Documents released under Freedom of Information show no contact in 2017 between Irish Water and Department of Housing on €24 million Staleen investment Drogheda-based Labour Senator Ged Nash has said delays and confusion in Irish Water’s response to the major pipe burst at Staleen near Drogheda in late July contributed to the company’s “shambolic” handling…

Labour Leader Brendan Howlin has today announced that Councillor Jane Horgan Jones will chair the Labour Campaign to Repeal the 8th Amendment. Cllr Horgan Jones has been a member of Dublin City Council since 2011 and previously served on the Labour Party Expert Commission on the 8th Amendment. Making the announcement, Deputy Howlin noted: “Back…

Labour spokesperson on Urban Regeneration Joe Costello, has said the announcement  yesterday by Dublin City Council that the regeneration of the old Dominick Street flats in the heart of the City was stalled due to lack of funding is another blow to local residents who have suffered empty promises for the last 20 years. Mr…

Labour Party representative on the Eighth Amendment Committee, Jan O’Sullivan TD has encouraged people to attend the Abortion Rights’ Campaign March for Choice taking place in Dublin tomorrow. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “With the Committee on the Eighth Amendment examining the Citizens’ Assembly recommendations, we are on course to see a referendum on the Eighth Amendment…

Labour TD Joan Burton today raised at the Order of Business the removal of funding of €50,000 from the Baby Friendly Health Initiative by the Government that has forced it to close down. Deputy Burton said: “In the Dáil today, at the Order of Business I asked the Minister for Education in the context of…

Labour Party TD for Dublin Fingal, Brendan Ryan has supported calls by Gaelscoil Ros Éo principal Tim Ó Tuachaigh to install defibrillators in all schools as a life-saving measure. This call comes as Mr Ó Tuachaigh saved a life of a nine year old child when he helped to revive the pupil who collapsed in the…

Labour spokesperson on Transport, Senator Kevin Humphreys has highlighted the lack of a chairperson on five State transport boards. This comes with the prospect of a strike in Irish Rail and ongoing issues in Bus Éireann. The Minister for Transport has failed to ensure that these State boards can operate properly and that a functioning…

Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys has slammed the failure of the HSE for withdrawing funding from the Baby Friendly Health Initiative. Following the loss of €50,000 in funding itI has been forced to close and this comes just days before National Breastfeeding Week starts on 1st October. Senator Humphreys said: “Having worked in Ireland for nearly…