Today, Tanaiste Joan Burton will officially launch ‘Standing Up For Families’, Labour’s plan for quality and affordable childcare. She will be accompanied by Deputy Ciara Conway and Cllr Mark Wall, election candidates in Waterford and Kildare South respectively. Time: 11am Location: Labour Press Centre, Labour Head Office The launch will be followed by a photo…

On a television debate last night, Richard Boyd Barrett, sided with Sinn Féin, and called for the abolition of the special criminal court. “I believe it wrong to call for an end to the Special Criminal Court. It is an integral part of our criminal justice system, as is evident from the recent shootings on…

Once again Micheal Martin has snubbed a Fianna Fail health policy launch today. He is clearly ducking and diving questions on health because he can’t credibly stand over his own appalling record as Health Minister. It’s the second time in just over two weeks that Martin has been notably absent from the unveiling of a…

Tomorrow, Tanaiste Joan Burton will officially launch ‘Standing Up For Families’, Labour’s plan for quality and affordable childcare. She will be accompanied by Deputy Ciara Conway and Cllr Mark Wall, election candidates in Waterford and Kildare South respectively. Time: 11am Location: Labour Press Centre, Labour Head Office, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2 The launch…

Listening to Sinn Fein tie itself in knots about the Special Criminal Court begs the question as to who is dictating the party’s strategy on this issue. There are very few issues on which the party is prepared to flout public opinion and overwhelming evidence. They are running an election on the nature of a…

Sinn Fein’s proposal in their General Election manifesto to have one-third of all TDs selected from a party list system opens the way for characters like their ‘good republican’ friend Slab Murphy appointed to the Dail. They claim that this move is required in order to bring about a ‘new culture’ in Irish politics. Well,…

Speaking at the launch of ‘Launching a Skills Revolution’ – Labour’s plan for a living wage and investing in skills Jobs are at the heart of this election campaign. Decent well paid jobs lift families out of poverty and provide economic security. They are the means by which all our people can share in the…

Speaking at the launch of “Launching a Skills Revolution” – Labour’s plan for a living wage and skills investment I’m delighted to be here today in Clúid, a Living Wage employer. And just today, we had another employer, Cornmarket, follow the lead of Clúid, SSE, Aldi, IKEA, Lidl, Dublin Food Co-op and Oxfam. All those…