Labour Women has today welcomed the publication of Labour’s Bill to help address the gender pay gap. Speaking on the matter Labour Women Chair Sinead Ahern commented: “It’s well known that women earn less than their male colleagues and the statistics released this week shows little has changed in that regard, with Irish women earning…

Labour Senator Ged Nash has claimed that the Government is ‘bending the knee’ to Britain with rushed and unnecessary legislation to give legal effect to a 60 year old ‘voisinage agreement’ which allowed Northern Irish registered vessels to fish within 6 nautical miles of the coastline of the Irish Republic. Senator Nash explained, “The Minister…

The Labour Party has today published legislation that aims to drive efforts towards closing the gender pay gap in Ireland. The Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2017 requires medium to large-sized companies to regularly publish wage transparency surveys that would highlight any difference in pay between their male and female employees. Commenting on the publication…

Labour Leader and Justice spokesperson Brendan Howlin TD will today publish a bill aimed at closing the gender pay gap along with a new Labour policy paper on gender equality in the workplace He will be joined by Jan O’Sullivan TD, and Senator Ivana Bacik at 10.15am on the plinth, to take questions on the…

10 years ago today, a fledgling campaigning organisation that would become Choice Ireland staged the first demonstration outside a rogue crisis pregnancy agency. For some years this issue slipped off the political radar, but it was brought back to the fore last year following an undercover investigation by Ellen Coyne and Catherine Sanz of the…

The revelation in the Tuam babies case are truly appalling.  They are beyond belief in terms of the horrific treatment of women and their babies in circumstances of detention overseen by the State.  It is one of the darkest secrets of our recent history.  But how many more dark secrets are still hidden in the…

Labour spokesperson on Rural Affairs, Willie Penrose TD has welcomend the launch of a consultation to investigate the potential of a new model of public banking. This type of community banking has great potential for Ireland, in particular for investment in rural areas. Deputy Penrose said: “I welcome the commencement of an investigation into the…

Conor Dignam SC recommended, under the heading ‘Care and Decision Making in respect of Others’, that the commission should investigate a range of matters broader than the Grace case. These include: all claims made in the protected disclosures that gave rise to the inquiry; the care received by all persons placed in this foster home,…