News – The Labour PartySheila Nunan, Labour’s candidate for the Ireland South constituency in the May 24th European elections, has welcomed today’s European Parliament vote to adopt the new EU directive on work-life balance as ‘good news for working parents and carers’ in Ireland. Ms Nunan was referring to the new directive, negotiated by MEPs and…

News – The Labour PartySheila Nunan to speak at #EuropeTogether event in Limerick  Ireland South European election candidate, Sheila Nunan, is in Limerick today where she will speak alongside local TD Jan O’Sullivan and Peter Rusz, of the Socialists and Democrats Group at the Europe Together event the in Jim Kemmy Business School in Limerick this evening. (Thursday 4th…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly, has welcomed a study that shows the HPV vaccine has been linked with a drop in Cervical Cancer. Commenting on the Glasgow Caledonian University Study, Deputy Kelly said: “I welcome this study being published today which shows that the HPV vaccine in Scotland has resulted…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD for Westmeath, Willie Penrose has once again raised the issue of the provision of a secondary school in Kinnegad. Deputy Penrose said: “Kinnegad is the third largest town in Westmeath and with one of the most densely populated primary schools in the country, St Etchen’s. “Kinnegad  has experienced…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Limerick City, Jan O’Sullivan says the trolley numbers at UHL requires a crisis response after 81 people, were waiting on trolleys at the hospital today. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “I am calling on Minister Harris to intervene directly to get management to re-open the 17 bed ward 1a that…

News – The Labour PartyLabour local election candidate for Dublin’s North Inner City, and spokesperson on Regeneration Joe Costello has welcomed the long awaited decision on the Liffey Cycle route. Mr Costello said: “The announcement today by the National Transport Authority (NTA) that the long-awaited Liffey Cycle Route had been finally selected is welcome news….

News – The Labour PartySenator Humphreys has called for the reinstatement of the Community Graffiti Reduction Programme which ceased in 2009. The aims of the programme were to fund the removal of any graffiti within a public space or private property visible from public spaces and support small business by supplying graffiti removal kits. Senator…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Dublin West, Joan Burton has called on the Fine Gael Government to respond urgently to the outrageous shooting incident that occurred outside the Riversdale Community College this afternoon by increasing the resources for community policing, and clamping down on the spate of recent incidents locally. Deputy Burton said:…