Progress on arts funding too slow

Thu Oct 19, 2017 - 05:34 pm - Brendan Howlin TD Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin has criticised the Government for the slow progress made in providing adequate funding to the arts sector following the promise of the Taoiseach to double funding. D...

Construction Employment Order a major victory for workers & Labour movement

Thu Oct 19, 2017 - 04:13 pm - Senator Ged Nash Senator Ged Nash has welcomed the enactment of the first sectoral employment order for construction workers today, based on legislation introduced by the Labour Party. This order sets legally binding ...

Funding must be provided for sexual abuse and violence study

Thu Oct 19, 2017 - 12:52 pm - Deirdre Kingston, Cllr -->Following the news that the Rape Crisis Network will not be able to provide statistics on 2016, and that the Government has pulled funding for a new Sexual Abuse and Violence Study, Labour spokespe...

Commitment needed on €45 million for Beaumont building work

Thu Oct 19, 2017 - 11:22 am - Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin Beaumont A&E gets funding for design work in 2018 but NOT for building.Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has cautiously welcomed the announcement that the design stage for a new Emergency Department i...

Sherlock calls for action on foreign fraud calls

Wed Oct 18, 2017 - 05:45 pm - Sean Sherlock TD Labour spokesperson on Justice, Sean Sherlock TD has called on the Ministers for Justice and Communications respectively to take action on the huge number of fraudulent calls that are plaguing people ...