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Burton to launch Bill to address illegal adoptions – Thurs 11am Buswells

News – The Labour PartyLabour TD Joan Burton will today, Thursday 24th January publish a new bill that would address the problems caused by illegal adoptions where people were not provided with an adoption certificate but rather a false birth certificate without any evidence of their adoption. The launch will take place in the Boardroom…

Labour Trade Unionists
23 January 2019

Statement by Labour LGBT on the RTÉ PrimeTime programme airing this evening on Trans Youth.

News – The Labour PartyLabour LGBT are concerned the producers of the RTÉ PrimeTime programme airing this evening have decided to go ahead with a programme on Trans Youth, despite the clear calls not to do so by those who are directly concerned with the welfare of young Trans people and their families in Ireland….

22 January 2019

Irish filmmaking is one of our greatest exports – Burton

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokeswomen on Arts and Heritage, Joan Burton TD, has extended congratulations to Element Pictures, Louise Bagnall and Robbie Ryan for their Oscar nominations announced today. Deputy Burton also emphasised that these nominations should serve to highlight the value of investing the arts in Ireland. Deputy Burton said; “Another year of…

Labour Admin

22 January 2019

Key timelines on cervical cancer prevention must be met

News – The Labour Party Labour Party health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said that this Cervical Cancer Prevention Week the Minister for Health must commit to setting out timelines on four key issues when it comes to cervical cancer.  Deputy Kelly said: “While there has been much scandal around CervicalCheck this year, it is…

22 January 2019

Level of Homeless Children Presenting to Temple Street Betrays Vision of Democratic Programme

News – The Labour PartyLabour Spokesperson for Urban Regeneration, Joe Costello, has called on the government to act to tackle the sustained rise in childhood homeless.  Mr. Costello said: “The sharp increase in the number of homeless children who were treated in Temple St Hospital in 2018 compared to 2017 from 651 to 842 is…

Labour Admin

22 January 2019

The government should relaunch Local Area Hackney Scheme

News – The Labour PartyLabour Transport Spokesperson Senator Kevin Humphreys has called on Minister Ross to reinvigorate and expand the ‘Local Area Hackney’ or ‘Rural Hackney’ license scheme, and expressed concerns about the back of the envelope plan proposed by Minister Daly which opens the door to Uber as a public transport service model in Ireland.  Senator Humphreys said:…

Labour Admin

22 January 2019

Solutions exist to avert nurses’ strike

News – The Labour PartyLabour Party health spokesperson Alan Kelly TD has said the Minister for Health must honour their proposals passed by the Dáil on the nurses strike. Deputy Kelly said “According to the INMO, the HSE and the Department of health have made no proposals to averting strike action due to take place…

21 January 2019

Labour Democratic Programmes – on the Centenary of the 1st Dáil

News – The Labour PartyRemarks at the Centenary of the First Dáil, Mansion House, Dublin 21st January 2019. Brendan Howlin TD, Leader of the Labour Party Ireland is one of only a handful of countries that has sustained a democratically-elected Parliament, uninterrupted, for a century. I’m proud of the role that the Labour Party has…

Labour Admin

21 January 2019

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