# Labour

This month

May 2023

# abortion laws

Holly Cairns: 'Our healthcare shouldn't be informed by Leo saying he feels uncomfortable'

The SocDems leader says Ireland is still exporting the care of some pregnant women.

26.5k

May 20th 2023, 10:00 AM

# Local Elections

Tories braced for tough night as polls close in England’s local elections

Photographic ID was required to vote in England for the first time and campaigners said some people had been turned away from polling stations.

15.5k

Updated

May 4th 2023, 10:08 PM

Last month

April 2023

# Racism

UK Labour's Diane Abbot loses party whip after suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people do not face racism

Abbott made the remarks in a letter published in the Observer.

46.3k

Apr 23rd 2023, 12:03 PM

# fg vs labour

Taoiseach accused of being 'smug' as Labour and FG trade blows on housing record

It comes a day after the Department of Housing released new figures on social housing construction.

11.6k

Apr 18th 2023, 2:47 PM

# food costs

Labour call for investigation into 'price gouging' by supermarket chains

Ged Nash said that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission needed to examine the matter.

23.2k

Apr 18th 2023, 12:59 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Housing crisis: Protest to take place at Leinster House today as eviction ban ends

A report by

Tadgh McNally

Protestors are due to gather outside Leinster House at 1pm.

14.4k

Apr 1st 2023, 12:05 AM

March

March 2023

# Abortion

'Enormous burden': Labour call for removal of wait period for abortion care

Labour Senator Annie Hoey said women are “more than able” to make their own decisions around abortion.

10.0k

Mar 29th 2023, 2:12 PM

# eviction ban

Government wins confidence motion in the Dáil by 86 votes to 67

Green TD Neasa Hourigan, who voted against the government over the eviction ban last week, was among those to vote confidence in the government.

46.7k

117

Updated

Mar 29th 2023, 12:16 PM

# partnership

Colum Eastwood rules out SDLP merger with Irish Labour Party

Irish Labour leader Ivana Bacik described the SDLP as a “sister party”.

10.4k

Mar 26th 2023, 12:15 PM

# Housing Crisis

Labour leader Ivana Bacik calls for ‘structural revolution’ in housing provision

Speaking to delegates in Cork, Bacik said Labour wants to deliver a million homes in 10 years.

16.4k

Mar 25th 2023, 7:21 PM

# No Confidence

Govt facing more eviction ban headaches as Labour and SF prepare motions and new laws

Labour is proceeding with its no-confidence motion, while Sinn Féín proposes new legislation to halt evictions.

16.1k

Updated

Mar 23rd 2023, 2:22 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you have confidence in the Government?

Labour is expected to table a motion of n0-confidence in the Government.

34.5k

Mar 23rd 2023, 8:02 AM

February

February 2023

# Abuse

Anne Rabbitte says she considered quitting politics after excrement thrown at her at meeting

Rabbitte said that she had been limiting public appearances since the incident at a meeting in her constituency in Gort.

17.2k

Feb 19th 2023, 2:31 PM

# Cost of Living

Taoiseach says windfall tax 'well advanced' and will be used to help families and businesses

A number of existing supports are due to expire at the end of the month.

24.5k

Updated

Feb 14th 2023, 3:02 PM

# Landlords

Housing Minister denies that rent subsidies are a ‘cash bonus for landlords’

Labour leader Ivana Bacik had criticised the amount of money spent on private-sector provision of housing.

8.6k

Feb 9th 2023, 2:29 PM

# tributes

Tributes paid following death of former Education Minister Niamh Bhreathnach

Bhreathnach worked as a Labour party Councillor in Blackrock, Dublin and later as a TD for Dún Laoghaire.

37.3k

Feb 6th 2023, 4:52 PM

# Apology

UK MP apologises for describing Israeli government as ‘fascist’

Kim Johnson also said she recognised the use of the term, ‘apartheid state’, was ‘insensitive’.

9.2k

Feb 1st 2023, 5:10 PM

This year

2023

# stepping down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

Ardern said she would step down no later than 7 February because she no longer had ‘enough in the tank’.

65.5k

Jan 19th 2023, 7:30 AM

# sipo's teeth

Long overdue ethics laws to keep politicians in check can't be delayed, say opposition

Minister Michael McGrath says very many of Sipo’s asks will be included in legislation reforms.

8.6k

Jan 16th 2023, 5:27 PM

# Labour

Irish study reveals clinicians' views on C-sections for new mothers

A maternity care expert said the study shows the pregnant person is “not at the centre of their care”.

30.8k

Jan 11th 2023, 7:11 PM

# Ivana Bacik

Irish Labour leader hails UK counterpart but disagrees with his ban on MPs joining protests

Ivana Bacik said she sees what Keir Starmer has done as a lesson the Labour party here can follow.

11.5k

Jan 1st 2023, 6:39 PM

Last year

2022

# Political Donations

Sinn Féin receive highest amount in disclosed political donations last year

Donations made by TDs, Senators, MEPs across six political parties amounted to €193,511.

21.1k

Nov 3rd 2022, 12:50 PM

# uk general election

Labour leader Keir Starmer calls for a general election 'now' after Liz Truss resigns as PM

‘The Conservative Party has shown it no longer has a mandate to govern,’ said Keir Starmer.

16.0k

Updated

Oct 20th 2022, 4:00 PM

# Labour

Suspended British MP apologises for calling Tory chancellor 'superficially black'

Huq can be heard discussing Kwarteng’s elite school background, adding ‘You wouldn’t know he is black’.

27.9k

Sep 27th 2022, 9:45 PM

# Climate Change

UK Labour's Miliband mocks '19th century’ Jacob Rees-Mogg and accuses him of ‘climate denial’

Britain’s opposition climate change secretary criticised the Government’s decision to open the door for fracking.

16.6k

Sep 26th 2022, 3:11 PM

# Border poll

UK's Shadow Northern Ireland secretary ‘would call border poll if circumstances right’

However, Peter Kyle said things are currently a ‘long way off’.

17.0k

Sep 25th 2022, 12:43 PM

# Explainer

Labour leader Keir Starmer accused of 'own goal' for sacking an MP after he joined a rail picket

The British Labour leader has been accused of turning ‘a Tory transport crisis into a Labour story’.

17.5k

Jul 28th 2022, 3:30 PM

# UK Labour

On Dublin visit, Keir Starmer accuses Johnson of taking 'wrecking ball' to UK-Irish relations

Starmer’s visit comes as the UK Government revealed plans to introduce legislation that would override parts of the Brexit.

25.4k

Updated

Jun 9th 2022, 5:18 PM

# Visit

British Labour leader Keir Starmer to meet political leaders in Dublin amid NI Protocol row

Starmer will meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin and President Michael D Higgins during the visit.

17.0k

Updated

Jun 8th 2022, 10:15 PM

# Labour

Albanese sworn in as prime minister in Australia ahead of Tokyo summit

Votes are still being counted to determine whether Anthony Albanese will control a majority in Parliament.

7.6k

May 23rd 2022, 7:18 AM

# Ah Keir

Keir Starmer to be investigated over ‘beergate’ allegations - Labour leader denies Covid breach

The Labour leader has been under pressure since footage emerged of him drinking with colleagues in 2021.

22.7k

Updated

May 6th 2022, 6:47 PM

# just transition

Government response to climate crisis ‘inadequate’, Ivana Bacik says

Micheál Martin said a Just Transition Commission would be set up at the end of the year.

9.8k

Apr 5th 2022, 5:43 PM

# NEW LEADER

Ivana Bacik confirmed as new leader of the Labour Party

“I sincerely hope that I can repay the trust you have placed in me.”

29.1k

Updated

Mar 24th 2022, 12:25 PM

# Inflation

'Government doesn't get it': Opposition parties say cost of living package won't go far enough

The rising cost of living is ‘hurting people in the pocket’, said Leo Varadkar.

22.2k

Feb 10th 2022, 1:44 PM

# met police

No 10 efforts to save Johnson are illegal, Commons standards chairman claims

Chris Bryant said threats to withdraw funding from constituencies of MPs seeking to oust the PM should be referred to the police.

34.2k

Jan 22nd 2022, 11:13 AM

All time

# Covid-19

Eamon Ryan has said he took a second Covid-19 test because the first was 'inconclusive'

A spokesperson said that the HSE had recommended a second test and that has returned a negative result.

45.1k

Nov 8th 2021, 6:52 PM

# starmer

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer tests positive for Covid

He is currently in isolation.

14.5k

Oct 27th 2021, 12:41 PM

Voices

Opinion: Maternity restrictions forced me to labour in the car park this week

Breege O’Connor tells how she spent her late stages of labour in the car park of the maternity hospital due to Covid restrictions preventing her husband from joining her.

28.3k

Oct 14th 2021, 4:37 PM

# times of austerity

Budget (Leaks) 2012: Household Charge, Enda's National Address and 'sacrosanct' corporate tax

Budget 2012 was the first budget of the Fine Gael/Labour era.

20.5k

Oct 10th 2021, 7:01 AM

# Alternative budgets

Rent freeze, free transport, more homes: Here's what other parties say they would do if in power

A refundable tax credit is contained in Sinn Féin’s alternative budget.

16.3k

Oct 8th 2021, 5:36 PM