News – The Labour PartyLabour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has expressed her concern over new figures showing the number of children living in emergency accommodation has surpassed the three thousand mark for the first time. The figures are contained in the Homelessness Report for August released by the Department of Housing, Planning and Government….

News – The Labour PartyDocuments released under Freedom of Information show no contact in 2017 between Irish Water and Department of Housing on €24 million Staleen investment Drogheda-based Labour Senator Ged Nash has said delays and confusion in Irish Water’s response to the major pipe burst at Staleen near Drogheda in late July contributed to…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Brendan Howlin has today announced that Councillor Jane Horgan Jones will chair the Labour Campaign to Repeal the 8th Amendment. Cllr Horgan Jones has been a member of Dublin City Council since 2011 and previously served on the Labour Party Expert Commission on the 8th Amendment. Making the announcement,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Urban Regeneration Joe Costello, has said the announcement  yesterday by Dublin City Council that the regeneration of the old Dominick Street flats in the heart of the City was stalled due to lack of funding is another blow to local residents who have suffered empty promises for the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party representative on the Eighth Amendment Committee, Jan O’Sullivan TD has encouraged people to attend the Abortion Rights’ Campaign March for Choice taking place in Dublin tomorrow. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “With the Committee on the Eighth Amendment examining the Citizens’ Assembly recommendations, we are on course to see a referendum…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD Joan Burton today raised at the Order of Business the removal of funding of €50,000 from the Baby Friendly Health Initiative by the Government that has forced it to close down. Deputy Burton said: “In the Dáil today, at the Order of Business I asked the Minister for Education…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD for Dublin Fingal, Brendan Ryan has supported calls by Gaelscoil Ros Éo principal Tim Ó Tuachaigh to install defibrillators in all schools as a life-saving measure. This call comes as Mr Ó Tuachaigh saved a life of a nine year old child when he helped to revive the pupil…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Transport, Senator Kevin Humphreys has highlighted the lack of a chairperson on five State transport boards. This comes with the prospect of a strike in Irish Rail and ongoing issues in Bus Éireann. The Minister for Transport has failed to ensure that these State boards can operate properly…