Speaking at Labour’s ‘Standing up for working families’ campaign launch:Families across the country will potentially benefit from Labour’s plan to introduce a €2 per hour childcare system, Labour candidate for Dublin South West Cllr Pamela Kearns has said. Speaking today at the launch of the Labour’s ‘Standing Up For Working Families’ campaign, Cllr Kearns, who…

Standing up for working families’ campaign launch: Speaking at the launch of the Labour Party ‘Standing Up For Working Families’ campaign this afternoon, Labour TD John Lyons outlined Labour’s achievements in education over the last five years, and unveiled an ambitious plan to deliver the smallest class sizes in the history of the state. “Labour…

· Fifth annual plan is first in new phase of the Action Plan process, aimed at creating 200,000 extra jobs by 2020 · Plan is key part of Government strategy to keep the recovery going – 50,000 extra jobs targeted for 2016 The Government today launched Action Plan for Jobs 2016, the fifth in the…

The claims by Fianna Fail this weekend that they are competing to lead the next government, and that they can be trusted to build an economic recovery, is a clear indication that they are deluded. In 2011, the people of Ireland put Labour in Government to clean up the economic mess that Fianna Fail created,…

Fianna Fáil must be bonkers this weekend if they think voters will take them seriously with their promise to “build a fairer Ireland”.   When Fianna Fáil’s economic policies failed dismally and almost destroyed the country, their immediate reaction was to kick the most vulnerable hard, and then kick them again when they were down.   It…

Galway East Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins today called for “Unclaimed lottery prizes to go to good causes, of which there are many”.  Senator Higgins was reacting to claims that 2% of national lottery money has not been collected by suspecting winners which amounts to approximately €13m.  Lottery winnings must be collected within a defined period…

Today the Tánaiste chaired the OECD Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting in Paris. The meeting saw ministers agree to review the OECD jobs strategy in order to build more resilient and inclusive labour markets – i.e. working to ensure that if any future economic shocks occur, jobs, incomes and workers’ rights are protected to a…

Speaking ahead of the launch of Senator John Whelan’s election campaign in Portlaoise this evening, Labour TD and former Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn outlined his views on the choice facing voters in the next election. “The people of the new, three seat constituency of Laois will have a clear political choice in…