News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has described Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald’s remarks that Brexit could not be stopped or ameliorated at Westminster as 100% wrong. Responding to remarks by the Sinn Fein leader quoted in the Ulster Herald, Deputy Howlin said: “Mary Lou’s remarks are self-serving nonsense designed to…

News – The Labour Party Labour Education spokesperson, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on the Ministers for Higher Education to put her plans for future funding of higher education on the record of both Houses of the Oireachtas. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “For months, Ministers Bruton and Mitchell-O’Connor have fobbed off questions by parliamentarians on…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called for an investigation into CervicalCheck. This follows Vicky Phelan’s case in the High Court and the fact that fourteen other women who were given incorrect test results. Deputy Kelly said: “Firstly, my thoughts go out to Ms Phelan and her family. No…

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party will launch our referendum campaign to repeal the 8th amendment on Sunday 29th April at the Westbury Hotel. Brendan Howlin TD, will be joined at the event by Labour’s Director of Elections for the referendum campaign, Cllr Jane Horgan Jones, Labour Parliamentary Party members and special guests. The…

News – The Labour PartySenator Ged Nash has announced the creation of up to 100 new jobs at the PCI Pharma Services facility in the Donore Industrial Estate, Drogheda. The new high containment packaging facility in the town will specialise in the primary and secondary packaging of pharmaceutical products to the highest global standards. Senator…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has expressed concern at the low numbers of social housing units built by local authorities across the country last year, and said the pace of delivery needs to urgently step up a gear. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “It is pretty shocking that in the midst of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Sean Sherlock TD has said that the announcement by Whatsapp that it would raise the minimum age from 13 to 16 shows that the Government’s proposal is now redundant, and welcomed the confirmation today that Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin would now support the…

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Party will host the first in a series of roundtable discussions in Dublin tomorrow as part of a nationwide project to draft and publish a new Democratic Programme for Ireland. The party intends to publish the document in January 2019, 100 years since then Labour Leader Tom Johnson presented…