News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Climate Change, Deputy Seán Sherlock, has commended the students taking part in today’s Youth Assembly on Climate Change in the Dáil, as showing true leadership on tackling climate change. Deputy Sherlock said: “As a father myself, I think it’s really inspiring to see our young people come out…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Housing and Local Government and Enterprise and Innovation, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called for local authorities and ETBs to use their ownership of the Irish Public Bodies (IPB) Insurance mutual to extend cover to community events and festivals. It follows the cancellation of a number of local events…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has welcomed the HSE’s decision to purchase a second MRI scanner for University Hospital Limerick. Deputy Kelly said: “I have engaged in extensive lobbying and have shamed the HSE into putting a plan in place to secure a second MRI machine for University Hospital…

News – The Labour PartyLimerick City North Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan has called on the people of the Midwest to come together to fight RTE’s decision to downgrade Lyric FM to Dublin and Cork and close RTE’s Limerick studio. In advance of Fridays special council meeting, organised by Cllr Sheehan, the Labour Councillor said: “I…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Justice spokesperson Seán Sherlock has welcomed today’s Court of Appeal ruling on citizenship. He said that, while the decision did not assist the appellant, Mr Roderick Jones, it did provide much needed clarity on the law to be applied to pending and future citizenship applications, and gave certainty to thousands…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking during a Dáil debate on the financial challenges facing RTÉ, Labour Limerick TD Jan O’Sullivan repeated her call for Lyric FM to remain in Limerick and warned against having a Dublin-centric national broadcaster. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “I’m really concerned that aspects of RTÉ’s proposed solutions to their financial challenges don’t…

News – The Labour PartyAccording to a Spending Review, published by the Department of Justice in August of this year, there are presently 39 Direct Provision centres in operation. Seven of them are State-owned but all the centres are managed by private contractors.   Recent statistics show that we had just under 3,000 applications for…

News – The Labour PartyWaterford Labour Cllr and Mayor of Waterford, John Pratt has said the Government has failed renters in Waterford, after the latest report from Daft showed yearly rent increases of 11.5 and 5.5 per cent in Waterford County and City, among the highest increases in the country. Cllr Pratt commented: “Rents in…