Labour Senator Kevin Humphreys has said the lifting of employment restrictions in the restaurant industry shouldn’t be used to create a race to the bottom in employment standards across the sector. It follows calls this week from the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) to lift restrictions on the hiring of chefs from outside the EU…

Labour Party leader and Wexford TD Brendan Howlin has said the omission of investment in Rosslare Europort in the National Plan has to be reversed. Deputy Howlin raised the issue with the Taoiseach in the Dáil today. Deputy Howlin commented: “The lack of investment for Rosslare Europort in the Government’s strategy 2040 is astonishing. “In…

Speaking ahead of a Green Party motion on the Cost of Rental Public Housing this evening, Labour Housing spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan TD, has called on the Government to move quickly to use the 700 publicly owned sites already identified around the country for social and affordable housing. The Labour Party will support tonight’s motion, but…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD, has repeated his call for the Taoiseach’s vanity project, the Strategic Communications Unit to be disbanded. This follows the publication of internal Government correspondence today by the Sunday Business Post. Deputy Howlin said: “There are a number of things that arise from today’s story that confirm the Taoiseach is…

Labour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin, has called on the Taoiseach to clarify remarks pertaining to his position on Brexit made by the British Prime Minister, Teresa May, in her speech on Brexit yesterday. Deputy Hoqlin said: “Specifically, Mrs May indicated that she and the Taoiseach agreed that both countries, Ireland and the United Kingdom, would…

Labour Party representative for Dublin South-West and Councillor for Tallaght South, Martina Genockey has condemned the events that have taken place in Tallaght this evening resulting in the robbery and destruction of at least one supermarket in the area. Councillor Genockey said: “I absolutely condemn the behaviour of those who looted the Centra, Topaz and…

After the review launched by the Taoiseach into his own Strategic Communications Unit, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has called on him to now disband the discredited unit; to cease the use of public money for partisan and unethical advertisements with the sole promotion of his Government; and to support measures to ensure the Dáil…

Labour representative for Dublin Central, Joe Costello has criticised the failure of the Department of Social Protection to inform citizens of where to recieve their social weflare payments today. Mr Costello said: “The Department of Social Protection are very remiss in closing their Intreo offices in central Dublin from Wednesday the 28th February and not…