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# Labour Party

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Last year
2024
Labour Party walks away from government formation talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
Regional Independents pivot towards power while rotating Taoiseach now a certainty
The term time for the rotating Taoiseach is yet to be decided.
Mary Lou McDonald pledges to stick around as Sinn Féin leader for next five years
Does this election show the Labour Party is finally less toxic to voters? Not quite
'Bit late for apology': Opposition criticise Harris's tense encounter with carer
Labour lash out at FG sick leave U-turn as cracks emerge between prospective coalition partners
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil had been eyeing up Labour as possible future partners in government, if the numbers added up after the election.
Pay-related maternity leave and free GP care for all children promised in Labour's manifesto
Greens and Labour call on RTÉ to host a climate debate as part of general election coverage
Labour and Social Democrats vie for renters' vote (with very similar plans) as prices skyrocket
Backlash continues from Michael O'Leary's teacher remarks following endorsement of FG minister
Teaching union INTO have condemned O’Leary’s ‘outrageous and insulting’ remarks.
'A serious taxation mistake': Parties row over proposed VAT rate cuts
Green Party 'don't know whether to laugh or cry' over Fianna Fáil climate proposals
The first day of the 2024 general election campaign is in full swing.
Opposition offer Dáil time next week to progress Occupied Territories Bill before election
Warnings of spending cuts and tax increases precede Labour Government's budget announcement
Green leader 'certainly open' to new coalition with FF and FG as Labour warn of 'conservative coalition'
Council votes to ban Netanyahu and Israeli Govt from Cork City
Dáil hears debate over €800 payment to people housing Ukrainians which supports 'thousands'
New Labour Bill aims to ensure religious orders pay redress to victims of sexual abuse
Keir Starmer rules out austerity measures as the Labour Party's annual conference opens
'WHO VOTED FOR ALL THIS?': British media responds to controversial winter fuel payments cut
Starmer: 'Painful' budget ahead for UK as Tory Govt borrowed and spent billions extra
Government's Autism strategy includes over 80 ‘clear actions’ to be delivered within 18-month period
Decision on use of vacant Baggot Street hospital should be made within 6 months - Labour
Keir Starmer 'committed to Good Friday Agreement' over possibility of Irish unity referendum
Emma DeSouza: Brighter times could be ahead for Northern Ireland under Labour
Emma DeSouza
Labour's Irish chair on running for parliament, the Troubles and... Saturdays with Philomena Begley
Liam Conlon, son of Sue Gray, tells The Journal that a Labour government would attempt to undo the damage done by the Tories.
'Epidemic' of sexual and gender-based violence in Ireland, Taoiseach says
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over immigration, women’s rights and benefits in final debate
'People move on': Aodhán Ó Ríordáin on Labour gaining first seat in EU after 10 years
Ó Ríordáin told The Journal he plans to protect employment rights, push back against the far right and continue carrying the green torch in the European Parliament.
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Property tax row was 'litmus test' for Sinn Féin, SocDems and PBP
They don't all want to hear it but a Labour-SocDems-Greens alliance might help them get into Govt
Ó Ríordáin says Soc Dems and Labour need to 'stop pretending there's any difference between them'
Fianna Fáil set to dominate Cork City Council after winning almost a third of the seats
Fine Gael deletes video using music from children's viral rap hit after criticism from studio behind it
SF MEP candidate and incumbent MP Michelle Gildernew will not contest British general election
Harris says asylum seekers in Ballsbridge park is 'temporary thing done by people being very humane'
Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffer huge losses in UK local elections and by-election
Irish Water admits 'not meeting standards' after reports of orange liquid pouring from taps