Press Archive
Token measures on bogus self-employment not enough
Mon Jul 15, 2019 - 02:33 pm
Labour Employment Affairs spokesperson Sen. Ged Nash has called on Minister Regina Doherty to do more than token gestures to tackle bogus self-employment but instead change the law to make employment ...Government struggles to meet their own minimum wage target
Thu Jul 11, 2019 - 10:06 am
Senator Ged Nash, who set up the statutory Low Pay Commission (LPC) said the government is struggling to meet its own Programme for Government target of a national minimum wage of €10.50 by the time...National Minimum Wage should be transformed into a living wage
Wed Jul 3, 2019 - 10:28 am
Reacting to the Living Wage Ireland 2019 update, Labour Party spokesperson on Employment Affairs, Senator Ged Nash, has called on the Government to take calls to meaningfully increase the minimum wage...Time for stronger collective bargaining and trade union laws
Tue Jul 2, 2019 - 05:27 pm
The Labour Party’s spokesperson on Workers’ Rights, Senator Ged Nash has echoed the Irish Congress of Trade Union’s call for stronger collective bargaining and trade union legislation in Ireland...Nash hosts Leinster House briefing for health workers
Tue Jun 18, 2019 - 04:28 pm
Statement by The Labour Party Senator Ged Nash today hosted a briefing in Leinster House with SIPTU health service workers who will be on strike on Thursday.Speaking after the cross-party briefin...PODIATRY PATIENTS LEFT HANGING BY HSE – NASH
Mon Jun 17, 2019 - 11:54 am
Senator Ged Nash has said hundreds of podiatry patients in Drogheda have been ‘left hanging in the wind’ by the HSE as the podiatry clinic in the Boyne Primary Care Centre sees its days of operati...NASH WELCOMES PAY RISE FOR SECURITY WORKERS
Sun Jun 2, 2019 - 11:29 am
Senator Ged Nash said all contract security workers must be paid a legal minimum hourly rate of pay of €11.65 per hour from the 1st June, up from €11.35.He explained;“I introduced new laws where...FRIDAY’S VOTE SHOULD MARK THE END OF ‘THE GREAT EAST MEATH RIP-OFF’ - HOEY
Mon May 20, 2019 - 08:26 am
Annie Hoey has said Friday’s local election vote should herald ‘the end of the great East Meath rip-off’.The Labour candidate explained;“I am a proven activist with a track record of getting t...LABOUR & GREENS SEAL VOTING PACT IN LOUTH & EAST MEATH AHEAD OF 24th MAY POLL
Mon May 13, 2019 - 07:33 am
The Labour Party and Green Party in Louth & East Meath have agreed a voting pact for the forthcoming Local Elections.With no candidate from either party in a direct contest with the other, senior ...SCHOOL PLANNING DELAYS CAUSING HUGE ANXIETY FOR EAST MEATH PARENTS
Sun May 12, 2019 - 01:19 pm
The delay in submitting a planning application for temporary accommodation for the new South Drogheda/East Meath Educate Together Secondary School is causing huge anxiety for local parents, East Meath...ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL GARDAÍ WELCOME - NASH
Wed May 1, 2019 - 08:03 am
Senator Ged Nash has welcomed the deployment of additional Gardaí to the town.He said;“This deployment is very welcome and will enable the over-stretched Local Gardaí to get into the faces of thos...Immediate Investigation must be launched into latest Hospital data breach
Wed May 1, 2019 - 07:56 am
Senator Ged Nash said that the Data Protection Commissioner must launch “an immediate and urgent investigation” into the circumstances surrounding a serious data breach at Our Lady of Lourdes Hosp...HOEY CALLS ON LOCALS TO REGISTER TO VOTE AHEAD OF MAY 7TH DEADLINE
Mon Apr 29, 2019 - 09:45 am
As the deadline to register to vote in the European Parliament and Local Elections fast approaches on the 7th of May former USI President and Local Elections candidate for Laytown-Bettystown Annie Hoe...Nash expresses revulsion at latest shooting in Drogheda
Thu Apr 25, 2019 - 05:18 pm
Reacting to the latest shooting in Drogheda, local Labour Senator Ged Nash said:"This latest shooting in Drogheda has caused revulsion in my community."It took place on one of the busiest thoroughfare...BEAMORE WOMAN HOEY TO RUN FOR LABOUR IN EAST MEATH
Tue Apr 23, 2019 - 09:04 am
Well-known national political activist and Beamore native Annie Hoey is running to win a seat for the Labour Party in the East Meath area in May’s Council elections.The daughter of Raymond and Eliza...