News – The Labour PartyLabour MEP for Dublin Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has written today to EU Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen calling for decisive action against the platform X, including the possibility of banning access in the EU, following serious concerns around the spread of child sexual abuse material and the platform’s ongoing failure to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee Alan Kelly has called on Apple and Google to suspend access to the Grok app on their stores. Deputy Kelly said: “This is a stop gap measure but an important one to limit access to Grok….

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Eoghan Kenny TD and Senator Laura Harmon have today demanded urgent accountability from Government following revelations at the Dáil Public Accounts Committee that the cost of an IT system for the State’s student grant scheme, SUSI, has overrun by almost three times its original €2.2 million budget. They said the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Duncan Smith TD has today called on the Government to urgently intervene to protect households from relentless cost of living pressures, after new Consumer Price Index figures confirmed that families continue to face rising prices across groceries, energy, insurance and education. Speaking in the Dáil at Leaders’ Questions today, Deputy…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD and Chairperson of the Oireachtas Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Committee Alan Kelly has called for more robust legislation to deal with online platforms in the wake of the X Grok scandal. Deputy Kelly said: “It is unbelievable that it has taken X as long as it…

News – The Labour Party Medical card access collapsing and poor PRSI Dental Benefit Scheme damaging oral health No implementation plan seven years after publication of the National Oral Health Policy in 2019 Number of public dentists at all grades down by a third since 2009 Children missing basic dental checks with 104,000 children denied…

News – The Labour PartyTomorrow, Thursday 15th January, the Labour Party will introduce a bill into the Dáil to create legal standing to No Wait Cards for people with chronic and invisible illnesses and who are in urgent need of toilet facilities. Labour’s Equal Status (Access to Toilet Facilities) Bill 2025 aims to change this…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Ivana Bacik TD has said that long waits for basic healthcare have become the norm in Ireland, as new figures show almost 900,000 people waiting for outpatient care or an operation. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today, Deputy Bacik challenged the Taoiseach on the failure of…