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Bessborough must not be built over – Harmon

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Laura Harmon has called for an immediate pause on plans for a large scale residential development at the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home site, after developer Estuary View Enterprises was granted planning permission to build apartments on the land. Senator Harmon said: “This decision has caused deep distress…

26 February 2026

Chronic shortage of pathologists delaying the grieving process

News – The Labour Party Only two part-time pathologists covering coronial work in Limerick, Clare and part of Tipperary  Govt must progress new Coroners’ Bill to modernise the 1962 Act Labour TD for Limerick City Conor Sheehan has called on Government to find a long-term solution to the chronic shortage of pathologists nationwide calling for…

25 February 2026

Minister must end the ambiguity from HSE in relation to Rotunda co-location

News – The Labour Party HSE and Minister failed to do the bare minimum and submit an observation to clarify current co-location policy in relation to the Rotunda. Clinical structures between Mater and Rotunda are intensifying: co-location is essentially happening here. Minister and HSE failed to clarify what the future of the Rotunda is, giving…

25 February 2026

Chaos must mark turning point for SNAs

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s education spokesperson Deputy Eoghan Kenny has called for urgent and sustained investment in Special Needs Assistants following a packed public meeting attended by SNAs, teachers, parents and trade union representatives. The meeting heard stark testimony about redeployment fears, narrowed eligibility for children and the deep anxiety caused by recent Government…

25 February 2026

Israeli targeting of journalists exposes depth of depravity

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson on foreign affairs Duncan Smith TD said the findings by the Committee to Protect Journalists highlights the devastating ways in which Israel has acted with impunity in Gaza. As the CPJ reports that a record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in…

25 February 2026

Households paying twice as much as data centres for electricity

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson for Energy and TD for Dublin South-West, Ciarán Ahern TD, has raised serious concerns about the Government’s commitment to reducing household energy bills, following new Eurostat figures showing that households are paying twice as much for electricity as data centres. Speaking during Questions on Policy or Legislation in the…

25 February 2026

Empty words on GPs as Govt oppose Labour Bill to guarantee more equal access to care

News – The Labour Party Labour introduced the Health (Availability of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2025 in July 2025 on foot of extensive research by Labour last year on GP to population ratio which raised stark inequalities. Ironic that the Government is using a debate on expanding access to GP services to state that they…

25 February 2026

Govt fails to grasp special education needs – Taoiseach fails to commit funding for September

News – The Labour Party Announce, backlash, retreat, re-announce is no way to make policy  No commitment from Taoiseach to fund the 600 special classes needed in September  Labour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD said Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are playing political football with SNAs and special education. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions today, Deputy…

25 February 2026

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