News – The Labour Party Government asleep as Limerick halts grant scheme Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has hit out after Limerick City and County Council was forced to pause Housing Adaptation Grant applications, having run out of funding for 2025 already. Deputy Sheehan said: “This grant is not a luxury – it is…

News – The Labour Party Ó Ríordáin calls for vote this November Labour’s Dublin Spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP has called on the Government to hold a plebiscite on a directly elected mayor for Dublin on the same day as the presidential election this November. He said Dubliners deserve the same opportunity as Limerick to…

News – The Labour Party New information through parliamentary questions highlights alarming state of public dental services. Dental services available to medical card patients are collapsing. Ticking time bomb due to the significant drop in primary school aged children attending scheduled assessments of up to 46.2%, despite greater school age population. Meanwhile, the number of…

News – The Labour Party Progressive step on Local Property Tax to raise €65m. Labour’s Councillor Darragh Moriarty has welcomed the decision by Dublin City Council (DCC) to retain the Local Property Tax (LPT) at the base rate for the remainder of this Council term. For the first time in over a decade, the Council…

News – The Labour Party  Commencements plummet, prices still rising Labour’s Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan TD has slammed the Taoiseach’s “desperate spin” on falling housing commencement numbers, following comments by Micheál Martin in Cork this afternoon defending a dramatic drop in new builds. Speaking today, Deputy Sheehan said it was “completely disingenuous” for the Taoiseach…

News – The Labour Party Secular Re-Write of 1937 Text in advance of Unity Referendum. Speaking today at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Donegal, at an event focused upon the Constitution, Ivana Bacik TD, Leader of the Labour Party, will call for a radical re-write of the Constitutional text, saying: “As we approach its 90th birthday,…

News – The Labour Party Collective bargaining delivering real results Labour’s workers’ rights spokesperson Senator Nessa Cosgrove has welcomed the confirmation that the minimum hourly rate for security workers in Ireland will rise from €14.50 to €15.41 from 22 July 2025. In response to a parliamentary question to Labour Finance Spokesperson Ged Nash TD, the…

News – The Labour Party Specialist centres seriously understaffed Patients still waiting for National Framework   Following a Dáil debate on women’s health this week, Labour’s Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has renewed calls for urgent action on endometriosis, criticising the Government’s repeated delays in delivering the promised National Endometriosis Framework and failure to properly…