Workers must be protected with a right to switch off Employers should be compelled to ensure home working is carried out in a safe environment Marking one year since many workers were asked to work from home, Labour spokesperson on employment Senator Marie Sherlock has called on Government to progress her Bill to reform the…

Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD has launched a consultation into the Leaving Certificate process at it currently stands. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “It’s time to reform the Leaving Cert. In advance of the Oireachtas Education Committee holding hearings on reform, the Labour Party want to gather views on the future of the exams….

Labour Party welcomes Financial Services Unions discussion paper on the future of banking in Ireland Minister must now commit to an inclusive Forum to scope out the future of banking in Ireland  Labour’s Finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD has said the government must commit to the establishment of a Forum on Banking to scope out…

The Labour Party Executive Board met on Tuesday night and confirmed the names of our candidates for the two bye-elections to Seanad Éireann. Cllr Angela Feeney from Maynooth, Co. Kildare, will contest the vacancy on the Agricultural Panel. Angela is from a farming background, and as Head of a Department in Technological University Dublin she is…

Time and tide waits for no man or woman and people are getting older. Speaking during the Dáil debate on Sinn Féin’s Civil Registration Bill, Labour TD and member of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Seán Sherlock said that a full scale public inquiry may be the only way to deal with the matter of…

Central Bank figures mortgage rip still continues for families Withdrawal of Ulster Bank likely to push up rates further Caps on mortgage interest rates now required  Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash has said that today’s Central Bank figures prove that the interest rate rip-off goes on, with Ireland now having the second highest mortgage interest…

Sherlock expresses huge frustration at the proposed loss of specialist on-site speech and language therapy services.   Senator Marie Sherlock has expressed her alarm at the HSE’s plan to withdraw the specialist on site speech and language service in the Holy Family school for the Deaf, Cabra. A copy of the correspondence received today is…

Speaking at the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union this week, Labour spokesperson on defence Senator Mark Wall, called for the recently agreed Northern Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme to be put on a permanent statutory footing. The Scheme, which came into place in January of this…