The Labour Party today launched its plan to hold a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment. Minister for Communications, Alex White, Minister for Equality, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin,  and Senator Ivana Bacik outlined how the party would deliver a referendum, and campaign strongly to repeal the 8th amendment, if returned to Government. Speaking at the launch…

Speaking at Labour’s launch of Labour’s plan for a Modern, More Equal Ireland: The eighth amendment to our Constitution means that our mothers, sisters and friends have no access to a legal termination in Ireland in cases of fatal foetal abnormality, rape, or incest. I campaigned against the eighth amendment in the 1980s – as…

Gerry Adams’ embarrassing performance on a major national interview broadcast this morning should make Irish people relieved that he and his party are not offering themselves for government. Over the course of the interview he tied himself in knots on the most basic details of his own tax policy, which the interviewer had a much…

It is welcome today to see Fianna Fáil commit to the creation of 250,000 jobs over the next five years, given that this is precisely the number of jobs that were lost under their watch from 2008-2011. Their jobs proposals concentrate on boosting employment across the SME sector, but this was precisely the area that…

Minister Ged Nash has welcomed the decision of the SIPTU National Executive Council to call on voters to back Labour in the election to ensure a balanced government. The Minister for Business & Employment and Labour’s candidate in Louth/East Meath said: “This election is one of the most important in the history of the state….

I’m delighted to here to launch our plan for arts and culture in Ireland. These proposals have come about after a process of genuine consultation within the Labour Party, and more importantly, between the Labour Party and the arts and creative communities. We held a series of arts policy network events, not just here in…

Speaking at the launch of ‘Standing Up for Irish Culture’, Labour’s plan for promoting the arts, heritage and culture:   So much of who we are as a people, and what we value as a society, is tied up in how we treat the arts.   A nation is defined not only by the individuals…

Today Labour launched its plan for arts, culture and heritage in the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.   ‘Standing up for Irish Culture’, was officially launched by Tánaiste Joan Burton, Minister for Culture Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Minister of State for Social Protection Kevin Humphreys, who were accompanied by Artistic Director of the Druid Theatre…