News – The Labour Party Contagion spreading in energy market as third provider hikes prices in a month Over 300,000 in arrears on energy bills Targeted energy credits must be in Budget 2026 With SSE Airtricity announcing that customer’s electricity bills will be increased by around €151 a year for a typical bill, Labour’s climate…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Climate, Environment & Energy Ciarán Ahern has said immediate action needs to be taken to tackle the gross profiteering of energy companies and to protect households. Responding to recent price hikes from Bord Gáis, Energia, Flogas and SSE Airtricity, Deputy Ahern has said that energy companies are raking…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking ahead of a protest against the Central Bank’s facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds in the EU, Labour’s Ciarán Ahern TD has called on the Governor of the Central Bank to refuse the prospectus which is due for renewal on the 2nd of September. The protest will take…

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD for Dublin South-West Ciarán Ahern has called on Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to urgently intervene in the growing crisis in Tallaght University Hospital’s Emergency Department. Figures released by the hospital to Deputy Ahern show a 43% increase in wait-times in A&E over the last 5 years, growing…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s spokesperson for Climate, Environment & Energy, Ciarán Ahern TD, has expressed deep concern at reports that Minister Darragh O’Brien has written to An Commisiún Pleanála giving the green light to Shannon LNG. This follows the Government’s decision to overturn a previous policy position which banned the importation of highly-polluting fracked…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Transport Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has today called on the Minister for Transport to abolish the penalty imposed on motorists who pay their motor tax in instalments. Labour is demanding that Budget 2026 include a commitment to remove the higher charges applied to quarterly and half-yearly motor tax payments, and…

News – The Labour PartyAt a joint meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and the Party’s Executive Board (EB) this evening, Thursday 31 July, it was agreed to support Deputy Catherine Connolly’s Presidential election campaign. At the meeting, PLP and EB members were briefed by the General Secretary on the Party’s membership consultation process…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s climate spokesperson Ciaran Ahern TD has welcomed the latest Budget 2026 measure floated by Government today that would add a weight tax to SUVs. Deputy Ahern said: “Budget 2026 must have clear and measurable outcomes to stem the impacts of climate change, and I’m glad to see that Fianna Fáil…