Guaranteeing Paid Time Off for Screenings Labour’s Health Spokesperson Duncan Smith TD announces the introduction of the Health Screening Leave Bill, aiming to provide all workers with paid time off for cancer scans, recognising the critical importance of early detection in the fight against cancer. Deputy Smith said “Cancer has touched every family in Ireland….

Marking Workers’ Memorial Day today, Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has urged all companies to engage with unions to foster a culture of safety in the workplace.  Senator Sherlock said: “Everyone deserves to work in a safe and secure environment, confident in the knowledge that their wellbeing is front and centre in the mind…

More medical staff must be swiftly hired – no excuses anymore. Dedicated budget package needed to hire staff, and put in place supports for existing staff.  Speaking after the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Aoife Johnston, Limerick Labour Councillor and candidate for Mayor Conor Sheehan has called for urgent action from Government…

Labour’s European Candidate for Ireland South, Niamh Hourigan, has said that European institutions must take decisive action in tackling Ireland’s escalating housing crisis.  Niamh Hourigan said: “With the release of record homeless figures for March 2024, revealing a staggering 13,866 individuals, including 4,147 children, now experiencing homelessness, the need for urgent intervention has never been…

Ideology hindering progress, not economy. Labour Leader and Housing Spokesperson Ivana Bacik TD today urged the Government to address the alarming milestone in homelessness figures for March, which revealed a staggering 13,866 individuals, including devastatingly 4,147 children, now experiencing homelessness. This is a moment of crisis that demands immediate and decisive action from the State….

Labour’s Further and Higher education Spokesperson Senator Annie Hoey has expressed concern over the continuing trend of reannouncements of funding for student accommodation from the Minister for Further and Higher Education. Senator Hoey said: “Like his predecessor before him, Minister O’Donovan is engaging in smoke-and-mirrors tactics with the reannouncement of funding for student accommodation that…

Seán Kelly speech in EU Parliament pathetic without action Labour Ireland South candidate Niamh Hourigan has called out Seán Kelly for failing to push for a ceasefire within the EPP. Hourigan said: “The bombardment of Gaza is horrific. The failure of the European Union to push for peace, the very value the Union itself was…

Overcrowding, drug abuse, attacks worsening Labour’s Justice Spokesperson Aodhán Ó Riordáin TD was today reacting to reports from the Prison Officers’ Association that problems in prisons are getting worse. Deputy Ó Riordáin said “We are witnessing a system overwhelmed by overcrowding, drug abuse, and escalating violence against officers. Prison authorities have been vocal about how…