“If a nation is defined by its culture – and it is – it’s hard to grasp why we Irish have allowed one of our greatest cultural assets – our music and song – to be banished from our primetime radio airwaves during the last few decades. It happened gradually – that’s why we didn’t…

Labour Party Senator and spokesperson on Labour Affairs and Workers’ Rights, Ged Nash, has called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connell, to quickly move to establish an Employer-Labour Conference, after the Labour party motion was successfully passed in the Seanad, last night. The proposed body would complement and support the…

Labour Party Senator and spokesperson on Dublin, Kevin Humphreys, has again called for construction to begin on the new National Maternity Hospital as a matter of urgency. Plans for the new facility have been delayed in a dispute over who should have governance control at the proposed site on the campus of St Vincent’s Hospital….

I am pleased to move this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. The motion seeks to provide a route map towards the satisfactory resolution of the Dublin Bus dispute. It also seeks the introduction of a new mechanism, designed to complement and support the work of government, and our excellent industrial relations institutions to…

Labour Party leader and Wexford TD, Brendan Howlin, has called on the Government to provide clarity on whether or not the Christmas Bonus will be paid this year. The payment was partially restored over the last two years, with a 75% Christmas Bonus paid to all social welfare recipients last year. However in his response…

Today Deputy Willie Penrose will host a briefing on his Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016 in the AV Room from 12-2pm, a media opportunity will take place at 11.30am at the Leinster House Gates on Kildare Street with noted Irish musicians Phil Coulter, Johnny Duhan, Michael English, Tony Allen, Sibéal Ní Chasaide and Ruaile Buaile. There’s…

Labour TD and spokesperson on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Alan Kelly, has slammed media reports of government plans for a so-called ‘emigrants tax’ as preposterous. According to newspaper reports today, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, is considering offering a 30 per cent tax rate to highly-skilled Irish workers currently living…

Senator Ivana Bacik today welcomed the recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission in their Report on Harmful Communications and Digital Safety. “In recent years the growing recognition of online abuse has highlighted the legislative gap in this area. Reports from Women’s Aid here in Ireland and by international experts point to an increased problem…