News – The Labour Party REITs celebrate as renters struggle Government must introduce emergency rent brake if rents surge Labour housing spokesperson Deputy Conor Sheehan has warned that Government rent changes coming into effect this Sunday will drive unaffordable increases for tenants while large real estate investment trusts signal rising profits to shareholders. Responding to…

News – The Labour Party The evidence is undeniable – We need action now Labour MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has welcomed figures presented to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drug Use today showing that Ireland’s first supervised injection facility has treated over 270 non-fatal overdoses, with naloxone administered 412 times in 2025 – equating to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Laura Harmon has called for an immediate pause on plans for a large scale residential development at the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home site, after developer Estuary View Enterprises was granted planning permission to build apartments on the land. Senator Harmon said: “This decision has caused deep distress…

News – The Labour Party Only two part-time pathologists covering coronial work in Limerick, Clare and part of Tipperary  Govt must progress new Coroners’ Bill to modernise the 1962 Act Labour TD for Limerick City Conor Sheehan has called on Government to find a long-term solution to the chronic shortage of pathologists nationwide calling for…

News – The Labour Party HSE and Minister failed to do the bare minimum and submit an observation to clarify current co-location policy in relation to the Rotunda. Clinical structures between Mater and Rotunda are intensifying: co-location is essentially happening here. Minister and HSE failed to clarify what the future of the Rotunda is, giving…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s education spokesperson Deputy Eoghan Kenny has called for urgent and sustained investment in Special Needs Assistants following a packed public meeting attended by SNAs, teachers, parents and trade union representatives. The meeting heard stark testimony about redeployment fears, narrowed eligibility for children and the deep anxiety caused by recent Government…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson on foreign affairs Duncan Smith TD said the findings by the Committee to Protect Journalists highlights the devastating ways in which Israel has acted with impunity in Gaza. As the CPJ reports that a record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson for Energy and TD for Dublin South-West, Ciarán Ahern TD, has raised serious concerns about the Government’s commitment to reducing household energy bills, following new Eurostat figures showing that households are paying twice as much for electricity as data centres. Speaking during Questions on Policy or Legislation in the…