Kathleen Whelan was one of about a dozen former Magdalene laundry survivors who travelled to Cork’s City Hall to meet the Lord Mayor as he signed a book of apologies for the women.

A grassroots Labour movement aimed at taking policy development away from highly-paid “handlers” and giving it back to ordinary members will be launched next month.

TODAY the USI will hold a demonstration in protest against any further cuts to student grants, the reintroduction of student fees, and any further increase in the student contribution.

Labour Youth is opening a book of condolence for the victims of the Norwegian massacre.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore tonight warned economic sovereignty cannot be regained if every single spending cut and reform is resisted.

DESPITE winning an almost identical first preference share to the Spring Tide of 1992, the Labour Party has made a far more forceful breakthrough this time.

Eamon Gilmore said today that Fine Gael must drop its plans to both cut child benefit and introduce a graduate tax if they wish to form a coalition with Labour.

A number of activists will take to the streets outside the Dáil this morning to highlight the lack of job and college opportunities for Leaving Cert students.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe has insisted that opposition to the introduction of third-level tuition fees by Green Party TDs and independents who support the Government is not a setback to his plans for a graduate loans system.

Labour Youth has accused the Government and Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe of failing students in a number of areas.

I AGREE with Gary Honer, national chair, Labour Youth, that the banks should be nationalised (Letters, November 22).

Labour Youth is holding a demonstration today to protest against the possible re-introduction of third-level fees.

Sexual predators were today warned they could be accused of rape if they target drunk Leaving Cert students.

IT WAS with mixed feelings that I learned of a reduction in the VAT rate on non-oral contraceptives such as condoms.

THE Labour leadership was spared an embarrassment after party members put on hold a decision on whether to support the Shell to Sea campaign.

More than 100 delegates from across Ireland are expected to gather at Labour Youth’s annual conference in Dublin today.

Labour leader Pat Rabbitte tonight signalled a major internal probe and soul-searching into where the party is going and what it stands for after what he admitted was a disappointing election.

The youth wing of the Labour Party is boycotting a special reception at the US Embassy in Dublin today.

PAT Rabbitte should have hit the Helix Theatre stage like a cross between an ageing American rock star and a Southern gospel preacher.

DUBLIN North East Labour TD Tommy Broughan’s recent statements on the use of Shannon airport by US troops have really put the cat among the pigeons in his party.

A lone protester today told Governor of Florida Jeb Bush to go home after breaching a security cordon around the US president’s brother.

The youth wing of the Labour Party is holding a special weekend to mark the 90th anniversary of the death of party co-founder James Connolly.

THE sense of confidence and roar of unity pushing the Reds on to inevitable victory was all-pervasive at the Labour conference.

A protest took place outside a Dunnes Stores shop in Dublin's North Earl Street this afternoon.

THE Labour Party is to publish a ‘substantial’ policy paper to set out the thinking behind leader Pat Rabbitte’s comments on the displacement of Irish workers by migrant labour.

The youth wings of Labour and SDLP meet in Belfast today to discuss a new Ireland free of sectarian division.

The youth wing of the Labour Party has voted to oppose the proposed EU constitution despite support for the document among some of the party's leadership.

The youth wing of the Labour Party is due to begin a 24-hour vigil in Dublin this evening to highlight the plight of Irish emigrants in Britain.

Tough new Government legislation to fight crime is too ‘Starsky and Hutch’ and won’t deter criminals from offending, it was claimed today.

LABOUR Youth is planning to protest today outside Limerick’s Henry St Garda Station to highlight ongoing concerns about lack of garda reform.

WHILE walking down Westland Row in Dublin the other day I noticed ‘ÓSF’ (Ogra Sinn Féin) spray-painted on the footpath four times, and ‘ÓSF Revolt’ on the wall.

LABOUR Youth has decided that it is backing Deputy Eamon Gilmore in his bid for the leadership of the party.

STUDENTS are finding it more and more difficult to finance their time at college.