One of Labour’s newly-elected TDs has suggested he is considering running for the party’s leadership.

Labour Leader Brendan Howlin said Fine Gael's promise to spend an extra €11bn out to 2025 “lacks ambition,” saying the country can afford to spend an extra €17.5bn.

Veteran Labour TD Brendan Ryan has decided to stand down from the party's General Election ticket in Dublin Fingal, to allow his parliamentary assistant Duncan Smith to stand in his place.

Labour party chairman Jack O'Connor has called for parties on the left to join forces as a general election looms in the New Year.

We want to break the cosy consensus of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and enable people to work to live and not live to work, says Alan Kelly ahead of the Labour party’s national conference.

Speed van operators are taking the action claiming they're confined for up to 11 hours at a time in the vans without toilet breaks.

Euroscepticism has already destroyed Britain’s Conservative party.

Former SIPTU General President Jack O'Connor has withdrawn his name from the Labour Party ticket in Wicklow for the upcoming General Election.

Labour TDs and senators have mixed views on whether the party should re-enter government, with leader Brendan Howlin outlining at least five 'red lines' that must be agreed for any partnership.

Speaking at the party's pre-Dail think-in gathering in Cork, Mr Howlin outlined how the party will target inequality in the new political term, particularly for workers' incomes.

Deputy Howlin says he's desperately worried that the consequences for peace will be disastrous.

The leadership issue has been put on the back burner before the general election but unless there is a positive result, the knives will be out for Brendan Howlin, writes Political Correspondent

A recruitment freeze imposed by the HSE is having a “detrimental” impact on those already offered jobs by the health authority, according to Labour's Alan Kelly.

Labour has suspended a councillor over a social media post saying "Hitler had the right idea" about travellers.

Prosecutor Kevin Christie said: “As he was struck he heard a male voice shooting, ‘Respect the vote.’”

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has voted 'decisively' in favour of a partnership with Fianna Fáil.

A former Fine Gael Taoiseach has joined the labour party from the grave - or so it appears.

The Labour Party conference continues later today.

Labour has ruled out agreeing to a pre-election pact and says a snap vote is now likely in the coming months where the party hopes to double its numbers in the Dáil.

Labour will consider a motion on entering a Government coalition at its conference this weekend as well as allowing a future leader to come from the Upper House.

Labour's Housing Spokesperson Jan O'Sullivan has said she is bringing forward legislation to ban landlords charging fees to view a property.

The Labour Party has lost a second councillor in a week amid fresh criticism of leader Brendan Howlin.

The Labour Party has lost a second councillor in a week amid fresh criticism of leader Brendan Howlin.

I joined the Labour Party as an ordinary member in my early 20s, and I’ve been a member now for not far short of half a century.

Labour TD Alan Kelly has said it would be inappropriate to call on his party leader, Brendan Howlin, to resign, despite appearing to do so on radio last month.

“I am indifferent to Brendan Howlin.”

Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin has faced stinging criticism from party members over his failure to turn around the party’s fortunes.

Calls for Brendan Howlin's resignation as leader of the Labour Party are likely to be raised at a meeting of elected officials this afternoon.

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has no intention of stepping aside, despite ongoing calls for his resignation from grassroots members, he tells political correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.