Labour Housing spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan has described as ‘damning, yet unsurprising’ the news that the Child and Family Homelessness has been downgraded from an E grade to an F grade, by the Children’s Rights Alliance Report Card, 2019. Deputy O’Sullivan agrees that with CRA’s call to declare a housing emergency. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “Today’s report…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has described the Department of Health as insensitive to the needs of women and their families at the centre of the CervicalCheck scandal. This comes as the Department of Health made a decision to wind up the CervicalCheck Steering Committee. Deputy Kelly: “The bizarre decision by the department…

Labour General Election candidate, Alan Mangan has called on Fine Gael to halt the 23% VAT increase on food supplements they are introducing from the 1st March that was sneaked in without any debate in the Dáil. Mr. Mangan and the Labour Party is calling for this now to be freezed as it is a…

Labour LGBT has expressed concern regarding the delay to the court ruling on the criminality of homosexuality in Kenya.    Executive member Karl Hayden said;  “Labour LGBT notes with concern the delay by the Kenyan High Court in making a ruling on the criminality of homosexuality in Kenya. Labour LGBT calls on the judge in the…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin is in Madrid, Spain today to attend the launch of the Party of European Socialists manifesto for the upcoming elections in May, and kick off the 2019 campaign for the PES Common Candidate Frans Timmermans. The election congress is being hosted by the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the…

Labour Health spokesperson Alan Kelly has called on the Minister for Health to make a statement to clarify where the second report by Dr Gabriel Scally is, and when it will be released. Deputy Kelly said: “I want to know where is Dr Gabriel Scally’s follow up report in relation to the laboratories used by…

At the Labour Party convention in Castlecomer Community Hall on Tuesday night, Denis Hynes was selected to contest the local elections, pledging to continue the good work of Cllr Maurice Shortall, and campaign for more housing, safer roads, community and sport facilities. Speaking to members, Denis Hynes said: “It’s a great honour to be selected…

Labour representative for Dublin Central, Joe Costello has said the film ‘A Girl from Mogadishu’ is an inspiration to us all. He said: “The film “A Girl from Mogadishu” is being premiered tonight, Friday, 22 February, in the Odeon Cinema Complex at the Point Village in the Dublin Docklands. It is a momentous occasion. An…