacik will outline her plans to tackle the rental crisis head on through a Renters’ Rights Bill today at 11:15am at the Docklands. She will be joined by Labour housing spokesperson Senator Rebecca Moynihan. What: Senator Ivana Bacik Renters’ Rights Bill launch with Labour housing…

Labour spokesperson on higher education Senator Annie Hoey has written to Facebook and Instagram asking the sites to consider playing a more proactive role in protecting and supporting people suffering from eating disorders. Highlighted the continued failings by Government to provide adequate funding to the treatment of eating disorders, Senator Hoey said that this issue…

Key themes for year ahead are community, housing and gender. Enhance local communities and work to make Dublin look and feel like a European city post-Covid. Pursue real long-term solution to homelessness, waiting lists and housing precarity with the provision of affordable housing. Champion issues directly impacting women and girls, and minorities in our city….

Labour Party finance spokesperson Ged Nash and spokesperson on higher education Annie Hoey will be available to speak to media on the plinth at 11.30am today Tuesday 29th June on issues of the day. What: Doorstep with Labour reps. Where: Leinster House plinth, Kildare St. When: 11.30am, Tuesday 29th June. For any journalists or photographers…