News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party’s Alan Kelly TD and Senator Ged Nash have called on the Government to honour their ‘solemn commitment’ to hospital support staff as the country’s acute hospitals prepare for strike action involving 10,000 staff this Thursday. Labour Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD said: “The Government must honour their commitment…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Councillors have welcomed the publication of the Dublin Agreement. Leader of the Labour group on Dublin City Council, Dermot Lacey said: “The publication of the Dublin agreement is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for our capital city. This ambitious plan for Dublin deals with many of the…

News – The Labour PartyGiving an initial reaction to the Government’s climate action plan, the Labour Party member on the Oireachtas committee on climate action, Seán Sherlock TD, said that Fine Gael’s numbers simply do not add up and that Fine Gael seems to have abandoned the international goal of halting global warming at 1.5…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has criticised the Government over State Claims Agency’s handling of their appeal of the Ruth Morrissey case. Deputy Kelly said: “The handling of the State’s decision to appeal the decision of the High Court in relation to Ruth Morrissey has been extremely cack-handed and…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in response to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s comments on the forthcoming Budget, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, called on Fine Gael to stop acting recklessly with the public finances. Deputy Howlin said: “This current set of Fine Gael ministers has not yet proven itself capable of making…

News – The Labour PartyMaking a further response to the remarks made by Jeffrey Donaldson MP of the DUP, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, pointed out that the Brexit dilemma is not the Irish backstop but the UK’s own contradictory position on trade. Deputy Howlin said: “Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed that the…

News – The Labour PartyThe Leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, has responded to comments made by the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson MP at the IIEA this evening. Deputy Howlin said: “The Taoiseach’s position on the border backstop reflects the will of Dáil Éireann to preserve free and unfettered trade on this island following…

News – The Labour PartyThe crisis we are discussing was readily predictable. Ireland, like other countries across Europe, is experiencing a rapid demographic change as our population ages. This ageing is set to increase over the coming decades. Since 2006, there has been a 36% increase in our elderly population. The number of people with…