Labour Youth and Labour Equality are raising concerns today given reports in the media suggesting the current government are discussing a tax break to Irish emigrants earning over 75,000 per annum. This measure comes as part of a new incentive to seek the return of, what is being reported as, “highly skilled emigrants”. 
Responding to…

Labour TD for Longford Westmeath, Willie Penrose, will  host a gathering of some of Ireland’s best known musicians to discuss his proposed legislation to guarantee more airtime for music of Irish origin on the country’s airwaves. Under the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016, a quota of at least 40 per cent of the airtime allotted to…

Limerick City Labour T.D. and Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Jan O’Sullivan has called upon the Minister for Finance and constituency colleague Michael Noonan T.D. to review and amend the current legislation governing the ‘Living Cities Initiative’. The scheme was first introduced as part of the 2013 budget with a specific remit of incentivising…

Labour TD for Tipperary Alan Kelly has welcomed his colleague Willie Penrose’s proposed legislation to guarantee more airtime for music of Irish origin on the country’s airwaves. Under the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016, a quota of at least 40 per cent of the airtime allotted to music on Irish radio stations would contain a distinctive…

The Labour Party will this week table a proposal during Private Members’ Time in the Seanad in an effort to resolve the Dublin Bus dispute and other industrial relations issues in the public transport sector. According to Ged Nash, Labour Party spokesperson on Labour Affairs and Workers’ Rights, this proposal would see the establishment of…

Brendan Howlin has congratulated Jeremy Corbyn on his re-election as Leader of the UK Labour Party. “The challenges facing the people on these islands have been brought into stark relief after the result of the Brexit referendum, and a strong Brtitish Labour Party is needed now more than ever. “I want to congratulate Jeremy Corbyn…

The Easter Proclamation 1916 – A comparative analysis Liam de Paor With an essay by W.J. Mc Cormack The words of the Proclamation were put together by P.H. Pearse and revised by James Connolly and Thomas MacDonagh. The document is short and exhortatory. Nonetheless, teased out, it unfolds patterns of thought and, perhaps more revealingly,…

Welcome to Wexford! It is a clear sign of progress to see the Dublin economic workshop leave the august surroundings of Kenmare to visit the Sunny South East. As Dublin prepare for their second effort at defending the Sam Maguire, it is good to see their economic counterparts move from one of the two counties…