News – The Labour PartyThe European Parliament has today backed a landmark report shaping the EU’s first-ever Anti-Poverty Strategy, with MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin securing a major progressive victory as lead negotiator for the Socialists and Democrats. The Parliament’s position will now directly inform the European Commission’s Anti-Poverty Strategy, expected to be unveiled in June…

News – The Labour Party Cabinet dilution of curbs on short-term letting another concession to Lowry–Healy-Rae Independents Tánaiste defends Government rushing flawed legislation in a “housing emergency”, despite a year of inaction and last-minute publication of the bill Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has criticised the Government’s harmful housing policies. Speaking in the Dáil earlier…

News – The Labour Party Workers’ rights for researchers Fair Wages and new employment framework for staff Labour Further and Higher Education spokesperson Senator Laura Harmon today called for urgent legislation to guarantee fair pay and full employment rights for research workers, following evidence given to the Oireachtas Committee for Further and Higher Education, Research,…

News – The Labour Party Government rental changes will push rents even higher Labour housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD today slammed Government following the publication of the Simon Communities Locked Out of the Market report which found no properties available within standard Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) limits across 16 areas surveyed. Deputy Conor Sheehan said:…

News – The Labour Party Families at the heart of CHI failures feel in the dark as Nayagam has yet to engage with families. No progress from Minister of Health on a mediator and terms of reference for public inquiry three months after commitment. Only 12 out of 19 crucial recommendations implemented from HIQA report…

News – The Labour Party Seanad backs Labour motion on maternal mental health Labour Senator Nessa Cosgrove has this afternoon welcomed the passage of a Labour motion in Seanad Éireann calling on the Government to urgently expand postnatal and maternal mental health supports, but warned that the vote will mean nothing unless it is followed…

News – The Labour Party Government guillotining laws that will raise rents Labour housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has made an emergency plea to Government to accept key Labour amendments to the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 ahead of this evening in Dáil Éireann, warning that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are rushing through…

News – The Labour Party Patients and defendants deserve safe interpretation Labour Conor Sheehan TD has called on the Government to urgently establish a regulatory and national standards framework for professional interpretation in judicial and medical settings, following his contribution in the Dáil yesterday. Deputy Sheehan said the absence of regulation leaves defendants and patients…