Tonight in the Dáil, Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan, has moved an amendment to the Sinn Féin Private Members’ motion to establish a Truth Commission in relation to Mother and Baby Homes “It is widely accepted now that the terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin has called on the Government to publish a substantial plan for Brexit before the special EU Council meeting on Brexit on April 29th. “Last week, we saw the Government publish their Brexit priorities paper. The document itself was 24 pages in length, 17 of which were mostly blank or contained…

Labour Youth has today welcomed the announcement of the deal that was secured with the new Clerys owner that will benefit the former workers, describing it as “a win for workers’ rights and the trade union movement”. Speaking on the matter Kevin Donoghue, National Chairperson of Labour Youth commented: “I would like to commend SIPTU…

The dramatic adjournment of the Bord Pleanala oral hearing of the planning application for the redevelopment of the Clerys Building on  O’Connell St. and the subsequent withdrawal by SIPTU of its appeal against the application yesterday indicated that significant progress had been made towards an agreement between the two parties.  This morning at a press…

Speaking ahead of today’s seminar on homelessness in the European Parliament, Labour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD commented: “While it might be out of the headlines at the moment, Ireland’s homelessness crisis has not gone away- quite the opposite, with the most recent figures showing more than 7,000 people were homeless in January, including around…

Labour Party spokesperson on Labour Affairs and Workers’ Rights, Senator Ged Nash, has paid tribute to the Dublin Lord Mayor, Brendan Carr, and the SIPTU Trade Union for securing a deal with the new Clerys owner that will benefit the former workers. Senator Nash said: “I want to congratulate my colleague, Labour Party Councillor and…

Labour Leader and spokesperson on Northern Ireland, Brendan Howlin has expressed his sympathy at the passing of Martin McGuinness. “I am saddened to hear of the death of Martin McGuinness. “My thoughts are firstly with his wife Bernie, his family and his colleagues in Sinn Féin. “The role Martin played in bringing peace and reconciliation…

The following oral submission was made by Joe Costello, Labour Party Spokesperson on Urban Renewal to the An Bord Pleanála hearing on Clerys Planing appeal (3442/16). In my observations to Dublin City Council Planning Department on the Clerys application I referred to two concerns: Overdevelopment of Clery’s Building The vision of the scheme of Special…