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Labour calls on Govt to table emergency resolution at UN General Assembly to address failure of Security Council in Gaza

News – The Labour Party Motion would call for the development of a sustainable ceasefire and peace agreement, and creation of an international peacekeeping force for Gaza to allow aid to flow Labour will seek support of Government backbenchers to take action for Gaza Under questioning by Labour leader Ivana Bacik TD in the Dáil…

Ivana Bacik TD
21 May 2025

10 years since marriage equality: Labour leads call for next steps

News – The Labour Party Support for LGBTQI+ youth Close legal gaps for all families Labour Senator Laura Harmon today will host a gathering in Leinster House to mark the tenth anniversary of Ireland’s historic Marriage Equality Referendum and ask – what’s next? The event, will be joined by dozens of campaigners who played pivotal…

21 May 2025

It’s time to end the fast-fashion business model in the EU, says Ó Ríordáin MEP

News – The Labour PartyResponding to the announcement of €2 levy on small parcels in the EU by the European Commission, Dublin MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said: “The amount of parcels coming into the EU from companies like Shein and Temu has tripled in the last two years. These companies have been flooding our…

21 May 2025

Fine Gael don’t know where they are on fast fashion

News – The Labour Party Then Minister Coveney opened Shein’s Dublin office in May 2023 Two years’ on and Minister Alan Dillon u-turns Labour climate spokesperson Ciaran Ahern TD said he is baffled at the approach taken by Fine Gael when it comes to tackling fast fashion producers like Shein. Following the announcement this morning…

21 May 2025

Smith calls on Taoiseach to put date on enactment of Occupied Territories Bill

News – The Labour PartyLabour whip and foreign affairs spokesperson Duncan Smith TD has called on the Taoiseach to set out an exact time frame for the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill. In response to Smith’s questioning in the Dáil, the Taoiseach and his Government failed to provide a clear timeline to the introduction…

20 May 2025

Time for urgent action on Cork injection centre

News – The Labour Party Injection centres save lives Labour’s Eoghan Kenny TD has called for the immediate establishment of a supervised drug injection centre in Cork city, warning that continued Government inaction is putting lives at risk. Speaking in response to the evidence emerging from Dublin’s pilot injection centre, Deputy Kenny said that it…

20 May 2025

Labour demands urgent action on Assessment of Needs crisis

News – The Labour Party In response to parliamentary question to Alan Kelly TD,  HSE has warned over 15,000 children waiting 6+ months for assessment. HSE expects waiting list to hit 25,000 by year’s end. Labour’s Alan Kelly TD has slammed the Government for presiding over an illegal and deeply damaging backlog in assessments of…

20 May 2025

Labour marks 10 years of marriage equality

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party hosted an event this evening (Monday, 19th May 2025) marking 10 years since the historic vote to legalise same-sex marriage. Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD was joined by Senator Laura Harmon and former Labour Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, who put the marriage equality vote on the political agenda. The…

Ivana Bacik TD
19 May 2025

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