Following two announcements as in as many days demonstrating how the Eighth Amendment has yet again failed the women of Ireland, Labour Women is calling for the end of delaying tactics by the government to hold a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment. Chair of Labour Women Sinead Ahern commented: “Yet again after more horrific…

Taoiseach, I want to wish you well on your retirement as Taoiseach. Others, I have no doubt, will use the opportunity provided by this debate to attack you and your legacy. I won’t do that.  But neither will I embarrass either of us by presenting a hagiography of you! We served, of course, in two…

Labour member of the Oireachtas Committee on the Citizens’ Assembly, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called on the incoming Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to commit to holding a referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment. “For the second time, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that our current laws surrounding abortion are ‘cruel, inhumane, degrading’. This is…

Labour Party Spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, has said that the decision by the UN Committee on Human Rights in respect of Siobhan Whelan needs to be responded to in a timely way. This is the second time in a year that Ireland has been found by the UN Human Rights Committee to have…

Labour Spokesperson for Public Expenditure, Seán Sherlock TD, has welcomed reports that the so-called ‘rainy day fund’ long mooted by Michael Noonan, may yet be shelved in favour of increased spending on capital infrastructure. Deputy Sherlock said: “The Labour Party has long been calling on the Government to scrap the so-called rainy day fund and…

Limerick Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan has welcomed news today that up to 400 jobs are to come on stream for the city at US financial services company Northern Trust over the next five years. Deputy O’Sullivan commented: “This jobs boost is another welcome vote of confidence in Limerick, and comes on the back of previous…

Good evening, It’s an honour to be here at Tom Johnson for my second time as Labour leader. And I’m particularly pleased that we’re gathering here in Cork. This city fell out of love with us a little over recent years. But with people of the calibre of Peter Horgan and Luke Field standing alongside…

Tomorrow, Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD, will visit Cork City. He will be accompanied by Kathleen Lynch and recently appointed local area representatives Peter Horgan and John Maher. Deputy Howlin and his colleagues will be meeting with John Boykin and Alan Belmajoub – chair and vice chair of traders committee to discuss trade and…