What’s happening today? Tánaiste and Labour Party Leader Joan Burton, will this morning launch ‘A strong economy for a decent society’, Labour’s plan for economic and social progress. The Tánaiste will be joined by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, and Minister for Communications, Alex White and Deputy Derek Nolan. Joan Burton will…

Tánaiste and Labour Party Leader Joan Burton, will this morning launch ‘A strong economy for a decent society’, Labour’s plan for economic and social progress. The Tánaiste will be joined by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, and Minister for Communications, Alex White. Derek Nolan, Labour’s election candidate in Galway West, will MC…

The Labour Party yesterday launched ‘Standing up for Rural Ireland’, the party’s plan for balanced regional development. Among the key provisions of the plan are:  A new €200m investment in regional growth centres  An increased investment in transport and connectivity  Greater support for small scale agriculture food production and rural development …

Deputy Joanna Tuffy has said that Sinn Fein’s healthcare proposals cannot be taken seriously. Tuffy commented: “Sinn Fein launched their healthcare policy today but if anyone wants to see what Sinn Fein actually do to health services when they are in power, then look to the North. “Sinn Fein in the North have presided over…

The proposal from Fianna Fail to have unelected ‘experts’ appointed to Cabinet positions is barmy, anti-democratic, and is a throwback to the Haughey era of political patronage and favouritism. This proposal is contained in Fianna Fail’s set of political reforms that would actually set our parliamentary democracy back a number of generations, rather than deliver…

MEDIA NOTICE Sunday, 7th February 2016  BURTON AND HOWLIN LAUNCH LABOUR’S ECONOMIC PLAN   Tánaiste and Labour Party Leader Joan Burton, along with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin, will tomorrow launch ‘A strong economy for a decent society’, Labour’s plan for economic and social progress, at Labour HQ. Derek Nolan, Dáil Candidate for Galway West will…

Labour pledges to ‘grow the green economy’ under a new €1bn Green Infrastructure Fund The Labour Party today officially launched its plan for green jobs. Entitled ‘Growing the Green Economy’, the main points of the plan involve:  Establishing a Green Infrastructure Fund worth €1bn; Expanding the better energy warmer homes scheme to retrofit 225,000 homes…

Climate change is the biggest single challenge facing humanity. The Labour Party, in Government, ensured that the coalition did more than any of its predecessors to face up to our responsibility to future generations. When I published my Energy White Paper last December, we became the first Irish Government to commit to a zero-carbon energy…