The Labour Party in Co Wicklow is today opening a Campaign Office at 7 Marine Tce , Strand Road, Bray. Coinciding with this, the Party has launched an online survey to highlight the co-relation between low quality jobs and dependence on rented accommodation at rapidly escalating prices, among younger workers.The survey can be accessed at…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD has called on Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney to raise the issue of children being separated from their parents by US immigration authorities in Texas, directly with the US Secretary of State. Since April this year over 2000 children have been separated from their families. Deputy Howlin said:…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin, responding to reported remarks by the Taoiseach during the week that the “tectonic plates” in Northern Ireland are shifting, has repeated his call for a Forum, involving political and civic society, to discuss how nationalism could facilitate an agreed Ireland in the event of a border poll in favour of…

Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD, has criticised the Government’s failure to appoint an Executive Director to oversee the implantation of Sláintecare. Deputy Kelly said: “Almost 18 months after first talking about it, the Government has failed to appoint anyone to the position of Executive Director in the SlainteCare Implementation office. “It is over…

I want to start by thanking everyone in Labour Youth for all of their work in support of the Labour values of equality and justice. Thanks in particular to Labour Youth’s chairperson, Chloe Manahan, to James Joy and to all of the team who have organised this year’s summer school. Tom Johnson’s Democratic Programme, nearly…

Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys has questioned why Sinn Féin have failed to table a motion of no confidence in the Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy in their private members time next Wednesday following weeks of speculation and game playing. Senator Humphreys said: “If Sinn Féin believe the Minister of Housing and the policies being pursed by…

Commenting on the findings of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Housing survey, Labour Party Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan has said that the Government urgently needs to link rent to the cost of living and extend the rent pressure zones nationwide. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “The findings of the ICTU survey are stark and paint a…

Speaking at the Tom Johnson Summer School, in Limerick, the Chairperson of the Labour Party, Jack O Connor, has called for a Referendum to enshrine the Right to Representation at Work in the Constitution. He also highlighted the dramatic co – relation between, precarious low- quality employment and reliance on rented accommodation, the cost of…