Labour Spokesperson on Climate Change Sean Sherlock has dismissed the Government’s intention to introduce its own bill to ban plastic microbeads as “time wasting.” “There is no reason for the Government to introduce their own bill,” said Deputy Sherlock. “We have been promised new politics, but nearly every time a private member’s bill comes up…

It’s great to see so many of you here this evening, in support of two fine party candidates. The last twelve months have been pretty lacklustre in Irish politics. Far from seeing the dawn of a ‘new politics’, as so many hoped for, this has become, in Jan O’Sullivan’s words, a do-nothing Dáil. 2016 saw…

Commenting on the plans of Minister Simon Coveney to introduce a new law to allow local authorities to reduce commercial rates, Labour Party spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan has called on the Minister to act on the powers he already has under the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “If Simon Coveney genuinely wants to…

Labour Women has condemned the announcement by the Department of Heath that the Sisters of Charity are to be the sole owners of the new maternity hospital, describing it as “an outrage and an insult to all women”. Speaking on the matter Chair of Labour Women Sinead Ahern commented: “Today we have learned that the…

Labour Party spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, has today slammed the decision to give the Sisters of Charity sole-ownership of the new National Maternity Hospital, a fully state-owned hospital. “Given the events of recent weeks, not to mention the failure of religious congregations to meet their share of the cost of redress, it seems…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin has said the Government’s latest progress report shows how little progress is being made. “The progress report published today shows how little progress this Government is actually making. Rather than providing some detail on the commitments which have been delivered, we have a set of bullet points which treat the…

As part of our pre-conference focus on the Future of Work – we caught up with SIPTU’s Jack O’Connor to talk about collective bargaining and how we can further strengthen rights in the workplace. Thanks to Paddy Cole for doing such a great job on the video. You can watch the video over on our…

Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD has raised serious concerns about the roll out of the Government’s Affordable Childcare scheme. “In February, I warned the Government that there was no way the Affordable Childcare Scheme would be ready by September. “Back in February, officials from Minister Zappone’s department and POBAL…