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#OurFuture - Labour's Alternative budget

We have made clear that we don't believe there is enough space for any tax cuts in this Budget. Instead, we have argued for the construction of 5,000 public homes, and the funding of Sláintecare (a n...

Marching for Choice

As proud members of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment we marched in solidarity behind them with our own banner, flags and committed Party members. We took to the streets once again to show...

Apply for the Richard O'Carroll Empowerment Bursary

The Labour Party’s Richard O’Carroll Empowerment Bursary is named in memory of the leader of the Labour Group on Dublin Corporation who was killed in the 1916 Easter Rising, Councillor Richard Oâ€...

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Catalonia Crisis must be Resolved through Dialogue- Dáil speech by Brendan Howlin

Tue Oct 24, 2017 - 05:30 pm - Brendan Howlin TD CHECK AGAINST DELIVERYCatalonia Crisis must be Resolved through DialogueDáil Éireann, Statements on CataloniaTuesday 24th October 2017I want to start by quoting a statement from the Catalonian Presi...

Howlin welcomes Halawa return

Tue Oct 24, 2017 - 11:46 am - Brendan Howlin TD Labour Party Leader and spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Brendan Howlin TD, has welcomed news that Ibrahim Halawa has finally returned home to Ireland.Deputy Howlin said:“I am delighted to hear that...

Full transparency & schedule of compensation needed from Banks

Mon Oct 23, 2017 - 03:40 pm - Joan Burton TD Labour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton TD has said that there must now be full transparency from those banks implicated in the tracker mortgage scandal and an urgency brought to efforts to compensate...

Proper funding & coaching needed to help grow women's rugby

Mon Oct 23, 2017 - 02:43 pm - Deirdre Kingston, Cllr Labour Party Equality spokesperson, Councillor Deirdre Kingston has rubbished claims by Fianna Fail Senator Terry Leyden that rugby is bad for women’s health.Councillor Kingston has also supported t...

Fine Gael proposals to charge for Free GP Care wrong move

Mon Oct 23, 2017 - 12:31 pm - Alan Kelly TD Following revelations over the weekend that Fine Gael plan to charge €5 a visit for children between 6 and 12 to visit their GP, Labour spokesperson on Health Alan Kelly TD has said that this move w...

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