News – The Labour PartyLabour’s Climate and Transport Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has hit out at the Government’s revised National Development Plan (NDP), accusing Ministers of dragging their feet on public transport. Speaking following the publication of the revised NDP today, Deputy Ahern said that the €2 billion allocated to Metrolink does not represent the…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s climate spokesperson Ciaran Ahern has expressed deep concern at this Government’s commitment to decarbonising data centres. In response to a Parliamentary Question from Deputy Ahern, Minister Darragh O’Brien said that Government’s policy statement on data centres ‘encourages’ implementation of decarbonised energy sources. Labour is calling on Government to strengthen regulations…

News – The Labour Party Tackle creaking water infrastructure  Invest in street-by-street retrofitting programme Support legislation for a Future Generations Commissioner Time for short-termism is over Labour’s climate spokesperson Ciaran Ahern TD has urged Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to put climate and environmental measures at the heart of Budget 2026. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions…

News – The Labour PartyResponding to EPA data that shows emission reductions slowed in 2024, Labour Party Spokesperson on Climate, Environment and Energy, Deputy Ciarán Ahern, has said that Government needs to get its act together on climate action if we are to avoid potential fines of up to €26 billion. Deputy Ahern said: “The…

News – The Labour Party State must take control of Emeis 27 nursing homes Labour’s Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock TD has confirmed that the Labour Party will use its Dáil Private Members’ Time tomorrow, Wednesday, 2nd July at 10am to bring forward a comprehensive motion to curb the influence of big business in the nursing…

News – The Labour Party Government must take clear steps to immediately operate and manage the Emeis controlled 27 nursing homes. Patient safety and welfare cannot wait for the HIQA review.   Labour to set out proposals to end big business nursing home involvement in the nursing home sector in Private Members motion on Wednesday.  We…

News – The Labour Party Councils must explain failure to the Oireachtas   Labour’s Climate Spokesperson Ciarán Ahern TD has today called for an urgent hearing of the Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action to summon local authorities over the findings of a damning new EPA report into large-scale illegal peat extraction. The report…

News – The Labour PartyLabour’s transport spokesperson Ciaran Ahern has slammed the failure of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to prioritise the rollout of contactless payment on public transport in Dublin. Following the Minister’s appearance at the Oireachtas Committee on Transport today, Deputy Ahern said introducing next generation ticketing is a no brainer, and should…