News – The Labour PartyLabour Youth is calling for increased investment in opportunities for young people following the release of a Eurostat report this week showing that a fifth of all young people in Ireland are not in receipt of training, education or employment.  National Chairperson of Labour Youth, Grace Williams commented: “While it is…

News – The Labour PartyThe hospitality industry is beginning to rip off the customer once more as it did during the Celtic Tiger years. Last year the price of a double room in a Dublin hotel increased by 28% in the twelve month period from August 2014 to August 2015.  This year, data analytics specialist,…

News – The Labour PartyDeputy Penrose is calling on all constituents who were transferred to the Meath West constituency to make a submission to the boundary commission once it is operating requesting a return to Longford Westmeath. Deputy Penrose commented: “I will be making a submission to the boundary commission to remedy the situation whereby…

News – The Labour PartyThe Lord Mayor of Dublin, Brendan Carr, has condemned an attempt by the employers’ umbrella group, IBEC, to use the recent vote by the UK to leave the EU to further its attack on workers in Ireland. Councillor Carr said: “In its response to Brexit this week, IBEC claimed that the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Youth held a solidarity action this afternoon outside the Turkish Embassy in Dublin calling for the immediate release of members Labour Youth’s Turkish sister organisation, CHP Youth. Speaking at the action Labour Youth National Chairperson Grace Williams commented: “We condemn, in the strongest terms, the arrest of 13 members of…

News – The Labour PartyI would like to welcome today’s news that Irving Oil is set to buy Ireland’s only oil refinery at Whitegate in Cork Harbour. I believe this is a positive development, and I hope that jobs in Whitegate can be preserved and that this announcement will prove to be a platform for…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD for Longford and Westmeath Willie Penrose has welcomed the success of the bankruptcy legislation which he spearheaded in the 31st Dáil. Deputy Penrose commented: “I am delighted to learn today that almost 800 people have benefitted from the reforms to bankruptcy law which I campaigned for in the…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking on Newstalk Breakfast today, Social Democrat joint leader Stephen Donnelly made it clear that his party remains as opposed as ever, to any measure that would bring the National Minimum wage in line with a Living Wage. Stephen argued that what we should do instead is reduce costs to businesses…