News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Climate Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD will tomorrow launch the Electricity Regulation Bill 2025 at Leinster House which will give the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) the legal authority to require renewable on site power generation from data centres and other large energy users. He said this is urgently…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Eoghan Kenny TD has called on Government to immediately bring all local authorities under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), following revelations of what he described as “outrageous and unjustifiable” spending at Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. Speaking as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, Deputy Kenny…

News – The Labour Party Consultation deadline this Friday Labour’s Alan Kelly TD has called on people to engage with the National Transport Authority (NTA) consultation on Local Area Licences to enhance rural transport, saying the move must now be matched with immediate action to deliver real connectivity for rural communities. The deadline for submissions…

News – The Labour Party €2m wasted on planning €17m site in limbo Labour’s Further and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Laura Harmon said University College Cork must now explain to the Higher Education Authority and the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee how €2 million of public funds was spent on architectural and planning costs for a…

News – The Labour PartyLabour calls for action to avert school secretaries and caretakers strike Labour’s education spokesperson Eoghan Kenny TD has expressed deep concern following the breakdown of talks at the Workplace Relations Commission today in relation to school secretaries and caretakers. Deputy Kenny said: “School secretaries and caretakers have waited long enough. The…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Spokesperson for Transport Ciarán Ahern has condemned the price hikes by airline companies in the wake of the Irish football team’s World Cup play-off fixtures being announced. The price of a plane ticket to and from Prague the day before and the day following the match jumped by as much…

News – The Labour Party Commuters caught with pressure on housing, lack of public transport and a remote work policy that is not fit for purpose.  Labour TD for Kildare South Mark Wall has urged Government to take on board his solutions to the nightmare that has become commuting to Dublin. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions…

News – The Labour Party 159 healthcare workers with long-covid will be abandoned as workers lose full pay due to winding down of special scheme on the 31st of December. Ireland among small number of EU countries to have not recognised Covid-19 as an occupational illness. Heartless decision by Government not to put in place…