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An Post must go back to the drawing board

Speaking 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 Post out of a…

Labour Admin

22 April 2018

Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan refers removal of posters to the Gardaí

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. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “This is…

Labour Admin

22 April 2018

Labour wants Digital Age of Consent set at 16

Labour 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 over the use of…

Seán Sherlock TD
22 April 2018

Arts community should not be afraid to address political issues

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 of the Charities Act 2009,…

Senator Rebecca Moynihan
22 April 2018

Cllr Jane Horgan Jones appointed as Labour Director of Elections for Referendum

Brendan 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 chairing the Party’s campaign…

Labour Admin

21 April 2018

Charities Regulator have questions to answer on removal of Repeal mural

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 be painted over on Monday…

Senator Rebecca Moynihan
20 April 2018

Time for Ireland to ban microbeads and microplastics

Statements 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 NUI Galway, Galway-Mayo Institute…

Seán Sherlock TD
19 April 2018

Repealing the 8th Amendment is a workers’ rights issue

Labour Party spokesperson on Employment and Workers’ Rights, Senator Ged Nash, has welcomed the Irish Congress of Trade Unions highlighting how important repealing the eighth amendment is for working people in Ireland. Senator Nash said: “The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has had a long history in opposing the eighth amendment, having initially opposed it’s…

19 April 2018

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