News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin said that Sinn Fein should attend Westminster on June 12 next to support Lords’ Amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill. Deputy Howlin said: “Mrs May’s Government announced that they would be dealing with the House of Lords’ Amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill in a single…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said that the comments today by Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan that Fine Gael would rule out a post election deal with Sinn Fein cannot be taken seriously as he has been content to negotiate and agree policy proposals in recent weeks when it suited…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin said today history will judge those that led the UK to Brexit as treasonous if the UK contingency planning scenarios published in today’s Sunday Times materialise. Deputy Howlin said: “If the British people are to run the risk of the nightmare scenario in Government contingency planning…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said the Brexit position of the British Government amounted to a modern day ‘Very British Coup.’, following on from his comments yesterday on the need for May to demonstrate her mandate on Brexit. Deputy Howlin said: “It is entirely unclear that the positions being pursed…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has queried the value of further discussions with the British Government on its Brexit strategy without evidence that that strategy has the support of the House of Commons. Deputy Howlin said: “Mrs May’s Government is currently seeking to engage with the European Union on its various…

News – The Labour PartyIf it takes Fine Gael and Fianna Fail as long to wake up and smell the roses on Housing and the Transport infrastructure, as it did on the 8th Amendment, we’ll be well into the next crisis said Jack O Connor Addressing Labour Party members who participated in the “YES” campaign in…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Kevin Humphreys has criticised the continued failure of the Government to act to regulate and tackle the massive increase in the use of homes in our cities for short term lets that is worsening the housing crisis. Senator Humphreys said: “I have been raising my concerns regarding the massive…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Employment Affairs & Social Protection, Senator Ged Nash has welcomed the 30 cent an hour pay hike for close to 20,000 security workers across the country which will come into effect tomorrow, Friday, 1st June. Senator Nash said: “This new legal minimum rate of pay of €11.35 per…