News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson for Agriculture, Willie Penrose TD, has called for greater investment in farm safety and farm modernisation. The Labour Party has today launched our ‘Connecting Rural Ireland’ Policy Document which included plans to assist farmers with safety standards on farms and calls for the reintroduction of the Early Retirement Scheme…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party launches new policy ‘Connecting Rural Ireland’ Speaking in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, at the Launch of Labour’s Rural Policy – Connecting Rural Ireland: Labour’s Vision for Safe Rural Communities, Guaranteed Rural Transport and a Strong Rural Economy – the party leader, Brendan Howlin TD, committed that Labour will ensure rural…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said the HSE should follow the UK’s lead and approve the funding of Spinraza. Deputy Kelly said: “It is time for the HSE to follow the lead of our neighbours in the NHS and sanction the funding of the life-changing drug Spinraza. “Families…

News – The Labour PartyAfter another indiscriminate shooting, this time in Donaghmede, Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Riordáin has said the escalating number of attacks show that Fine Gael have lost control of gangland crime, and that the Minister for Justice who has refused to engage with him on Garda resources for the area must now…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has raised concerns about the availability of access to bone density scans in the South-West region, particularly in Co.Kerry. Deputy Kelly said: “GPs in Kerry have publicly stated that bone density scans testing patients for osteoporosis are not available to public patients in Kerry…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Cork City Council Candidates Peter Horgan, Ciara Kennedy, Luke Field, John Maher and Luke Carroll have called for more public consultation time to be allocated to the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy. “Whilst this is a welcome document, it is a blueprint that will drastically alter the face and environment…

News – The Labour PartyThe leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, has called on the Government to justify giving a private monopoly ownership of the rural broadband network. Deputy Howlin accused Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of learning nothing from the mistake of the privatisation of Eir. Speaking during Leaders Questions in the Dáil, Deputy…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has called for a registered employment agreement to improve pay and conditions for those who work in the home help sector. Deputy Kelly said: “Figures by the HSE have showed there is a pressure on providing home help care across the country. “It is…