Speaking about the Dáil debate on moving the Writ for the four Bye-elections, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, called for unity among progressive parties and independents to oppose the conservative Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil partnership government. Brendan said: “Labour has four excellent candidates standing in these elections: John Maher in Cork North-Central;…

Limerick Labour T.D Jan O’Sullivan says RTE’s decision to close its Limerick studio and move Lyric FM to Dublin and Cork must be resisted. The Limerick T.D said: “We have to come together and fight this, RTE is a national public service broadcaster and not a Dublin public service broadcaster. The NUJ are meeting today…

Cllr. Ciara Galvin of the Celbridge-Leixlip Municipal District has today (Wednesday 6th November) called for an emergency meeting of Kildare County Council on the matter of the ongoing Boil Water Notice situation.  Cllr. Galvin is also calling for a representative of Irish Water to attend. “Irish Water’s handling of the current Boil Water Notice has…

Cork University Hospital asks public to explore other options before attending Emergency Department – 65 on trolleys today. Labour Cork Cllr John Maher has called for urgent action from the Government to address the crisis in Cork University Hospital where there were 65 people on trolleys today, that a plan is needed to alleviate the…

Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin TD, has expressed concern that the Taoiseach’s comments on illegal migration risk giving people the wrong perception on the scale of the issue. Deputy Howlin said: “The most recent statistics show net migration to Ireland of nearly 34,000 people in the last year, but that is composed of 55,000 people…

Responding to reports of the planned closure of Saint Joseph’s Dementia Care home in Shankill in Dublin, Labour Senator and member of the All Party Oireachtas Group on Dementia, Kevin Humphreys, said: “I’m extremely concerned by today’s Morning Ireland report on the mooted closure of St. Joseph’s in Shankill. It was clear to anyone listening…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called on the Government to provide free flu vaccinations across the board to help counter winter viruses and as a measure to reduce trolley numbers later in the year. Deputy Kelly said: “Despite thousands of people ending up on trolleys every week in our hospitals, we know…

Responding to INMO trolleywatch figures for today, which show 679 patients on trolleys, Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD, has said the trolley trends are worrying and we need to see real proposals from Minister Harris this week. Deputy Kelly said: “Today 679 patients are on trolleys, this is the highest trolley count for…