News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Housing Spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called on the Minister for Housing to rescind the apartment guidelines he published that allow for shared accommodation that has been labelled 21st-century tenements. This follows cross-party, and industry, criticism of the plans to build large scale single bed occupancy units with shared cooking…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on all progressives and democrats to work together over the next fortnight to ensure Ireland sends a message that President Trump is not welcome here, and that the Irish Government should not facilitate his re-election effort with managed events on the 5th June. Sen….

News – The Labour PartyToday’s CSO Labour Force survey indicates South-East’s unemployment rate is one-third above national average ‘Use €100 billion European Social Fund Plus to tackle Wexford, Waterford, Carlow and Kilkenny unemployment blackspot’ – Nunan Sheila Nunan, Labour’s candidate in Friday’s European elections in the South Euro-constituency has called on the government to prioritise…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Housing spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan has criticised the ongoing promotion of co-living arrangements by the Fine Gael Housing Minister as out of touch reality, and at risk of creating 21st century tenements. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “The most recent proposal from Minister Murphy really is scraping the bottom of the barrel with…

News – The Labour Party‘As Ireland’s population ages, paid carers’ leave would boost jobs and economy. Sheila Nunan, Labour candidate in the Ireland South constituency in the European elections, has called on the Government to introduce five days of paid carers’ leave for all workers in Budget 2020 in order to give full effect to…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in response to the number of workers on the minimum wage and low wages, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, called for investment in Universal Basic Services and an increase in workers’ wages. Brendan said: “We know from national statistics that around 137,000 people – one in…

News – The Labour PartyLabour candidate for Ireland South Sheila Nunan will tomorrow at 11am host a trade union engagement event in the Imperial Hotel in Cork. She will be joined by Labour spokesperson for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Sen. Ged Nash. There, Sheila will call on the Government to introduce five days of…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in the final week of the local and European election campaign, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin pointed out that this Fine Gael government is failing its own tests for success. Brendan said: “Two years ago, soon after becoming Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar set out his vision of a…