News – The Labour PartyLabour Women will be holding a public discussion on maternity services in Ireland this Saturday in Cork City. Speakers include Louise Kenny (Cork Women’s Clinic), Dr Jo Murphy Lawless and Rebecca Hegarty (AIMS Ireland). Some of our public representatives including Seán Sherlock TD will also be in attendance. It is now…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has welcomed the ten point plan put forward by the Simon Community today to make use of the vacant and derelict homes as the quickest way to deal with the housing and homelessness crisis. Commenting on the plan, Deputy O’Sullivan said: “On 31st August 2016,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader and Spokesperson on Northern Ireland, Brendan Howlin has expressed sympathy on the passing of former SDLP MLA for South Down PJ Bradley. “I was saddened today to hear of the passing of former MLA for South Down, PJ Bradley. “As a man with enormous interest in the local…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has welcomed the call by former US presidential candidate Martin O’Malley, for the Taoiseach to boycott his annual St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House. The former Maryland Governor has launched an online #NoShamrocks petition, which will be delivered to all Irish American Members of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Transport spokesperson, Brendan Ryan TD, has today published a Bill that would allow for new conditions to be attached to licenses awarded by the National Transport Authority to private operators. The proposed conditions would ensure a more level playing field between private operators and Bus Éireann. It would also enable…

News – The Labour PartyThis is a genuinely important measure. And not just because it may well be the first Opposition Bill to be passed into law by this Dáil. The Bill has been a long time reaching this far. I congratulate my colleagues Senators Ivana Bacik and Ged Nash for pursuing it in the…

News – The Labour PartyI was very sorry to hear of the death of Peter Mathews. He and I were both elected to Dail Eireann exactly six years ago, in that extraordinary general election at the height of the economic crisis. Peter was absolutely resolute in his views, and in his critique of the policy…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Transport, Brendan Ryan TD, has urged all sides in the Bus Éireann dispute to make a concerted effort to avert planned industrial action next week. Deputy Ryan has also called for a stakeholder forum for all those in the public transport industry, in a bid to head…