Type: Notification

A Labour Party motion calling for unanimous Dáil support for the HPV vaccine in schools, and to extend the vaccine to boys in first year in secondary school will be debated during Private Members’ time this evening. Labour spokesperson on Health, Deputy Alan Kelly, and Deputy Jan O’Sullivan will be available to talk to reporters…

The Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin TD will be available to speak to reporters this morning at 11.30am, Thursday 22nd March, on the Leinster House plinth about the Labour Private Members debate on Genuine Progress Indicators and National Distributional Accounts Bill 2017 which will be taken in the Dáil this afternoon. What: doorstep with Labour…

The Labour Party will host a public meeting in Dublin on the challenges posed by Brexit this evening, Wednesday, March 21st from 7pm. The panel of speakers includes British Labour MP and member of the Brexit Select Committee Stephen Kinnock, former SDLP leader Mark Durkan, Patricia King of ICTU, and Irish Labour leader Brendan Howlin…

Due to bad weather, today’s planned doorstep on bogus self-employment is cancelled. 

Tomorrow, Wednesday 28th February 2018, Senator Ged Nash will be holding a media doorstep on a new bill to tackle false self-employment. Senator Nash will be joined by representatives from trade unions whose members have been impacted by the rise of bogus self-employment. The doorstep will include representatives from the Connect Trade Union, BATU, OPATSI,…

POSTPONED SELECTION CONVENTION Further to the diary notification issued on Friday, the Labour Party Wicklow Selection Convention has been postponed on Thursday night due to the expectation of severe weather. This is to limit non-essential travel on Thursday evening in the event of severe cold, frost and snow. The event will be rescheduled in due…

In advance of the Dáil debate on the new bill to tackle ‘if and when’ contracts, often called zero hour contracts, Labour Party spokesperson on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Sen. Ged Nash, along with Willie Penrose TD and Jan O’Sullivan TD will be available to speak to reporters at 11.50am today, Tuesday 13th February…

Labour Party legislation to tackle infant school absenteeism will be debated during Private Members’ time in the Seanad this afternoon. The Education Welfare Amendment Bill 2017 seeks to to amend the Education Welfare Act 2000 which established the National Education Welfare Board (NEWB) but which only applies to children aged 6-16 years. Currently children enrolled…

Labour Party legislation to tackle online harassment, stalking, cyber-bullying and so-called ‘revenge porn’ will be debated during Private Members’ time in the Dáil this afternoon. The Harassment and Related Offences Bill 2017 seeks to modernise existing harassment laws to cover modern technology and social media, and follows recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission in…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be in Cork city tomorrow Friday 26 January for the official reopening of the Labour Party office at 107 Bandon Road at 12.30pm. The event is open to reporters. In advance of the opening, Deputy Brendan Howlin will also be joined by Kathleen Lynch and Ciaran Lynch from 11.15am…

The Parliamentary Labour Party will tomorrow, Monday 22nd January, hold a special meeting to discuss their priorities for the year ahead in the Dáil and Seanad, and specifically efforts to address the housing crisis. The Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD, will be available to speak to reporters at 1.45pm at the entrance to Liberty Hall….

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin, and Jan O’Sullivan TD, Labour representative on the 8th Committee will be available to speak to reporters at 11.45am on the plinth this morning Tuesday 16th January. When: 11.45am, Tuesday 16th January What: doorstep with Brendan Howlin TD and Jan O’Sullivan TD Where: plinth, Leinster House

Former TD, and Labour representative for Dublin Central Joe Costello will today at 11am hand in a petition of over 3,000 signatures at the GPO today from local residents who want the Phibsborough Post Office retained as a Branch office operated by An Post. What: Joe Costello peititon to An Post to save Phibsborough Post…

The Labour Party’s representative on the Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, Jan O’Sullivan TD, will be available to speak to reporters on the plinth at Leinster House at 11.15 this morning, following yesterday’s vote by the Committee to recommend repealing the Eighth Amendment. When: 11.15, Thursday 14th December What: Doorstep with Jan…

Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin will be available to speak to reporters at 11am on the plinth this morning Tuesday 12th December on Brexit and issues of the day. When: 11am, Tuesday 12th December What: doorstep with Brendan Howlin TD Where: plinth, Leinster House

The case taken by Joe Costello over a failure to enact legislation to revise constituencies in line with population changes will continue today, 19th December at 11am in Court Four of the High Court. What: ongoing case by Joe Costello Where: Four Courts, Dublin 7 When: 11am, Court 4.

Labour Women are hosting a Nollaig na mBan celebration tonight, Friday 5th January 2018. There will be guest speaker contributions on the evening including Senator Ivana Bacik and former Senator Aideen Hayden. Venue: Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2Date: Friday, 5th January Time: 6.30-9pm  

Labour Spokesperson on Urban Regeneration, Joe Costello will be available to brief the media following a directions hearing at the High Court in relation to his application for declarations in relation to boundaries that will apply in the event of an election. Journalists planning to attend are asked to notify the press office in order…

The Parliamentary Labour Party will hold a special meeting today at 1pm in Leinster House, and will be available to speak to reporters afterwards on the plinth at 1.30pm

Labour TD for Tipperary, Alan Kelly, will be available to speak to reporters on issues relating to the Department of Justice. When: 11am, Wednesday 22nd November 2017 Where: Leinster House Portico Contact Siobhán 085-1210344

Tomorrow, Tuesday 21st November at 10.30am in the Dun Library in the Royal College of Physicians, No. 6 Kildare St, Labour Party Senator Ged Nash will launch a new bill to tackle false self-employment. The Bill will be launched with a roundtable of representatives from trade unions whose members have been impacted by the rise…

Labour’s Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017 will be debated in Private Members Time in the Dáil on Wednesday from 4.45pm. The Bill would require Local Authorities to recognise the rights of a child in a family unit when applying for accommodation or other assistance, which are currently not explicitly recognised under the Housing Acts. Jan…

Councillor Dermot Lacey will launch his book ‘All the Red Ties – Celebrating Scouting in Donnybrook 1927-2017’ tomorrow night in the Mansion House. The book will be launched by John Lawlor, CEO of Scouting Ireland. What: Launch of All the Red Ties by Dermot Lacey When: Thursday, 2nd November 2017 @ 7pm Where: The Oak…

Committee Stage of the Labour Party’s Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2017 will take place this evening in the Seanad. Labour Seanad Leader Sen. Ivana Bacik will be available to speak to reporters on the Bill’s progress at 2.30pm on the plinth. What: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2017 Where: Leinster House Plinth When: 2.30pm…