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Four TDs and senators received 3,000 euro in donations last year

Four politicians declared donations totalling 3,000 euro last year, new figures show. According to the Standards in Public Office Commission (Sipo), two TDs and two senators received 3,800 euro in total donations last year, but after refunds were ...

22 Aug 2022 at 13:10

National News

'Budget 2023 must provide a fair increase in social welfare payments' - Labour

Labour social protection spokesperson Seán Sherlock has demanded that government meet the rate of inflation and provide a €20 increase to social welfare payments. Speaking in advance of Budget 2023, Deputy Sherlock said double payments must made ...

26 Sept 2022 at 12:14

National News

Truss urged to attend meeting of Macron’s European club to boost UK-EU trust

Liz Truss has been urged to attend a meeting of European leaders by Brussels’ representative in the UK. European Union ambassador Joao Vale de Almeida suggested the Prime Minister should attend the European Political Community (EPC) meeting in ...

26 Sept 2022 at 18:26

National News

€200 cap on childcare would bring more women into the workplace - Labour

Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock said there is a crisis in the world of work for thousands of women throughout the country. Through a lack of action on affordable childcare, Senator Sherlock said families should not have to ...

23 Sept 2022 at 17:13

National News

Shadow NI secretary ‘would call border poll if circumstances right’

The shadow Northern Ireland secretary has said he would call a border poll if the circumstances were right. Labour MP Peter Kyle said he “would not be a barrier if the circumstances emerge”. The Northern Ireland Secretary has the power ...

25 Sept 2022 at 12:20

Opposition parties dismiss ‘sticking plaster’ cost-of-living budget

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‘Shock and awe’ budget will not help less well off – Labour

“Shock and awe” measures announced in the budget are not enough to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, and are just “sticking plasters” on housing and inflationary problems, opposition parties have said. After ...

27 Sept 2022 at 18:49

National News

Citizens’ assembly on agriculture the wrong model, says farming group

A proposal to set up a citizens’ assembly on agriculture and food production is “ill thought-out” and “the wrong model”, according to a farming group. Irish Labour Party Cork East TD Sean Sherlock said that a citizens’ assembly ...

06 Aug 2022 at 12:00

National News

'Immediate and significant' pay rise needed says Labour as union industrial action looms

Both private and public sector workers need an immediate and significant pay rise to combat the cost of living crisis, according to Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash. The pay rise proposal comes amid industrial unrest, with ...

25 Jul 2022 at 13:33

National News

Failure of Department of Health to pay Covid bonus is 'beyond insulting' - Labour

Labour health and disability spokesperson Duncan Smith has said that the Department of Health must emerge from the shadows, take responsibility and pay tens of thousands of frontline health workers still waiting on a pandemic ...

23 Jul 2022 at 12:37

National News

Ivana Bacik announced as new Irish Labour Party leader

Ivana Bacik is the new leader of the Irish Labour Party. The leadership contest came following the sudden resignation of Alan Kelly earlier this month. No other candidate came forward to contest the position and it had been ...

24 Mar 2022 at 14:08

Alan Kelly's successor as Labour leader to be announced this afternoon

National News

Dublin TD expected to be confirmed as Alan Kelly's successor this afternoon

Ivana Bacik is expected to be confirmed as the new leader of the Labour party today, taking over from recently deposed leader Alan Kelly. The Dublin Bay South TD’s the only candidate put forward for the role, with ...

24 Mar 2022 at 12:45

Local News

Donegal's island accommodation roads must be taken over

Founder of the Donegal County Council's islands committee, a former councillor, Seamus Rodgers, has called for an even distribution of the €2.09 million for upgrades to island roads which was announced today. The ...

09 Mar 2022 at 12:58

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