News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader and TD for Wexford, Brendan Howlin, has today called on the Taoiseach to ensure a mobile cath lab is in place for University Hospital Waterford. “I am particularly disappointed by the response from the Taoiseach in the Dáil today. He could not give me a date as to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has expressed alarm at evidence given by HIQA to the Childrens’ Committee this morning. The Committee heard from HIQA representatives on the findings of the authority’s Statutory Foster Care Service inspection reports. Deputy O’Sullivan, who is Labour’s representative on the Joint…

News – The Labour PartyFormer Labour Party TD for Cork South-West, Michael McCarthy has welcomed the opening of Dunmanway Swimming Pool. “I have championed this issue for many years, especially at national level and I am delighted that this day has finally arrived. “The proposals for the new pool were developed some time ago and…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Housing Spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has said the Government is not moving fast enough in bringing vacant houses back into use across the country to tackle the housing crisis. Deputy O’Sullivan’s comments come ahead of a public meeting on Housing, hosted by the Labour Party in Cork tonight Deputy O’Sullivan said: “There…

News – The Labour PartyWe are assembled here today, in the centenary year of the Russian Revolution, to commemorate the heroic figure of James Connolly, trade unionist, labourite, socialist and revolutionary martyr.We are here, 101 years after his brutal execution, to reassert his continued relevance in the context of a seminal moment for the people…

News – The Labour Party“The revelation that there is a Garda ‘Profile’ File on serving Garda and Whistleblower Keith Harrison is quite astonishing. The revelation by his solicitor Trevor Collins that such a file exists is incredible. The information came to light after Garda Harrison was sent a file containing documents and information that he…

News – The Labour PartyIntroduction / James Connolly We are assembled here to pay homage to the memory of James Connolly. It is a deep honour for me to be here for the first time as Leader of the Labour Party. Connolly was a political thinker, a trade unionist, and a fighter for freedom. He…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD, and Labour spokesperson on Workers’ Rights and Labour Affairs, Senator Ged Nash, have today launched Labour’s Workers’ Charter, Ensuring Decency and Justice in the Workplace’. Labour’s plan for decency and justice at work outlines the party’s commitments to ensure that work always pays and to…