News – The Labour PartyLabour Education spokesperson, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has said parents shouldn’t be forced to pick up the tab for Government cutbacks when it comes to educating their children. It comes as the Catholic Primary Schools Managers’ Association has called for the capitation grant to be restored to €200 per pupil. Senator…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking after statements and interviews from An Post in recent days, Labour spokesperson on Urban Regeneration, Joe Costello said: “There are too many contradictions in the policy statements emanating from An Post. T”he Minister for Communications, Denis Naughten briefed Cabinet last week that 2,000 jobs would have to go in An…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party TD for Limerick City, Jan O’Sullivan has referred the removal of Labour Party posters on the Referendum to Repeal the Eighth to the Gardaí in Limerick City. This comes as Deputy O’Sullivan obtained video evidence of the posters being removed from the Punches Cross area of Limerick City….

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Justice Spokesperson Seán Sherlock has reiterated that the Labour Party supports, and will seek to set the digital age of consent at 16, and will bring forward amendments to achieve that at the Dáil Committee stage of the General Data Protection Regulation Bill. Deputy Sherlock said: “The recent controversies…

News – The Labour Party Ahead of tomorrow’s painting over of the Maser ‘Repeal the Eighth’ mural, Labour spokesperson on Community Arts and Dublin City Councillor, Rebecca Moynihan, has questioned the legal basis for the removal of the mural. This comes as the Charities Regulator informed the Project Arts Centre that they were in breach…

News – The Labour PartyBrendan Howlin warns against complacency. On the recommendation of Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD, Cllr Jane Horgan Jones was appointed as the Director of Elections for the Referendum campaign to repeal the 8th amendment at a meeting of the Party’s Executive Board in Dublin today. Cllr Horgan Jones has been…

News – The Labour Party Labour Party spokesperson on Community Arts, Councillor Rebecca Moynihan, has said that the removal of the Maser Repeal the 8th mural at the Project Arts Centre is an affront to democracy and freedom of expression. Councillor Moynihan said: “The news today that the Maser Repeal the 8th mural is to…

News – The Labour PartyStatements on Plastic and Packaging Pollution Dáil Éireann, April 19th 2018 I welcome the opportunity to speak to this issue.  As we speak, I have a Bill before the House on the prohibition of microbeads. It is before the committee.  On 28 March, we had a positive engagement with experts from…