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Moore St consultative group a welcome if belated development

The decision by Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys to establish a consultative group on Moore Street is a welcome, if somewhat belated development. I have seen the properties in Moore St and they are in a very precarious condition, but they are the very heart of the story of the 1916 Rising, and it would be…

Labour Admin

14 June 2016

Labour secures agreement on all-party process for Culture 2025 strategy

Earlier today, along with my colleagues Joan Burton and Kevin Humphreys, I met with a group of representatives from the arts community. Representatives of the community have a number of significant concerns which they have asked the Labour Party to pursue – namely adequate funding of the arts sector, how to develop a visionary approach…

Labour Admin

14 June 2016

Howlin condemns Orlando gun murders

Speaking during Order of Business in Dail Eireann Coming just over a year after the joyous scenes that followed the passage of the Marriage Equality referendum in Ireland, the appalling crimes carried out in Pulse nightclub in Orlando late on Sunday night serve as a stark reminder to us all of the need to maintain…

Labour Admin

14 June 2016

Wes does North Inner City proud

Wes Hoolohan’s wonder goal in UEFA 2016 in Ireland’s draw against Sweden last night sent Ireland’s fans into ecstasy. Wes is from Dublin’s North Inner City and his parents still live in Portland Row. Another hero from Portland Row is Kelly Harrington who won silver at the World Boxing Championships in Azerbaijan a couple of…

Labour Admin

14 June 2016

Labour Youth stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community

Labour Youth is sending messages of solidarity to the people of Orlando, after the shocking news yesterday that 50 people were murdered in a gay nightclub. Declan Meenagh, Labour Youth International Officer said: “We are devastated at the news of the attack on the LGBTQ+ community in Orlando. On behalf of Labour Youth, we send…

Labour Youth
13 June 2016

Duffy-Walsh proposals must be implemented urgently

One year on from the scandalous overnight closure of Clery’s, Senator Ged Nash has called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation to urgently implement the proposals contained in the Duffy-Cahill Report. Speaking this afternoon outside Clery’s building, Senator Nash said, “The manner in which the Clery’s workers lost their jobs scandalised the nation….

12 June 2016

Alone on left, Labour understands that social progress and economic success go hand in hand – 8pm embargo

  Speaking at the Tom Johnson Summer School, Wynn’s Hotel, Dublin Embargo – 8pm Saturday 11 June  It’s an honour to be here again at the Tom Johnson Summer School – my first opportunity as Leader of the Labour Party to address this event. Since my election as Leader, I have been speaking about the…

Labour Admin

11 June 2016

Restoration of funding must mark new priority on mental health

Labour Spokesperson on Mental Health Kathleen Lynch has welcomed news that funding ring-fenced for mental health has been restored in the 2016 budget allocation. “Under the previous Programme for Government 2011-2016, there was a specific commitment to ring-fence funding of €35 million for the mental health budget every year. “As Minister with responsibility for mental…

Labour Admin

09 June 2016

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