This Government’s package of legislation to improve workers’ pay and conditions has brought about the most significant shift in the industrial relations landscape in many years, and it would not have happened without Labour in Government, Ged Nash TD Minister for Business and Employment said this evening [Thursday the 11th February].  He said his party’s…

  “Ladies and Gentlemen,   I’m delighted to be here today with my colleague Minister Alan Kelly to launch Labour’s housing policy.   I have said before during this campaign that the choice people make on Friday 26th next will define the direction of Ireland for the rest of this decade.   This is especially…

Speaking at Labour’s plan for Housing, ‘Making Homes Affordable’ launch in Limerick this morning:   “Minister O’Sullivan, Friends, Colleagues, Thank you for being here to launch our housing policy document. I just want to start by stating the Labour party has always historically prioritised the building of social housing. Every time Labour have been in…

Labour launches new affordable housing plan Labour’s plan for housing, ‘Making Homes Affordable’, was launched in Limerick City this morning by Ministers Alan Kelly and Jan O’Sullivan. Both Ministers visited a social housing development on Lord Edward Street in the city this morning, before formally launching the policy. Specifically, the party’s affordable homes plan will:…

At a time when we have the fastest growing economy in Europe it astonishing that a party claiming to be social democratic would not see fit to propose an increase in the minimum wage. Yet at the launch of his proposals for small business today Stephen Donnelly emphatically stated that he and his colleagues do…

Today’s series of proposals on crime unveiled by Fianna Fail are yet another example of them trying to pretend that the past did not happen. It was Fianna Fail who introduced a freeze on garda recruitment. It was Fianna Fail who closed Templemore Garda Training College. It was Fianna Fail who were in power when…

You are all very welcome today to the launch of ‘Standing Up For Families’– Labour’s plan for quality and affordable childcare. My name is Mark Wall. I am a Councillor and Labour election candidate for Kildare South. I am also a parent. It means I’m acutely aware of the day-to-day financial pressures that arise when…

Last year, Joan Burton asked me to chair a working group within the labour party to come up with a plan for quality and affordable childcare. We consulted widely within the Party, and more importantly within our local communities and this process of engagement gave us a very clear insight as to just what the…