News – The Labour PartyLabour Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has called for legislative action and transparency on the sale agreed process for homebuyers. Deputy Sheehan said: “The Minister for Housing himself said that there was a need for more transparency in the homebuying process in Ireland, but I have not heard from the Minister…

News – The Labour Party-Women in Sport Week highlights the need for equality in Gaelic games Labour TD Alan Kelly, Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Sport, has marked Women in Sport Week by warning that any delay to the planned integration of the GAA, the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association would…

News – The Labour Party 17 years of false starts and €700,000 sunk into 19 and 21 Connaught Street with no progress made is simply unacceptable for the Phibsborough community. The experience of No. 19 and 21 Connaught Street is just one of many examples across Dublin city of a dysfunctional system: a derelict sites…

News – The Labour Party Average age of buying a home now nearing 40 Labour housing spokesperson Deputy Conor Sheehan has said the sharp rise in the average age of first time buyers to 38 or 39 lays bare the scale of Government failure on housing and shows how far homeownership has drifted out of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has warned that households across Ireland are at breaking point from the escalating cost-of-living crisis, calling on Government to urgently intervene to protect families facing soaring prices for housing, groceries and energy. Raising the issue in the Dáil today at Leaders’ Questions, Deputy Bacik said the…

News – The Labour Party More must be done to ensure consent education across campuses  Labour’s spokesperson on further and higher education Senator Laura Harmon has written to the Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education requesting that UCD attend to outline the steps taken following the sharing of sexually explicit images of a student….

News – The Labour Party Relief to see Minister for Health and Government finally concede that relocation policy was real obstacle to the Rotunda’s plans  Swift action needed – babies being born there now Labour’s health spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has welcomed the long-awaited clarity on the future of the Rotunda hospital. Having raised the…

News – The Labour PartyAodhán Ó Ríordáin, Labour MEP for Dublin has called on the European Commission to urgently prepare a coordinated European response to protect households from a potential surge in inflation and energy prices driven by escalating Trump’s war on Iran and the ensuing regional crisis. Warning that families across Europe could face…