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Labour leading in the fight to Repeal the 8th – Labour Women
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLeading up to the March for Choice taking place in Dublin tomorrow Labour Women has warmly welcomed the announcement that Cllr Jane Horgan Jones is to Chair the Labour Campaign Committee to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Speaking on the matter Chair of Labour Women Sinead…
Read more »O’Sullivan expresses concern over numbers of children in emergency accomodation
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Housing spokesperson, Jan O’Sullivan TD, has expressed her concern over new figures showing the number of children living in emergency accommodation has surpassed the three thousand mark for the first time. The figures are contained in the Homelessness Report for August released by the…
Read more »Shambolic response to Staleen repair left 60,000 without water for days
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyDocuments released under Freedom of Information show no contact in 2017 between Irish Water and Department of Housing on €24 million Staleen investment Drogheda-based Labour Senator Ged Nash has said delays and confusion in Irish Water’s response to the major pipe burst at Staleen near…
Read more »Cllr Jane Horgan Jones to Chair Labour Campaign Committee to Repeal the 8th – Howlin
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Brendan Howlin has today announced that Councillor Jane Horgan Jones will chair the Labour Campaign to Repeal the 8th Amendment. Cllr Horgan Jones has been a member of Dublin City Council since 2011 and previously served on the Labour Party Expert Commission on…
Read more »Further delay of Dominick Street development a major blow to local community- Costello
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Urban Regeneration Joe Costello, has said the announcement yesterday by Dublin City Council that the regeneration of the old Dominick Street flats in the heart of the City was stalled due to lack of funding is another blow to local residents who…
Read more »Large turnout at March for Choice needed to build campaign momentum
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party representative on the Eighth Amendment Committee, Jan O’Sullivan TD has encouraged people to attend the Abortion Rights’ Campaign March for Choice taking place in Dublin tomorrow. Deputy O’Sullivan said: “With the Committee on the Eighth Amendment examining the Citizens’ Assembly recommendations, we are…
Read more »Government should restore funding to Baby Friendly Health Initiative
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour TD Joan Burton today raised at the Order of Business the removal of funding of €50,000 from the Baby Friendly Health Initiative by the Government that has forced it to close down. Deputy Burton said: “In the Dáil today, at the Order of Business…
Read more »Defibrillators should be installed in all schools
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party TD for Dublin Fingal, Brendan Ryan has supported calls by Gaelscoil Ros Éo principal Tim Ó Tuachaigh to install defibrillators in all schools as a life-saving measure. This call comes as Mr Ó Tuachaigh saved a life of a nine year old child when…
Read more »Ross-induced governance crisis as five State transport Boards without Chair
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Transport, Senator Kevin Humphreys has highlighted the lack of a chairperson on five State transport boards. This comes with the prospect of a strike in Irish Rail and ongoing issues in Bus Éireann. The Minister for Transport has failed to ensure that…
Read more »Closure of Baby Friendly Health Initiative bad news for Irish mothers
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Kevin Humphreys has slammed the failure of the HSE for withdrawing funding from the Baby Friendly Health Initiative. Following the loss of €50,000 in funding itI has been forced to close and this comes just days before National Breastfeeding Week starts on 1st…
Read more »Failure to secure Yeats Collection a National Embarrassment
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Culture, Joan Burton TD has said that the failure to secure the Yeats Collection in public ownership is a national embarrassment following questions to the Minister for Culture in the Dáil. This follows the failure of the State to purchase the collection…
Read more »Confirmed: New Drugs now won’t be funded until November
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyFollowing questions from Labour spokesperson on Health, Alan Kelly TD, it was confirmed this morning by the Minister for Health that nine new high tech drugs won’t be available to patients until November. These drugs have been found to be life saving and cost effective,…
Read more »Government must commit to date for water ownership referendum
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyAs the Government met today to discuss up to eight planned referendums, Labour spokesperson on Water Jan O’Sullivan has expressed her surprise at the failure of the Government to advance a referendum to ensure that our water infrastructure remains in public ownership. The Labour Party…
Read more »Howlin to attend British Labour Conference
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party leader Brendan Howlin will attend the UK Labour Party Conference in Brighton over the coming three days, and will focus his efforts on seeking to further develop the Labour Party position on Brexit. “I am delighted to once again attend the UK Labour…
Read more »Sherlock calls for immediate publication of Murray Report
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Justice Spokesperson Sean Sherlock TD has today called for the immediate publication of the Murray Report. Former Chief Justice, John L. Murray submitted his report on the Review of the Law on the Retention of and Access to Communications Data to the Minister for…
Read more »Strategy needed to attract more healthcare workers from UK
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyFollowing news that 10,000 EU nationals have left the NHS since the Brexit vote, Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly has called on the HSE to use Brexit as a way to address staff shortages in the health service. Deputy Kelly commented: “Yesterday, NHS Digital…
Read more »Ireland must lead on Sustainable Development Goals
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader and spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Brendan Howlin TD has said on the second anniversary of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, that having played a key role in negotiating the 17 goals and 169 targets, Ireland must now lead on delivery. Deputy Howlin…
Read more »Zero Hours announcement a Labour win
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Youth has today welcomed the announcement that zero hour contracts are to be outlawed. Labour Youth National Chairperson Kevin Donoghue commented: “The issue of zero hour contracts is something that Labour Youth has been campaigning on for many years along with Senator Ged Nash,…
Read more »Nash calls on Government to publish ‘if & when’ contracts legislation now
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on Employment Senator Ged Nash who initiated the process to ban zero hour contracts and better regulate the area of precarious work has called on the government to publish the proposed legislation in full now. Senator Nash said: “These proposals have been…
Read more »Budget must focus on people not tax cuts
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Brendan Howlin TD has reiterated his call at Leader’s Questions for the Budget to be refocused on public services rather than paltry tax cuts. Deputy Howlin said: “At Leaders Questions today I called on the Taoiseach to stop the phoney war with Fianna…
Read more »O’Sullivan welcomes ICTU intervention on Housing
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Housing, Jan O’Sullivan TD has welcomed the publication today by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions of their proposals to tackle the housing emergency, and backed their call for an urgent expansion in the local authority house building programme. Deputy O’Sullivan said:…
Read more »Clarity needed on rogue agencies regulations
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Leader, Brendan Howlin TD has called on the Government to progress legislation on regulating rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. Deputy Howlin commented: “Earlier today the Taoiseach was unable to provide any clarity as to when regulations will be introduced on rogue crisis pregnancy agencies….
Read more »Still no clarity when life saving drugs will become available for patients
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Health Spokesperson Alan Kelly has called for clarification from the Minister for Health and the HSE about the sustainable funding arrangements that have been put in place for nine new drugs, and when those drugs will become available to patients. Two months there is…
Read more »Actions of Aung San Suu Kyi Deplorable
Press Archives – Page 132 of 174 – The Labour PartyLabour Party Councillor for Rathgar-Rathmines, Cllr Mary Freehill has criticised Aung San Suu Kyi’s handling of the Rohinga crisis as ‘deplorable’ and called on her to allow UN investigators into Rakhine State. Ms Suu Kyi was first awarded the Freedom of Dublin in 2000 when…
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