Limerick Labour Councillor Conor Sheehan has today (Monday 13th February) once again called on the Rehab Group to pay the former Section 38 Rehab Logistics workers in Raheen the redundancy package they are owed. Cllr Sheehan was speaking after joining the Rehab workers as they staged a protest outside Rehab head office in City West ahead of a Rehab board meeting….

Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik TD has said that the continued exponential increase in rent prices demands serious attention from Government. Following a Labour motion in Dáil Éireann last week (Thursday, 9th February) which called for an increase in the Housing for All targets to 50,000 new builds annually, Deputy Bacik said affordability…

Labour Senator and Oireachtas Health Committee member Annie Hoey has called for the introduction of a lung cancer screening programme. Senator Hoey said: “Ireland’s two-tier health system has a severe impact on the most disadvantaged in Irish society. It’s the same story – if you can pay you can have access to screening services and…

Labour justice spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has expressed his deep concern at Garda personnel figures reported in the Irish Independent today. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said the party of law and order has presided over the near total collapse of the frontline Garda numbers. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “It is deeply concerning to learn the depths…

Labour transport spokesperson Duncan Smith has today (Saturday, 11th February) called on the management of Go-Ahead Ireland to immediately and meaningfully engage with SIPTU representatives in order to avoid widespread strikes and disruption across the bus network over the coming weeks. Deputy Smith said: “The refusal of Go-Ahead to engage in meaningful talks on pay…

Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has demanded government action in response to the spate of job cuts in the tech, retail and hospitality sectors. Senator Sherlock said: “It has been a very dark number of months for workers in Ireland with a range of job cuts announced impacting people throughout the country. “The Minister…

Labour TD for Cork East, Sean Sherlock has today (Friday, 10th February) said an full audit of IT networks across all Higher Education Institutions (HEI) is urgently required. Deputy Sherlock said: “There must be a rapid response from Ireland Inc. to this global threat including a standardised fallback teaching protocol for all HEI’s when ‘outages’…

Labour calls for Windfall Tax in week of record profits for Shell Labour leader and climate spokesperson Ivana Bacik has demanded the introduction of a Windfall Tax. Deputy Bacik said: “It is more than 12 months since Labour brought a motion to Dáil Éireann calling for a Windfall Tax on the profits of energy companies,…