Hospitals are unsafe for workers, patients and visitors Labour health spokesperson Duncan Smith said the Government can no longer sit on their laurels when it comes to the trolley crisis. With 704 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals over the May Bank Holiday weekend, Deputy Smith said it is unclear as to why Minister…

Labour Senator and Oireachtas Housing Committee Mark Wall has urged Government to implement the eviction ban in light of record homeless figures in March. As the data published by the Department on Friday represents the last data sample while the eviction ban was actually in place, Senator Wall said there will be an explosion of…

Labour workers’ rights spokesperson and economist Senator Marie Sherlock has praised President Higgins for opening a conversation about growth in Ireland. Senator Sherlock said: “The President is absolutely right to throw open the conversation about the purpose of growth in Ireland. Many thousands are not feeling it right now because of the incredible shortage of…

Celebrating May Day (Monday, May 1st), Labour Party spokesperson on workers’ rights Marie Sherlock has urged all workers to join a trade union. Senator Sherlock called on Government to press on with the full transposition of the EU directive on adequate minimum wages which will provide a massive expansion in sectoral wage bargaining in Ireland….

Labour finance and enterprise spokesperson Ged Nash has described the move by some Irish supermarkets to reduce the price of milk as a tacit acceptance that Irish consumers are being ripped off. Deputy Nash reiterated his call to Government to examine price caps across essential food items to help working people. Deputy Nash said: “We…

Record breaking homeless figures will be the legacy of the coalition of convenience Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has condemned Government’s failure to protect people from entering homelessness. “A 2.1% increase in homelessness month on month is horrific. This data relates to while the eviction ban was in place, so I truly shudder…

Labour Senator and Oireachtas Housing Committee member Mark Wall has urged Government to reduce the prices of cost-rental homes. Senator Wall said that many of these homes are currently rented at €1,500 a month which is entirely unaffordable for most working people. Senator Wall said: “I am urging Minister O’Brien to commit to investigating the…

Labour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has characterised the Justice Minister’s response to prison overcrowding as out of touch and inhumane. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said tackling socioeconomic disadvantage is the solution to prison overcrowding, not building more prisons. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “It’s is bankrupt thinking from the Minster to suggest that the solution to…