News – The Labour PartyThe Kildare Garda division is short by 268 personnel across Rank and File Gardaí, Garda Reserves, Community Gardaí and Civilian Personnel, according to Garda figures obtained by Labour representative for Kildare North, Emmett Stagg. Labour’s spokesperson for Older People said: “These figures, based on Kildare population stats in the 2016 Census,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Senator Kevin Humphreys has called on RTE management to reconsider it’s abrupt decision to close the Young People’s Department, saying: “We all have fond memories of Zig and Zag, Dustin, Mary Fitzgerald, Ray D’Arcy and the great in-house domestically produced programming that entertained generations of Irish children.” “The shock…

News – The Labour PartySpeech by Willie Penrose TD in  Dáil Éireann on proposed Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016 Labour supports Irish military neutrality. More importantly, we also believe that the principle is supported by the bulk of the Irish people, and that it should therefore be incorporated into the text of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Senator and spokesperson on Dublin, Kevin Humphreys, has welcomed the news that a new National Maternity Hospital will finally be built at St. Vincents. “I have been calling for some time for construction to begin on the new National Maternity Hospital at Elm Park as a matter of urgency”…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party Health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has welcomed the announcement of a successful resolution of the dispute over governance between the National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital, and said: “I welcome the news that a resolution has now been found to preserve the ethos and independence of the…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking on the UN Day Opposing Violence against Women, Labour’s spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs has called for Ireland to immediately ratify the Council of Europe Lanzarote Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation & Sexual Abuse. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “Today we pause to remember the thousands of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on mental health, Kathleen Lynch has tonight launched a new Doctor of Clinical Psychology programme in University College Cork. “I welcome the launch of this programme, which stems from the work I did when I was Minister of State. It has been developed as a direct result of…

News – The Labour PartyComments from Labour Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance Committee member, Seán Sherlock, on the launch of the committee’s report on the Rising Costs of Motor Insurance: “The biggest issue in this report is the lack of transparent data provided by the insurance industry for the increases in premiums….