News – The Labour PartyLabour Cork East TD Seán Sherlock has demanded that the Ministers for Health in Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance take immediate action to ensure that every woman in the State is given access to foetal anomaly scans. Deputy Sherlock’s amendment to the Health (Amendment) Bill 2017 would have seen every…

News – The Labour PartyOn behalf of the Labour Senators, Senator Ivana Bacik will today propose the Pensions (Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Schemes) (Amendment) Bill 2016 in the Seanad at 4pm during private members’ time. The Bill will be seconded by Senators Ged Nash and Kevin Humphreys. This Bill is an important equality…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly has expressed his frustration at the Government’s lack of action on extending free GP care for all. “Today at the Future of Healthcare Committee, it was extremely frustrating to hear the Minister indicate that plans to expand free GP care to all citizens could be…

News – The Labour PartyTonight in the Dáil, Labour Party spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan, has moved an amendment to the Sinn Féin Private Members’ motion to establish a Truth Commission in relation to Mother and Baby Homes “It is widely accepted now that the terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin has called on the Government to publish a substantial plan for Brexit before the special EU Council meeting on Brexit on April 29th. “Last week, we saw the Government publish their Brexit priorities paper. The document itself was 24 pages in length, 17 of which were…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Youth has today welcomed the announcement of the deal that was secured with the new Clerys owner that will benefit the former workers, describing it as “a win for workers’ rights and the trade union movement”. Speaking on the matter Kevin Donoghue, National Chairperson of Labour Youth commented: “I would…

News – The Labour PartyThe dramatic adjournment of the Bord Pleanala oral hearing of the planning application for the redevelopment of the Clerys Building on  O’Connell St. and the subsequent withdrawal by SIPTU of its appeal against the application yesterday indicated that significant progress had been made towards an agreement between the two parties.  This…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking ahead of today’s seminar on homelessness in the European Parliament, Labour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD commented: “While it might be out of the headlines at the moment, Ireland’s homelessness crisis has not gone away- quite the opposite, with the most recent figures showing more than 7,000 people were homeless…