News – The Labour PartyLabour Disability has welcomed the final step taken in Dáil Éireann last night to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ireland will now join 175 countries around the world who have already ratified the UNCRPD.  Labour Disability notes however, that there is a lot of outstanding…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party Education spokesperson, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called for greater efforts to be made to encourage women and girls to study and teach STEM subjects in schools. Senator Ó Ríordáin said: “In the Irish media today and indeed across the world, we are hearing about innovative Irish women…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Tipperary and Vice Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Alan Kelly has said that following the evidence given to the Justice Committee yesterday by the two Garda civilian analysts on homicide figures, that there should now be an immediate independent inquiry into how they were treated. Deputy Kelly…

News – The Labour PartyFollowing the report on Morning Ireland on the number of expectant and new mothers living in emergency accommodation with their children, Labour spokesperson of Housing Jan O’Sullivan has said that the scandal must be urgently addressed, and added that Labour’s Housing (Homeless Families) legislation should be implemented as a priority. Deputy…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Disability and representative in Cork North Central, Kathleen Lynch, has called for the Government to swiftly progress the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill to give full legal effect to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified in the Dáil last night. Ms. Lynch…

News – The Labour PartyCheck against delivery 7th March 2018 As of this time last year there were 37,611 people on the housing waiting list in Northern Ireland. 23,694 deemed to be in housing stress. 11,889 of those are deemed to be homeless. Despite our housing crisis, there are more homeless deaths in Belfast than…

News – The Labour PartyQuestioning the Taoiseach at Leader’s Questions in the Dáil today, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has called for a clear statement of Ireland’s view that the path chosen by the UK will result in a hard border on the island of Ireland without a commitment to a customs union and the…

News – The Labour PartyOn the eve of International Women’s Day, Labour spokesperson on Equality and representative for Dún Laoghaire, Cllr Deirdre Kingston, has said that while improvements have been made, Ireland still has some way to go to achieving full equality between women and men. Cllr Kingston said: “I think anyone would agree that…