Introduction Brexit represents a challenge as great to our nation as the economic crisis from which we are just emerging. We face the prospect of a border being reintroduced on this island. Some suggest we face the prospect of the ending of the Common Travel Area. And we face a hit of 4% on our…

Some Cash in Transit businesses handle more money than the banks, and one company dominates the industry in Ireland. Labour Party Spokesperson on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Alan Kelly today said: “There is a massive security and financial risk to the State with the current Cash-in-Transit arrangements in place”. Deputy Kelly was reacting to information…

Labour spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD, says today’s Report Card from the Children’s Rights Alliance shows the Government is close to all-out failure in the area of children’s welfare. The Government has been given a D+ overall in its progress since taking office, the lowest grade recorded in six years. Deputy…

Labour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, says a full explanation is needed as to why the price tag for the new National Maternity Hospital in Dublin has almost doubled. It is reported today that the expected cost of moving the facility from Holles Street to St Vincent’s has risen from €150m to €296m. Deputy…

Labour spokesperson on urban regeneration, Joe Costello, has called on the HSE and local authortities to do more to ensure that new mothers and hospital outpatients aren’t being discharged into homelessness. “The figures supplied by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive reveal that 689 patients were discharged from Dublin hospitals into emergency homeless accommodation in 2016….

Labour spokesperson on Finance and Education, Joan Burton TD, has called on the Governor of the Central Bank to investigate ‘Fear of Missing Out’ loans as advertised by Bank of Ireland in Dublin City University. “These FOMO loans by Bank of Ireland are completely irresponsible. The messaging behind these loans send the wrong message to…

Speech by Brendan Howlin to the Central Council of the Labour Party.  Last September, I spoke in the Mansion House about how the Labour Rebuild was underway. That night, I said that: “Through hard work; Through progressive, principled policies; Through parliamentary procedure, allied with grassroots campaigning; We can, and we will rebuild this historic party…

The Executive Board of the Labour Party at its meeting today, on the recommendation of Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin strongly supports the workers in Tesco stores throughout the country and their union representatives in their actions to protect the terms and conditions of workers.