News – The Labour PartyAn inquiry into the debacle around Norwegian Air International’s Cork services and, in particular, the DAA’s role in this has been called for today by Deputy Alan Kelly. Reacting to the announcement that the airline is to suspend its winter services for 2018/2019. Deputy Kelly said:  “The penny has even dropped…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party spokesperson on Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan TD has warned that the number of people becoming homeless will continue to rise unless there is decisive and quick action from Government. It comes as the Labour Party publish their Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty Bill, to give…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party Education Spokesperson, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called on the Minister for Education, Richard Bruton to escalate plans to tackle the teaching shortage at both primary and secondary level as well as producing a roadmap to pay equality in the teaching sector. This comes as the Teachers’ Union…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party Leader and Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Brendan Howlin TD, has supported the call of the UN Secretary General for an investigation into the death of a dozen or more Palestinian protestors on Friday last.  However, the Labour Leader criticised the response of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Education Aodhán Ó RÍordáin has heavily criticised Fianna Fáil for speaking out of both side of their mouths on pay inequality. Senator Ó Ríordáin was speaking ahead of today’s INTO conference in Killarney which he is attending. “Pay inequality for newly qualified teachers was introduced by Fianna Fáil…

News – The Labour PartyNearly 100 years since then Labour leader Tom Johnson presented the Democratic Programme to the first Dáil, the Labour Party will tonight begin a journey toward imagining a new vision for the Ireland of the next 100 years. Members of the public, groups, organisations, and all who share the Labour Party’s…

News – The Labour PartyWe need to see a sense of urgency from Government on this issue and I did not detect that in the Minister’s speech today or in any of his contributions in the many housing debates we have had in this Chamber recently.  We seem to be going nowhere.  The Minister mentioned…

News – The Labour PartySpeech by Brendan Howlin Leader of the Labour Party at the launch of  #aNewRepublic Good evening, 99 years ago, the Democratic Programme of the first Dáil was published. On 21 January 1919 Tom Johnson presented the Democratic Programme to the First Dail just a few feet away from where I stand…