Labour spokesperson on the Arts, Joan Burton TD, has welcomed reports that the Guinness family trust would ‘entertain all offers’ regarding the sale of Luggala Estate in Wicklow. It follows an Irish Times report today that an offer currently being considered regarding the sale of the 5,000 acre estate would accommodate custodian Garech Browne living…

Today at Leader’s Questions, Labour Party spokesperson on Finance Joan Burton raised the need for stricter rules on lobbying on tax matters. Deputy Burton also called on the Tánaiste to inform the Dáil how much extra the Government expected to raise in tax from vulture funds following the €158 million tax windfall from NAMA. “The…

Labour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly, has called on the Minister to do more to tackle the over-crowding crisis in our A&E departments, following warnings from the Irish Association of Emergency Medicine that up to 350 people could die this year if the crisis isn’t tackled. “As we know from the figures released from the…

Introduction I think we are all getting weary of speeches that begin by emphasising the gravity of the challenges we face. Yet Brexit and the upheaval facing the EU have brought about another series of conversations that sound all too familiar. A decade ago, we began talking about potentially ruinous levels of banking debt, the…

Labour spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan has called on citizens to engage with the National Planning Framework to ensure a good and sustainable future for Ireland. “The National Planning Framework announced today must be radical if it is to make the difference needed to enable cities in the rest of the…

The German model of public banking, tried, proven and tested for over 200 years and in 40 countries worldwide provides the solution to a chronic credit shortage for small businesses and would test this Government’s real commitment to the regions and rural regeneration, according to Labour Senator, Denis Landy. Senator Landy said:  “The Sparkhassen public…

Labour leader Brendan Howlin TD will deliver a key note speech on Brexit and Ireland to the Institute of International and European Affairs on Thursday 2nd February at 12.45pm. This event is part of the IIEA’s Brexit All Island Leaders’ Forum, in which political, social and business leaders from across the island of Ireland will…

Cork TD Seán Sherlock has expressed serious concern at media reports from government sources that the M20 has been pushed down the list of priorities by the Government in the Mid-Term Review of the Capital Plan. “The last Government committed funding to conducting a feasibility study for the M20 route and that is underway,” said…