Labour TD Alan Kelly has been criticised after calling on leader Brendan Howlin to consider his position.

The plight of the Catholic Church in Ireland, beset by scandal, dwindling numbers, and rapid change in the surrounding culture, is an ironic juxtaposition — in terms of timing and context — with the Labour Party.

Willie Penrose says calls for a new party leader are less than helpful.

The Labour Party is seeking to restore town councils around the country, believing it was a “mistake” to scrap them in the last government.

A grant to help first-time buyers refurbish derelict buildings in rural villages and towns has yet to be rolled out, more than a year after being announced.

President Michael D Higgins was among the mourners at the funeral Mass for former Ceann Comhairle and 46-year veteran of the Dáil Seamus Pattison who was buried in his native Kilkenny this afternoon.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to campaign for referenda, including for a vote on abortion.

Over half of dwellings in one Westmeath village have no broadband.

Calls have been made for Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to appear before an Oireachtas committee to address the detrimental implications of Britain’s withdrawal from the London Fisheries Convention.

Any venture to develop a combined sugar/bioethanol production facility in Ireland would have to be a viable commercial proposition.

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar ruled out any “retrospective” attempts to prevent healthy companies winding up defined benefit pension schemes, saying the move will not legally work.

Longford is not being prioritised by the Government or the IDA when it comes to jobs, according to the President of Longford Chamber of Commerce, Derek Scanlon.

Labour has said it would be “nonsensical” to enter a coalition with Fianna Fáil after the next election.

Higher income earners will initially get enhanced social welfare payments if they lose their jobs, under plans being developed by Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar.

It won’t be music to the ears of pop stars like Beyonce, One Direction, and Taylor Swift but Irish radio stations could soon be forced into ditching their latest singles for rarely heard indigenous Irish bands.

Ray Ryan reports on industry-wide views that a British exit from the EU would have significant negative impacts on Ireland’s agri-food sector.

The Labour Party has unveiled its new look front bench with several former ministers covering multiple portfolios.

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has ruled out any linking of the payment of child benefit to school attendance, despite a commitment in the programme for government to do so.

Labour has moved to have it enshrined in the Constitution that Irish Water and other public utilities be kept in public ownership.

The Labour Party have proposed changes to the Constitution that would keep Irish Water and the ESB under public ownership.

Former deputy Labour leader Barry Desmond has backed Brendan Howlin to take over the leadership and warned that Alan Kelly would face “problems” if he secured the position.

Labour’s Alan Kelly is piling pressure on his party to let him run for the leadership, with ordinary members now formally lobbying for an open contest for the position.

Labour leadership contenders Alan Kelly and Brendan Howlin will today discuss a way of deciding who takes over from Joan Burton in a bid to avoid the initiation of a drawn-out contest.

People who paid their water charges will feel “mugged” if they are not refunded, it was claimed yesterday.

A Labour TD says he is prepared to launch a legal challenge to ensure people who have paid their Irish Water bills are refunded.

The race to replace ex-tánaiste Joan Burton as Labour leader began today after almost three months of a phoney war between the main potential successors.

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has lashed out at the Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil minority government deal and called it “student politics”, as his party debates whether to oppose the expected nomination of Enda Kenny as Taoiseach.

People refusing to pay their water bills are set to escape any legal punishment after Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil said they will not introduce new laws to prosecute people for debts under €500.

When will this ever end! asks Daniel McConnell

Labour has confirmed its intentions to stay in opposition after several days of speculation the bruised party was considering returning to power with Fine Gael.

Labour figures have backed acting minister Brendan Howlin to take over the leadership as recriminations break out over mismanagement of the party’s election campaign.

Senior Labour figures admit the party is willing to vote for policies introduced by the next government, in a move which could prop up an administration formed by outgoing Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

An election at the beginning of the summer looks the most likely scenario as the two main parties circle each other with suspicion, writes Daniel McConnell

Labour’s Seanad nominees will be announced today as the party’s votes are counted.

The phony war is dead. Long live the phony war.

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