News – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Labour Affairs and Workers’ Rights, Senator Ged Nash, has paid tribute to the Dublin Lord Mayor, Brendan Carr, and the SIPTU Trade Union for securing a deal with the new Clerys owner that will benefit the former workers. Senator Nash said: “I want to congratulate my colleague,…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader and spokesperson on Northern Ireland, Brendan Howlin has expressed his sympathy at the passing of Martin McGuinness. “I am saddened to hear of the death of Martin McGuinness. “My thoughts are firstly with his wife Bernie, his family and his colleagues in Sinn Féin. “The role Martin played in…

News – The Labour PartyThe following oral submission was made by Joe Costello, Labour Party Spokesperson on Urban Renewal to the An Bord Pleanála hearing on Clerys Planing appeal (3442/16). In my observations to Dublin City Council Planning Department on the Clerys application I referred to two concerns: Overdevelopment of Clery’s Building The vision of…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, has slammed the Government for its failure to address the lengthy waiting times for children in need of scoliosis surgery. A report from the Children’s Ombudsman has found that some children are waiting up to 18 months for the procedure, more than four times…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Children and Youth Affairs, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called the €4 million capital funding in childcare by Minister Katherine Zappone inadequate. “The capital funding in childcare by Minister Zappone is wholly inadequate to address the many problems facing the childcare sector. “Our State has never invested enough in…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking at the Third International Conference for Child Detainees in Ramallah, Palestine on the 15th March, 2017, Joe Costello, former Minister for Trade and Development, accused the Israeli Government of flagrant breach of international human rights law and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “No other country in the…

News – The Labour PartyTonight, in the iconic Riverside Church in New York City, Labour Party Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, is hosting Irish Stand. This event will be an evening of multi-cultural prose, speech, song, and wit, and is intended to serve as a call for inclusivity, diversity, and human rights for our global citizenry.  …

News – The Labour Party“The St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world are celebrations of the success of emigration. Around St. Patrick’s Day, we recall people leaving a land – sometimes of hunger, sometimes of oppression – to find a better future. “When Enda Kenny accepted an invitation to visit President Trump in the White…