Labour Party

Proposed legislation is opposed by all Stormont’s main parties and the Irish government

Lawyer Peter Ward reflects on his 40 years of involvement with Free Legal Aid Centres (Flac)

Familiar cliches down the years, many with a ring of truth

Thirty years ago this week the party entered government … but now it is a marginal player

Locals across the country are complaining that refugees are being housed in large numbers with no consultation

Plans for the minimum wage to reach a living wage-level by 2026 are trundling ahead, and despite what the critics say, it won’t mean the end of the world

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin calls for step change in how drug users are treated in Ireland

Debate on Sinn Féin motion to declare a housing emergency took place in advance of the Raise the Roof protest in Dublin on Saturday

Support for FG and FF rises in latest opinion poll but individual support levels are still far behind Sinn Féin

Irish Times Ipsos Opinion Poll: Unexpected recovery in Government’s fortunes follows giveaway budget

Backing for Opposition slips, with Sinn Féin and Labour losing a point each and Independents/others dipping four

Irish Times/Ipsos poll: Combined support for Coalition parties up six points to 47 per cent following giveaway budget

Irish political parties should reflect on how empowering their members can have an anti-democratic effect and make governing difficult if not impossible

Bacik unveils party’s budget proposals, saying families face bleak winter: ‘heating or eating’

Party outlines details of proposed €4 billion cost-of-living package

While many start out in a party gene pool, they quickly carve out a new identity. The one thing they can’t survive is going into government

We’re in danger of ending up with an emissions-reduction plan that we all nod respectfully toward but that hasn’t a hope of being delivered

Candidates committed to the Treaty succeeded in the June 1922 general election despite death threats and laid the groundwork for a stable system

Cost of living crisis fuelling mood for political change

Support for Coalition slumps as the cost-of-living crisis squeezes voters

Sudden and sharp decline in standard of living and lack of response frustrating electorate

Maximum donation that can be accepted by a political party in the Republic is €2,500

Varadkar’s kick in the shins to Ryan over turf perfectly platformed Sinn Féin in its wider opposition to delivery mechanisms for climate targets

It’s hard to see Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael substantially reversing their losses from 2020

Oxfam condemns Boris Johnson’s proposal as ‘cruel, immoral and impractical’

Sixty Irish workers among the 800 summarily dismissed by Dubai-owned shipping group

Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik widely expected to be next party leader

Outgoing leader Alan Kelly has urged party to rally behind Ivana Bacik

‘It’s not the right time for me,’ says Smith as both back Ivana Bacik for the role

Taoiseach says the ‘continuing barbaric attack’ on people of Ukraine is ‘shocking’

While failing to deliver on promises for US, incumbent president still beats predecessor

Attack in Norwegian town of Kongsberg leaves five dead and three injured

Zappone controversy a recurring theme at Fianna Fáil think-in, with some TDs claiming the Taoiseach has downplayed the issue

Pensions Commission set to recommend retirement age should not increase until 2028

Stance on masks criticised by scientists as Delta variant sweeps through country

Government is ‘pulling the rug’ from under people on the payment, says Sinn Féin

TD Alan Farrell says he hopes line has been drawn in sand following expulsion of chief scout

Douglas Gageby was born in Victorian terrace where union leader Jim Larkin later lived

McDonald says party operates on a ‘six- and 26-county basis’ in reply to Sipo’s query about bequest

Party criticises promises of both tax cuts and increased public spending