Reacting to the government’s response to the revelations of payments being made by Dublin City Council to deal with intimidation, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, said that this is now a matter of accountability about what members of the government knew, and when they knew it. Brendan said: “I agree with…

The Labour Party will hold a one day National Conference on Saturday 9th November 2019, in the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.  The Conference will open on Saturday morning at 9.30am and close at 9pm that evening after the Leader’s speech. A programme of events will issue closer to the date of the Conference….

Labour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton responded to the ESRI analysis of Budget 2020 saying it confirmed the Labour Party view that this budget is regressive and fails those on low and fixed incomes, and that FG and FF must take responsibility for what they have done, and the Minister should respond to the potential hole…

Reacting to the decision of secondary school teachers in the TUI to take industrial action over pay inequality, Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on the Government to act on their promises on pay inequality. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “I am calling on the Minister to proactively re-engage with the unions to find a…

Cllr Joanna Tuffy will tonight be selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Dublin Mid-West by-election. Speaking ahead of this evening’s convention, Cllr Tuffy said: “I’m honoured to be selected as the Labour Party’s by election candidate here for Dublin Mid-West and promise if elected to bring experience, honesty and compassion to the role…

Labour spokesperson on Transport, Senator Kevin Humphreys, has again called on Cabinet to urgently approve the purchase of additional railcar carriages for Irish Rail to deal with overcrowding on commuter trains in Dublin. Senator Humphreys said: “As I have been saying for some time now, we have a chronic situation of overcrowding on commuter trains…

Commenting on the revelations about payments to deal with intimidation on Dublin City Council building sites, Labour Justice Spokesperson Seán Sherlock said the Local Government Audit Service must investigate if public money was misused, and added that there may have been a criminal breach of the Private Security Services Act 2004, and that rather than…

The confirmation today that the Government has finally moved on a HIV PrEP programme is welcome and builds on a long campaign that has sought improved and free access to PrEP to combat the transmission of HIV. Labour LGBT spokesperson Karl Hayden said: “For some time Labour has been calling for greater investment in public…