News – The Labour PartyLabour’s George Lawlor TD said planning permission for the proposed 220 million Europort at Rosslare is a moment of real opportunity for Wexford. The development marks the beginning of a new industrial and maritime chapter for the county. It has the potential to deliver up to 2,000 long term jobs and…

News – The Labour PartyThe European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee today backed a report on the upcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP, who led negotiations for the Socialists & Democrats, securing major progressive wins ahead of next year’s landmark Commission proposal. The vote places strong social ambition at the heart…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking in advance of an address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Houses of the Oireachtas, Labour’s foreign affairs spokesperson Deputy Duncan Smith said: “Today’s sitting is an opportunity to listen to the Ukrainian President as he outlines the horror inflicted on his country and his people by Russia’s dictatorial regime. It…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Eoghan Kenny TD said Government inaction is driving rural depopulation across Cork and that the urgent need for reform is clear. Speaking after a series of public concerns raised by communities and media reports he called for a national plan to protect rural towns and villages, particularly on the north…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD and Cllr Dermot Lacey have welcomed a transformative agreement to deliver 176 social homes at the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone on the former Glass Bottle Site in Poolbeg. Both public representatives paid tribute to the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group and Labour representatives for their…

News – The Labour PartyA decade on from the passage of the Gender Recognition Act 2015, the Labour Party will use its Private Members’ Time on Wednesday (3rd December at 10am) to introduce a motion to improve trans healthcare and gender affirming care in Ireland. Speaking in advance of the motion, Labour’s health spokesperson Marie…

News – The Labour Party OPW property provided for Garda Commissioner was not disclosed in Parliamentary Questions about remuneration details. Commisisoner was accounting officer for An Garda Síochána while it paid his rent. Labour Justice spokesperson Alan Kelly and Labour PAC member Eoghan Kenny have called on the Minister for Justice to explain why he…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s housing spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD said it is outrageous that the level of people entering homelessness continues to rise. As an additional 152 people, of which 36 are children, are now recorded as homeless, Deputy Sheehan hit out at the Minister’s failure to set out a strategy for dealing with…