Responding to a report by the ESRI on the Leaving Certificate curriculum, Labour Party Eduction spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said that there needs to be significant reforms to the Leaving Certificate to alleviate stress on young students. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “The findings by the ESRI are extremely worrying. Anecdotally, we have known for…

Mayor of Galway, and Labour spokesperson for Tourism, Cllr. Niall McNelis has been supporting the ONE Galway “My Tip, My Reward” campaign. Significant numbers of workers in the food service industry do not receive the tips which customers leave for them, a practice which needs to come to an end. Commenting on the campaign, Mayor…

Labour Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has slammed the Minister for Health for losing control of the construction budget of the National Children’s Hospital, and questioned the impact of this on other health capital projects. Deputy Kelly will be asking the Public Accounts Committee to examine the costs incurred to date to understand how this…

December 1918 was a time of great change in the world, and in Ireland. The ‘Great War’ had just ended. 19 million dead, and more again injured. There had never before been warfare on this scale, or with such brutality.   The price paid in blood accelerated the already legitimate claim by working people for…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD, has called for the Fine Gael Government and Fianna Fáil to commit to releasing all the documentation prepared by public servants for use during recent talks to review and extend the confidence and supply agreement. Deputy Howlin said: “It is clear that an election should not be held in…

Technology is advancing relentlessly. Every year, workers, businesses and consumers have to adjust to new ways of working. Some jobs decline and new occupations emerge. Businesses have to adapt. The downsides of that technology include its veracious appetite for energy, which is too reliant on fossil fuels which have caused climate change and the destruction…

The Labour Party is delighted to announce that Emmanuella Jagha, of Westmeath, is the recipient of the 2018 Richard O’Carroll Empowerment Bursary which was first awarded in 2016 as part of the Labour Party’s centenary commemoration of the 1916 Rising. Emmanuella Jagha who completed her Leaving Certificate at Columba College Killucan is now a second-year…

Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan is calling on the Minister for Housing to explain why less than half of the social housing promised for 2018 has been delivered by the end of the 3rd quarter of 2018. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “The Minister for Housing has to explain the figures released today that show only 48% of the…