News – The Labour PartyLabour leader and Deputy for Dublin Bay South Ivana Bacik has called out Government for failing to use the iconic Baggot Street Hospital building to provide much needed homes for people. Deputy Bacik said: “It is deeply disappointing to see that the iconic Baggot Street hospital building will not now be…

News – The Labour PartyLabour education spokesperson Deputy Eoghan Kenny has called on the Minister for Education to urgently explain what he described as an alarming cull of Special Needs Assistants in mainstream schools. After Fórsa trade union confirmed that dozens of schools were notified last week of reductions to their SNA allocations from next…

News – The Labour Party Deep disappointment at planning refusal, which is essential to enhancing care and capacity, particularly neonatal care Minister for Health had been asked to clarify that the 2016 plan to co-locate the Rotunda with Connolly was defunct, but failed to do so. This is now being used against the Rotunda Rotunda…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Limerick Conor Sheehan has condemned an arson attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in County Limerick, following a fire at the centre in the early hours of yesterday morning. Deputy Sheehan said: “This was an absolutely disgraceful and abhorrent attack on a community that is part of the…

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:…