Labour Party Chair, Jack O’Connor will address the Parnell Summer School, tomorrow Thursday 16th August from 11.30am on the subject of 21st Century Democracy. He will deliver the following paper, embargoed until 11.30am tomorrow. The paper outlines several key measures required in Ireland to deliver economic equality and justice for all including housing for all,…

Labour Spokesperson on Children Sean Sherlock TD has called again for the Government to fix the broken school bus transport system as parents receive refusal emails on concessionary tickets over the weekend with the new school year just around the corner. Deputy Sherlock said: “Every year this issue arises and every year the Government wrings…

Figures released today by Airbnb show that 640,000 people used short-term rentals that were operated in Ireland over this last summer period alone. Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys is calling on the Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy to act now and regulate the sector. Speaking today Senator Humphreys said: “There are an incredible number of properties…

On the eve of the Leaving Certificate results being announced, Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called on the Department of Education and Skills to consider adding elements to the Leaving Certificate curriculum to help students be more prepared for further education. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “A study by Dublin City University has…

Labour Party representative for Dublin South-Central, Councillor Rebecca Moynihan, has called on Dublin City Council to put together a compulsory purchase order to acquire the Player Wills’ site on the South Circular Road for cost rental and affordable housing to buy. Councillor Moynihan said: “For over a decade now the Player Wills’ site on the…

Labour spokesperson for Community Affairs, Cllr Andrew Montague, and chair of the Dublin City Council Planning Committee has welcomed the proposal to rezone tracts of industrial land in Dublin City for housing but insisted that the State should purchase the land under a reformed Compulsory Purchase Order system, based on the 1973 Kenny Report to…

Labour spokesperson on Urban Regeneration Joe Costello responding to reports about NAMA has said: “Recent events and recent statistics demonstrate that the housing crisis is going from bad to worse. “It is disingenuous of Minister Paschal Donohue’s officials to state that the Minister has no role in how NAMA conducts its business and that therefore…

As part of the Parnell Summer School which will take place from 12-16 August at Avondale House, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, Senator Ivana Bacik will take part in a timely discussion on the centenary of women’s suffrage.  Speaking about the event, Bacik stated, ‘As we celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage in 2018, we should reflect…