Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has said Minister Harris needs to make it his business to publish the Winter Initiative this week. Deputy Kelly said: “While Brexit and other issues have dominated headlines, 7,713 people have been on trolleys since the beginning of October – a 13% increase on the same time period…

Cork T.D. Seán Sherlock said the decision by Novartis to half the number of jobs at their Ringaskiddy Plant is a ‘hammer blow’ for the Cork region and following the Movil announcement in Shannon is a deeply worrying trend that needs a strong Government response. Deputy Sherlock said: “The loss of over 320 jobs at…

Reacting to the announcement that up to 500 jobs will go at Molex Ireland in Shannon by the end of 2020, Labour TD for Limerick Jan O’Sullivan said: “This news is a devastating blow to the hundreds of workers and their families in Shannon who are set to lose their jobs as a result of…

In April 2018, when Vicky Phelan stood outside the High Court following her decision not to sign a confidentiality agreement regarding her case, she changed Irish healthcare provision forever. Her campaign for justice since then has been one of the most courageous any of us and certainly I have ever seen. When she attended the…

Labour seeks publicly owned broadband network – We are not so much selling the family silver as paying someone to take it off our hands says Sherlock. Labour Communications spokesperson Seán Sherlock TD has today launched the Labour Party Private Members motion, to be debated on Wednesday, that calls for the broadband network to be…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD and Seán Sherlock TD will be available to speak to reporters today, Tuesday 22nd October, at 11.45am as they launch our motion on public ownership of the national broadband network and to comment on issues of the day. What: Launch of Labour motion on National Broadband Plan. Where: Leinster…

Labour Children and Youth Affairs spokesperson Seán Sherlock has called on Tusla to explain the treatment of a whistleblower whose employment was terminated despite it being recommended that they remain on payroll, as revealed in the Irish Examiner today. Deputy Sherlock said: “It is deeply worrying that a whistleblower in Tusla who made a formal…

Labour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton TD is attending the 59th Plenary Session of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly from this evening until Tuesday 22nd October in the Forest of Arden, Warwichshire. Deputy Burton chairs the Economic Committee that is due to finalise a report on how to revitalize the high street. Deputy Burton said: “Brexit…