Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan T.D. has welcomed the announcement of Minister Zappone that proposals to give children with disabilities better access to pre-school is being implemented in time for this September. Deputy O’Sullivan has also commended the commencement of the LINK programme of education for Early Years practitioners which…

Speaking this morning in the Seanad, Senator Ivana Bacik called for an urgent response from the Taoiseach and the Government to the ruling last week by the UN Human Rights Committee that Ireland has breached the rights of the applicant Amanda Mellet due to the prohibition in Irish law of termination of pregnancy under the…

The decision by Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys to establish a consultative group on Moore Street is a welcome, if somewhat belated development. I have seen the properties in Moore St and they are in a very precarious condition, but they are the very heart of the story of the 1916 Rising, and it would be…

Earlier today, along with my colleagues Joan Burton and Kevin Humphreys, I met with a group of representatives from the arts community. Representatives of the community have a number of significant concerns which they have asked the Labour Party to pursue – namely adequate funding of the arts sector, how to develop a visionary approach…

Speaking during Order of Business in Dail Eireann Coming just over a year after the joyous scenes that followed the passage of the Marriage Equality referendum in Ireland, the appalling crimes carried out in Pulse nightclub in Orlando late on Sunday night serve as a stark reminder to us all of the need to maintain…

Wes Hoolohan’s wonder goal in UEFA 2016 in Ireland’s draw against Sweden last night sent Ireland’s fans into ecstasy. Wes is from Dublin’s North Inner City and his parents still live in Portland Row. Another hero from Portland Row is Kelly Harrington who won silver at the World Boxing Championships in Azerbaijan a couple of…

Labour Youth is sending messages of solidarity to the people of Orlando, after the shocking news yesterday that 50 people were murdered in a gay nightclub. Declan Meenagh, Labour Youth International Officer said: “We are devastated at the news of the attack on the LGBTQ+ community in Orlando. On behalf of Labour Youth, we send…

One year on from the scandalous overnight closure of Clery’s, Senator Ged Nash has called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation to urgently implement the proposals contained in the Duffy-Cahill Report. Speaking this afternoon outside Clery’s building, Senator Nash said, “The manner in which the Clery’s workers lost their jobs scandalised the nation….