News – The Labour PartySpeaking at the Connect Trade Union conference in Kilkenny today, Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD announced plans to legislate for a Living Wage. Deputy Bacik stated that she has now restored her bill to amend the National Minimum Wage legislation to the Dail Order Paper, calling the Government’s bluff on providing…

News – The Labour PartyThe Labour Parliamentary Party is proud to announce its endorsement of Maeve O’Rourke in the forthcoming Seanad bye-election campaign on the Cultural and Educational panel. The Labour Party met at lunchtime on Tuesday 13th October with Maeve O’Rourke, when it agreed to endorse her nomination. Speaking today, Labour Party leader Ivana…

News – The Labour PartyLabour finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD has called on the Minister for Public Expenditure to make a substantive move within the next 24 hours to help resolve the public sector pay dispute. Speaking following Labour’s Dáil motion on public sector pay today, following yesterday’s nationwide strike, Deputy Nash demanded that government…

News – The Labour PartyDublin Labour MEP Aodhán Ó Ríordáin today launched a campaign calling on the EU to end its preferential trade with Israel by scrapping the €45 billion EU-Israel Association Agreement. Outside Leinster House, he will unveil the billboard that multiple Dublin advertising companies refused to display, deeming it “too politically sensitive.” He…

News – The Labour Party Labour motion on public pay to be debated in Dáil tomorrow (Thursday) Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash TD has said that “only a substantive and substantial proposition” from government has the prospect of resolving the ongoing public sector dispute. His call comes ahead of Labour’s Dáil motion on public pay…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has challenged the Taoiseach over the Government’s failure to resolve the public sector pay dispute ahead of tomorrow’s nationwide strike. During Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today, Deputy Bacik called out Government’s failure to engage in good faith with Trade Unions in recent months. Deputy Bacik…

News – The Labour Party“The devastating news from Waterford today has stopped the entire country in its tracks. “I want to extend my deepest and most sincere sympathies to the family and community of those who have tragically lost their lives. “Our thoughts are also with the two children who remain in a critical condition…

News – The Labour Party Business Committee due to meet at 2pm with new draft schedule showing no sitting day on Wednesday. Minister must now engage on pay and cost of living crisis to avoid another non-sitting day on 21st October. Labour Whip Duncan Smith has welcomed the climbdown by the government over the Dáil…