Labour Youth has elected Adrian McCarthy as the organisation’s National Chairperson last weekend.   Adrian’s election took place following on from the loss of former Chair Cormac Ó Braonáin in December. Commenting on his election and the context in which it has occurred, Adrian said: “I am privileged to have been elected Chairperson of Labour…

– Buy a newspaper urges Howlin Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has urged the Government to help struggling local newspapers through ad buys, and urged the public to support their local and national titles by buying a copy. Deputy Howlin said: “I welcome the action by the government to suspend the BAI levy for local…

Speaking today in the Seanad during the debate on the Government’s Health (Preservation and Protection and Other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020, Senator Ivana Bacik expressed understanding as to the need for the temporary measures recommended by the Public Health in the extraordinary emergency context of the Covid-19 crisis, but raised concerns about the need to provide…

Labour Councillor and chairperson of Dublin City Council Housing SPC, Alison Gilliland, has called on Air B&B owners to offer their units to their local authority for HAP tenancies. Cllr Gilliland said: ‘This would allow those currently in homeless accommodation or in overcrowded home situations become more appropriately accommodated. ‘With falling tourists numbers the knock effect is…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called for the Government to put in place stronger measures to protect renters during COVID-19. Deputy Kelly said: “While I welcome the fact that the Government has finally come around to the fact that a rent freeze and a ban on evictions are completely necessary. “However, we…

Speaking in relation to the likely duration of the coronavirus emergency over several months, and the need to preserve social distancing and self-isolation, the leader of the Labour Party, Brendan Howlin TD, has called on the Government to move all public agency deadlines forward by six months to avoid people having to travel and to…

Speaking in the Dáil today on the emergency legislation for the coronavirus epidemic, Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin called for support to be provided to local radio stations who are an essential source of information but suffering from a dramatic fall in advertising revenue. Deputy Howlin said: “In this national crisis, local radio is a…

Remarks by Alan Kelly on second stage of COVID-19 emergency legislation, Dáil Éireann, Thursday 19th March 2020. As somebody who has worked with the health service over the last four years in my role as Labour Party spokesperson on health, I would like to commence my contribution by acknowledging the health workers who will be…