News – The Labour Party New Leaving Cert curriculum is deepening inequality Labour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has called on the Department of Education to introduce transparency around the purchasing of technology equipment for secondary schools. Following RTÉ reports that technology companies are providing hospitality to schools as a means to secure IT contracts,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour LGBTQ+ welcomes confirmation given in the Dáil Éireann this week that legislation will be brought forward in March of this year to allow for the setting aside of historic criminal convictions imposed on men for consensual same-sex relationships prior to decriminalisation. The commitment was secured following engagement by Labour TD…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Conor Sheehan TD has today called on Government to urgently introduce legislation to allow for routine and random physical inspections of aircraft at Shannon Airport, following a written parliamentary question which confirmed that no such regime is planned, no inspections take place unless suspicion already exists, and no new legislation…

News – The Labour Party Bill closes legal gaps on AI-generated abuse Publishers to be held legally responsible Labour’s Alan Kelly TD has today published legislation to close dangerous gaps in Irish law on sexual abuse imagery generated using artificial intelligence. The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences (Amendment) Bill 2026 would make it a…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has today called on the Government to immediately and unequivocally reject the invitation for Ireland to participate in Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace”. Deputy Smith said: “Earlier this week, we in Labour warned that Ireland should be extremely cautious about any involvement in…

News – The Labour Party Opposition launches minority report to stop rent hikes   Labour housing spokesperson Deputy Conor Sheehan TD today joined opposition housing spokespeople to launch the Housing Committee Minority Report on the General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, in Leinster House, to expose the dangers of the Government’s proposed…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Laura Harmon has urged the Minister for Justice to criminalise the serious and devastating practice of advertising rental accommodation in exchange for sex. With the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Misc Provisions) Bill 2026 due to be debated in the Dáil on Thursday (22nd January), Senator Harmon said it…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD Ged Nash has welcomed confirmation given to him in the Dail today by the Minister for Justice, that a system to set aside criminal convictions obtained by men with convictions for engaging in consensual same sex sexual activity, prior to Labour’s decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, will be legislated…