Speaking in advance of the final debate on the Finance Act, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, said that the Government’s decision to raise VAT on food supplements showed disregard for small family-run businesses that are among the few remaining shops in small towns and villages across the country. Deputy Howlin said:…

Labour Lucan Cllr Joanna Tuffy has criticised the Government for the failure to control gangland crime following the spate of shootings in local housing estates where young families and children live, and the shocking burning of a man in a car last night whose life was violently taken. Cllr Tuffy said:“The discovery last night in…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD will be available to speak to reporters today, Tuesday 19th November, at 11.45am on the National Broadband Plan and issues of the day. What: Doorstep with Brendan Howlin. Where: Leinster House Plinth. When: 11.45am, Tuesday 19th November.  ENDS Contact Cathal on 0874157832

“I am absolutely disgusted that SF & FG are colluding to derail struggling families’ opportunity to avail of affordable rental homes on O’Devaney. “It is in the Minister’s gift to produce an affordable rental scheme that will work to reduce rental costs and takes into consideration the lifetime of the units rather than the loan…

Speaking in relation to the threat to key Galway 2020 events, Cllr Niall McNelis, Labour spokesperson on tourism said that Galway City Council has the solution at its fingertips, as joint owner of IPB Insurance mutual, and should take immediate action. Cllr McNelis said: “I understand that Galway Community Circus has cancelled its classes for…

Labour Party Dublin City Councillor for the North Inner City, Joe Costello has said Minister Eoghan Murphy’s questioning of the deal with Bartra to build 824 housing units in O’Devaney Gardens is unacceptable. Councillor Costello said: “The deal was negotiated between Bartra and Dublin City Council at the behest of City Councillors on the Dublin…

Labour Party by-election candidate for Fingal, Councillor Duncan Smith, has called on management at SK Biotek to return without preconditions to the WRC. Councillor Smith said: “I have visited the SK Biotek picket line on Watery Lane in Swords several times now to meet the Biotek workers who are currently locked out of their workplace…

Speaking in response to the ten proposals of the Youth Assembly that met in Dáil Éireann today to discuss action on climate change, the Labour Party’s member of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, Seán Sherlock TD, gave the Labour party’s initial response to these recommendations. Deputy Sherlock said: “The Youth Assembly conducted itself with…