Jan O’Sullivan TD, Labour Party spokesperson on Housing,  has called on the Government to immediately sanction the continued funding of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme which has stalled as the original €200 million allocated has run out. Deputy O’Sullivan said:  “Applications are sitting on desks in Local Authorities while families anxiously wait for the…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be available to speak to reporters today Thursday 9th May at 11.45am on the latest developments in the National Broadband Plan. What: Doorstep with Brendan Howlin Where: Leinster House Plinth. When: 11.45am, ENDS Contact Cathal on 0874157832

The Party of European Socialists (PES) common candidate (to replace Jean Claude Juncker), and current First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans will visit Ireland on Friday 10th May to campaign with Labour Party Euro candidates across the three constituencies. Timmermans will be available to speak to national media when he visits a…

Speaking in relation to the publication by Government of background papers on the National Broadband Plan, the leader of the Labour Party and former Minister for Public Expenditure, Brendan Howlin TD called for the public to own the proposed national broadband company rather than a private monopoly. Brendan said: “Labour wants to see high speed…

Joe Costello, Labour Spokesperson for Urban Regeneration, has raised concerns over the concentration of student accommodation being developed in the North Inner City. Mr. Costello said:  “The proliferation of student accommodation in the North Inner City is quite alarming. “Much of the accommodation is concentrated around the new Technological University of Dublin in Grangegorman but…

Labour spokesperson on Education, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has reiterated his proposal for a ban on voluntary contributions. This proposal is included in the Labour Party ’Free Education Bill’ which is being progressed to Second Stage in Seanad Eireann today.  Speaking today Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “We in the Labour party believe that the relationship…

Sen. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin will be available to speak to reporters today Wednesday 8th May March at 12pm on the Leinster House plinth on his Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) bill to ban voluntary contributions. What: Doorstep on Labour bill to ban voluntary contributions with Sen Ó Ríordáin Where: Leinster House Plinth. When:…

Reacting to the Government’s announcement on awarding a €3 billion tender against the advice of senior civil servants, the former Minister for Public Expenditure, and leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, accused Fine Gael of putting electoral politics before the public good. Brendan said: “Labour wants to see rural broadband delivered, but this…