Labour spokesperson on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Seán Sherlock, will bring a Bill before the Dáil today, aimed at banning the use of microbeads and other micro-plastics in cosmetic and personal products. The Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016 would make it an offence to manufacture, sell or advertise any products that use microbeads….

Commenting on news reports on the proposed recommendations from the Expert Water Commission, Labour Party Spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan said: “This evenings leak of recommendations from the Expert Water Commission shows that they have taken on board many of the proposals in our Labour Party submission, including a referendum to ensure our water infrastructure remains in…

Labour spokesperson on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources, Seán Sherlock, alongside our Environment Spokesperson Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin will today at 12.30pm launch a Bill to be introduced in the Dáil aimed at banning the use of microbeads and other micro-plastics in cosmetics and personal products. Deputy Sherlock and Senator Ó Ríordáin will be…

The Kildare Garda division is short by 268 personnel across Rank and File Gardaí, Garda Reserves, Community Gardaí and Civilian Personnel, according to Garda figures obtained by Labour representative for Kildare North, Emmett Stagg. Labour’s spokesperson for Older People said: “These figures, based on Kildare population stats in the 2016 Census, clearly show that across…

Labour Party Senator Kevin Humphreys has called on RTE management to reconsider it’s abrupt decision to close the Young People’s Department, saying: “We all have fond memories of Zig and Zag, Dustin, Mary Fitzgerald, Ray D’Arcy and the great in-house domestically produced programming that entertained generations of Irish children.” “The shock announcement yesterday that RTE…

Speech by Willie Penrose TD in  Dáil Éireann on proposed Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016 Labour supports Irish military neutrality. More importantly, we also believe that the principle is supported by the bulk of the Irish people, and that it should therefore be incorporated into the text of the Constitution. We will…

Labour Party Senator and spokesperson on Dublin, Kevin Humphreys, has welcomed the news that a new National Maternity Hospital will finally be built at St. Vincents. “I have been calling for some time for construction to begin on the new National Maternity Hospital at Elm Park as a matter of urgency” “I am glad a…

Labour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has welcomed the announcement of a successful resolution of the dispute over governance between the National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital, and said: “I welcome the news that a resolution has now been found to preserve the ethos and independence of the National Maternity Hospital through…