Speaking in relation to Rosslare Port and Brexit, the Mayor of Wexford and Labour Party by-election candidate for Wexford, Cllr George Lawlor, said that the Government has allowed Rosslare to go backwards while Dublin Port is over-congested in a way that makes no sense. Cllr Lawlor said: “According to Rosslare Port Manager, the port is…

Labour spokesperson on Climate Change, Deputy Seán Sherlock, has commended the students taking part in today’s Youth Assembly on Climate Change in the Dáil, as showing true leadership on tackling climate change. Deputy Sherlock said: “As a father myself, I think it’s really inspiring to see our young people come out and show such fantastic…

Labour spokesperson on Housing and Local Government and Enterprise and Innovation, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called for local authorities and ETBs to use their ownership of the Irish Public Bodies (IPB) Insurance mutual to extend cover to community events and festivals. It follows the cancellation of a number of local events around the country over…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has welcomed the HSE’s decision to purchase a second MRI scanner for University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Kelly said: “I have engaged in extensive lobbying and have shamed the HSE into putting a plan in place to secure a second MRI machine for University Hospital Limerick. I have been…

Limerick City North Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan has called on the people of the Midwest to come together to fight RTE’s decision to downgrade Lyric FM to Dublin and Cork and close RTE’s Limerick studio. In advance of Fridays special council meeting, organised by Cllr Sheehan, the Labour Councillor said: “I called a special meeting…

Labour Justice spokesperson Seán Sherlock has welcomed today’s Court of Appeal ruling on citizenship. He said that, while the decision did not assist the appellant, Mr Roderick Jones, it did provide much needed clarity on the law to be applied to pending and future citizenship applications, and gave certainty to thousands of people who have…

Speaking during a Dáil debate on the financial challenges facing RTÉ, Labour Limerick TD Jan O’Sullivan repeated her call for Lyric FM to remain in Limerick and warned against having a Dublin-centric national broadcaster. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “I’m really concerned that aspects of RTÉ’s proposed solutions to their financial challenges don’t properly take into account…

According to a Spending Review, published by the Department of Justice in August of this year, there are presently 39 Direct Provision centres in operation. Seven of them are State-owned but all the centres are managed by private contractors.   Recent statistics show that we had just under 3,000 applications for asylum in 2017, and…