News – The Labour PartyFormer Union of Students in Ireland President Kevin Donoghue has been elected Chairperson of Labour Youth at the organisations annual conference this weekend in County Louth. Kevin Donoghue aged 26 was President of the USI from 2015-16. As President of the USI he played a leading role in forming the Coalition…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader, Brendan Howlin, is appealing to the Government and all political parties in Dáil Éireann to support legislation designed to tackle the behaviour of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. The Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016, which was introduced by Deputy Howlin to the Dáil on the 19th…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on the Arts, Joan Burton, has expressed her sadness at the news of the death of Leonard Cohen overnight and paid tribute to him as one of the great artists of our time. Deputy Burton said: “I am so sad to hear of Leonard Cohen’s passing and offer my…

News – The Labour PartyThe Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 was introduced in the Seanad at Second Stage on 20th January 2016, on behalf of the Labour Party Senators, as a private members’ bill initiated by Senator Ivana Bacik. The Bill was accepted by then Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton and passed Second…

News – The Labour PartySenator’s Ivana Bacik and Ged Nash will be available to speak to reporters at 2pm today, Thursday 10th November outside the Kildare St gates of Leinster House with representatives of the NUJ and SIPTU. This is in advance of the report and final stages of our COMPETITION (AMENDMENT) BILL 2016 at…

News – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Alan Kelly, has called on the Government to outline how it plans to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals to slash the US corporate tax rate from 35 to 15 per cent. The tax measures, which are outlined in Mr Trump’s ‘America First’ economic…

News – The Labour PartySenator Ivana Bacik, Labour Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, today expressed her disappointment at the result of the US election and defeat of Hillary Clinton. Speaking in the Seanad during the Order of Business, Senator Bacik said: “The result declared this morning in the US Presidential election represents a real disappointment for…

News – The Labour PartyLike many Irish people, and people all around the world, I went to bed last night feeling apprehensive, and woke up to realise that a nightmare had become a reality. A man who has, at every opportunity, sought to demean and belittle whole swathes of his society, has become the leader…