Labour Party Education spokesperson, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has said the Government must do more to tackle rising student accommodation rents. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “Today, we have read reports that there has been a rise in the numbers of students commuting to college as rents are becoming unaffordable in many college cities and towns….

Speaking on the centenary of Lá na mBan, Labour spokesperson on Equality, and representative in Dún Laoghaire, Cllr Deirdre Kingston has echoed calls for gender quotas for the upcoming local elections but has also called on all parties to commit that at least 40% of Ministers in the next Government will be women. Cllr Kingston…

The Labour Party will hold the selection convention for our general election candidate in the constituency of Dublin Rathdown in the Step Inn, Dublin 18 on Tuesday 12 June at 8.30pm There will be one candidate nominated on the night, and Cllr Lettie McCarthy, a three time local election poll topper has put her name…

Labour Party Representative in Cork city, Peter Horgan has called on Minister Shane Ross to get his head out of justice and back into the Department of Transport and deal with traffic congestion crippling cities like Cork. Mr Horgan said: “We now know that 30 million cars travelled on the south Link road in Cork…

Two separate fatal incidents at DART stations on the Northside has led to calls from Senator Aodhán O Riordáin for an urgent response from authorities.  Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “In the past month there have been two fatalities at Howth Junction and Harmonstown DART stations. These incidents have placed focus again on the severe mental…

Labour spokesperson on Urban Regeneration, Joe Costello has said the latest proposal by Dublin City Council to sell off valuable land banks currently used as Council depots in the heart of the City is totally unacceptable in the midst of a housing crisis. Mr Costello, Labour representative in Dublin Central said: “The plan by Dublin…

Labour Party representative for Dún Laoghaire, Cllr Deirdre Kingston, has called on the Minister for Education to ensure building starts of a new Educate Together primary school in Dún Laoghaire. School children are currently in temporary accommodation while the Department slowly reviews a permanent site location. Cllr Kingston said:  “At the moment, the children are…

 Labour Party Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said that unless the Minister for Education addresses the issues with higher education funding, the sector will remain stagnant.  Senator Ó Ríordáin said:  “While I am no fan of education ranking systems, the fact that Irish universities continue to fall in the QS World University Rankings, is…