News Archive for 2016
- SYMBOL OF APOLLO HOUSE MUST BE MET WITH STATE DEEDS Wed Dec 21, 2016 - 05:11 pm Commenting on the High Court ruling on Apollo House, Labour Party spokesperson Joe Costello said: "A grassroots movement has …
- BUDGET 2017 MUST INCREASE INTERNATIONAL AID BUDGET - COSTELLO Sun Oct 9, 2016 - 03:02 pm Budget 2017 should include a significant increase for Ireland’s international aid fund. At 0.35% of GNP, the Irish Aid fund …
- BUDGET FOR A LIVING WAGE - COSTELLO Tue Oct 4, 2016 - 10:08 am Next week Budget 2017 will be revealed. The entire commentary to date is about the ‘fiscal space’ and what sectors will get a …
- Time for the hotel industry to moderate prices-Costello Thu Sep 1, 2016 - 01:59 pm The hotel industry must moderate prices or face the loss of the special concession it has enjoyed since 2011, according to Joe …
- Hotels must reduce prices or lose VAT concession Mon Aug 15, 2016 - 11:11 am The hospitality industry is beginning to rip off the customer once more as it did during the Celtic Tiger years. Last year the …
- Receiver should not have power to evict families from Lynam’s Hotel Sat Jul 23, 2016 - 10:25 am The Receiver appointed to Lynam’s Hotel in O’Connell Street is seeking to have all the homeless families removed as the hotel …
- North Inner City Task Force must be two way process Wed Jul 20, 2016 - 02:42 pm The second visit by the Taoiseach and some of his cabinet and junior ministers to the North Inner City at 4pm today to announce …
- Costello demands action on North Inner City Task Force Thu Jul 14, 2016 - 03:11 pm I reiterate the call made by Labour Party Leader Brendan Howlin in the Dáil today that the government must urgently deliver on …
- Gangland crime is casting a pall over our city Sat Jul 2, 2016 - 12:59 pm The shooting dead of a man yesterday in Bridgefoot Street who was a resident of Cabra is another gangland killing in the Inner …
- Serious questions on Garda collaboration with Eamon Cooke must be answered Tue Jun 21, 2016 - 03:31 pm The revelation in The Herald newspaper on Monday, 13 June, by Gerry O’Carroll, former Garda Detective, that Eamon Cooke, who is …