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Seanad passes Bill providing collective pay bargaining for self-employed
- Oireachtas
- November 10, 2016, 20:17
A Labour Private Member’s Bill allowing for self-employed people to collectively pay bargain with employers was passed by the Seanad. Party spokesma(...)

Miriam Lord: Denizens of Leinster House suffer bout of DTs
- Politics
- November 10, 2016, 01:00
Trump has triumphed. What next for the Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail? The most powerful celebrity in the world will be able to do what he likes now in (...)

Mixed reaction among Senators to Trump victory
- Oireachtas
- November 10, 2016, 01:00
Labour Senator Ivana Bacik called for a Seanad debate on foreign policy following the US election. She said the result had “serious implications’’ for(...)

US election: Hottest ticket for a long night in Dublin
- Irish News
- November 9, 2016, 05:28
On an exceptionally cold night in Dublin, the Guinness Storehouse was the hottest ticket in town. Politicians, political types, media, business peop(...)

Former sex workers seek change in legislation
- Social Affairs
- September 14, 2016, 21:33
Women formerly involved in the sex industry have spoken of their experience of abuse, extreme violence and rape to lend their voices to a campaign fo(...)

Abortion assembly a ‘pointless exercise’ in democracy
- Oireachtas
- July 15, 2016, 19:31
A citizens’ assembly of 100 people picked at random using a polling company are in no better position to discuss constitutional issues than “100 peopl(...)

Senators criticise proposal for student loan scheme
- Politics
- July 12, 2016, 21:42
The proposed introduction of a third-level student loan scheme has been criticised by Independent Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell. “The idea of asking(...)

Laura Slattery: ‘Free’ part of freelancer must not apply to pay
- Media & Marketing
- July 12, 2016, 01:00
On any freelance worker’s CV, tenacity, determination and patience are implicit qualities. Those attributes are necessary just to get paid. But the t(...)

Government backs Bill on collective bargaining for freelancers
- Oireachtas
- July 6, 2016, 21:45
The Government has accepted the principle of Labour-sponsored Seanad legislation providing collective bargaining rights for freelance workers. Minist(...)

Life of murdered MP Jo Cox celebrated at Dublin event
- Irish News
- June 23, 2016, 10:49
Friends and former colleagues of the murdered Labour Party MP Jo Cox attended a memorial gathering on Wednesday in Dublin to remember her and to celeb(...)