Labour Party leader, Brendan Howlin TD, along with Finance Spokesperson, Joan Burton TD, and Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, Seán Sherlock TD, have launched the party’s alternative budget in Dublin today, which contains a fully costed and progressive set of proposals for the coming year. The document, ‘Building a Shared Prosperity’ is made up…

Labour TD for Longford- Westmeath, Willie Penrose, has expressed solidarity with workers at the Cameron factory in Longford, after the company warned it may cease manufacturing at its Aghadad plant next year, with the potential loss of around 170 jobs. Cameron, which designs and manufactures technologies for the global oil and gas sector, blamed a…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin, along with Finance Spokesperson Joan Burton and Public Expenditure Spokesperson Seán Sherlock, will launch the Party’s alternative budget tomorrow, 6th October.   Launch : Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. (Map here) Time : 11.30 Date: 6th October 2016

Labour TD and Spokesperson for Finance, Joan Burton, has called on the Government to restore the Christmas Bonus following today’s healthy end of September Exchequer Returns. Commenting on the figures, Deputy Burton said: “Today’s very strong exchequer returns means that the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal…

Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Senator Ivana Bacik, has called for Ireland to take a stronger stance against Russia, in light of the appalling situation in Aleppo, with the ongoing bombardment of the city by Russian and Syrian government forces having resulted in the deaths and injuries of so many civilians, including children. Senator Bacik said that…

Labour TD and Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan, has called on the Government to bring forward the new Vacant Site levy by one year, from 2018 to 2017, to tackle the housing crisis. The levy, which consists of a 3 per cent charge of the market value for unused land, aims…

Next week Budget 2017 will be revealed. The entire commentary to date is about the ‘fiscal space’ and what sectors will get a slice of the pie. The Budget should be about guaranteeing that every citizen has a sufficient income to make possible a minimum acceptable standard of living. For the two million working adults…

Labour Party TD and Spokesperson on Transport, Brendan Ryan, has welcomed progress made in the Dublin Bus dispute. Workers will now be balloted on improved pay proposals reached following extensive negotiations between unions and management at the Workplace Relations Commission. Unions have suspended planned industrial action until the outcome of the ballot is known. “While…