News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Transport, Senator Kevin Humphreys, has said that the 50 per cent rise in the number of cyclists’ deaths on Irish roads last year shows more needs to be done to make cycling safer here. Fifteen cyclists were killed last year according to the latest fatal collision data from…

News – The Labour PartyCommenting on the trolley crisis Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has said that we need to see a recalibration in our health service from acute care to community-based care. Deputy Kelly said: “The latest INMO trolley watch figures show that 677 people are laying on trolleys in our hospitals….

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Education, Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has called on the Government to stop delaying proposals on school admissions and bring forward it’s legislative proposals as soon as possible to end the baptism barrier. Sen. Ó Ríordáin said: “It is now six months since the Minister for Education set out…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has described the Government’s response to the crisis in the Department of Justice as farcical and not a real separation, and that the latest remarks from the Taoiseach and Minister are simply a reheating of Toland recommendations that should have been implemented years ago. Deputy Howlin…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said the suggestion by the Taoiseach that wage growth posed a threat to the Irish economy are bizarre and out of touch with reality. Deputy Howlin said: “Why it is for Fine Gael that economic growth and profits are ok but that growth in wages…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton has said it is beyond time that the Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe responded to the concerns of Section 39 workers before a strike becomes inevitable in these vital health services after the failure to address the issue in the Budget, or HSE service plan…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader and spokesperson on foreign affairs Brendan Howlin has said today that the United Nations cannot be made subject to the financial threats by the current US administration, or any other country. His comments come as the United States threatens a $285m reduction in the UN Budget. Deputy Howlin…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has said the Irish Government must immediately make clear that they will vote to condemn at the UN the provocative decision of the US President, Donald Trump, to relocate the US Embassy to Israel, to Jerusalem. Deputy Howlin said: “As I made clear at the time,…