The German Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, Katarina Barley will visit the border in North Louth, on Friday afternoon with Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin, Senator Ged Nash, and Claire Hanna MLA, SDLP Brexit spokesperson. In Germany, Katarina Barley is the lead candidate for Labour’s sister party, the SPD (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) in the…

Labour TD Willie Penrose has welcomed today’s announcement from Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor that changes to the minimum entry requirements for the Professional Master of Education (PME) for primary teaching will not now come into effect until September 2020. Deputy Penrose said:  “I am delighted to receive the news that Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connell has…

Following his questioning at today’s meeting of the Public Accounts Committee, Labour Party Health spokesperson and Vice-Chair of the PAC, Alan Kelly TD, has expressed concern that top officials in the Department of Health not being able to confirm if costs of the National Children’s Hospital.  Deputy Kelly said: “It is extremely worrying that the…

After meeting nurses on the picket line in University Hospital Limerick, the country’s most consistently overcrowded hospital, Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called on the Government to take the concerns nurses have seriously. Deputy Kelly said: “The nurses I met outside University Hospital Limerick this morning don’t want to be on strike…

Brendan Howlin, TD for Wexford and Labour Party Leader, has extended his congratulations to the team at the Dunbrody Famine Ship and Irish Immigrant Experience, Co. Wexford. Dunbrody Famine Ship was awarded a Merit Award at the 29th International Annual CIE Tours Awards of Excellence. Deputy Howlin said: “I would like to extend my warmest…

Brendan Howlin TD, leader of the Labour Party, reacted to the latest developments in Westminster and called on the Taoiseach to hold firm on Ireland’s need for a legally-binding agreement to keep the border open, and that any future EU-UK trade deal must commit to that. Deputy Howlin said: “While the UK exiting the EU…

Speaking at the Politics Society of Trinity College tonight, 29th January, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin outlined his views on the future of Northern Ireland after Brexit. In his remarks Deputy Howlin spoke extensively on the future of the Labour movement there, and the implications of the recently announced partnership between the SDLP and Fianna…

Labour Justice Spokesperson, Senator Ivana Bacik, has welcomed the government’s decision to hold  a referendum on divorce.    The referendum will ask people to approve an amendment to Article 41.3.2 of the Constitution to remove the minimum living apart period for spouses applying for a divorce.    Senator Bacik said;   “I welcome the announcement today that…