News – The Labour PartyOne year on from the scandalous overnight closure of Clery’s, Senator Ged Nash has called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation to urgently implement the proposals contained in the Duffy-Cahill Report. Speaking this afternoon outside Clery’s building, Senator Nash said, “The manner in which the Clery’s workers lost their…

News – The Labour Party  Speaking at the Tom Johnson Summer School, Wynn’s Hotel, Dublin Embargo – 8pm Saturday 11 June  It’s an honour to be here again at the Tom Johnson Summer School – my first opportunity as Leader of the Labour Party to address this event. Since my election as Leader, I have…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson on Mental Health Kathleen Lynch has welcomed news that funding ring-fenced for mental health has been restored in the 2016 budget allocation. “Under the previous Programme for Government 2011-2016, there was a specific commitment to ring-fence funding of €35 million for the mental health budget every year. “As Minister…

News – The Labour PartyIreland should now recognise the State of Palestine so that the people of the Middle East can move towards a final and comprehensive peace settlement. Late last year in the Oireachtas, Labour in government supported a motion to recognise a Palestinian state, and this symbolic recognition should be adopted at Government…

News – The Labour PartyI welcome the fact the government has responded positively to Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin’s call at Leaders Questions on the urgent need to establish a robust task force dedicated to tackling crime and deprivation in Dublin’s North Inner City. Last week myself and Brendan Howlin met with community leaders in…

News – The Labour PartyCiaran Lynch has been appointed by the Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin as spokesperson on Affordable Housing and the Retail Sector. Mr Lynch was first elected in 2004 to Cork City Council and elected to Dáil Eireann in 2007 and again in 2011. Mr Lynch previously served as Labour spokesperson on…

News – The Labour PartyI am delighted to accept the position of spokesperson on Urban Regeneration for the Labour Party. Ireland has changed dramatically over the last fifty years from a largely rural to a largely urban society.  The changes were most pronounced in recent decades.   Urban planning has not kept pace with urban development. …

News – The Labour PartyAs I said when I became Leader of the Labour Party, I am confident about this party’s future, because we have values that are immutable that are not going away any time soon. They have endured 100 years and will endure another 100. And they are needed today more than ever.”…