Press Archive
Government treating Community Employment Supervisors with contempt
Tue Apr 16, 2019 - 04:39 pm
Labour’s spokesperson on Employment Affairs & Social Protection Senator Ged Nash has accused the government of treating Community Employment Supervisors with contempt.The Minister for Public Exp...Statement from Senator Ged Nash
Mon Apr 15, 2019 - 08:51 pm
The establishment by Louth and Meath County Councils of an implementation group to give effect to the recommendations of the Drogheda Boundary review comes as news to me.More significantly, it will co...IDA and housing
Mon Apr 8, 2019 - 12:38 pm
IDAIDA is fixated by Dundalk. Their refusal to build the kind of advance facilities an area like Drogheda warrants dates back to decisions taken by the three successive Fianna Fáil governments from 1...Government Asleep At The Wheel As Councils Bin Boundary Review Recommendations
Thu Apr 4, 2019 - 02:24 pm
No local area plan and no implementation group formed, two years on from report publication Senator Ged Nash said the government is asleep at the wheel as he claimed key recommendations from the Drogh...Penalties in law needed to tackle bogus self-employment
Mon Mar 25, 2019 - 03:32 pm
Labour spokesperson on Employment Affairs, Senator Ged Nash has said it is essential that legislation to tackle bogus self-employment is progressed this week, and that the Fine Gael government can no ...NEW BUS SERVICES TO BE PHASED IN THIS YEAR – NASH
Thu Mar 21, 2019 - 01:31 pm
Senator Ged Nash has received confirmation from the National Transport Authority (NTA) that the new and improved bus services he has worked to secure for the Drogheda area will all be phased in in 201...Four Day working week should be examined
Wed Mar 20, 2019 - 03:06 pm
Labour Party Employment spokesperson, Ged Nash has said we must examine the possibility of introducing a four day week and its relationship to productivity as the world of work changes.Senator Nash sa...Four Day working week should be examined
Wed Mar 20, 2019 - 11:28 am
Labour Party Employment spokesperson, Ged Nash has said we must examine the possibility of introducing a four day week and its relationship to productivity as the world of work changes.Senator Nash sa...Statement on Donaghy’s Mill from Senator Ged Nash
Fri Mar 15, 2019 - 08:44 pm
Donaghy’s Mill is almost 200 years old and it’s particularly sad to see this important part of Drogheda’s industrial heritage destroyed a matter of months after the local authority published the...INFORMATION MEETING ON NEW ZERO HOURS CONTRACT LAWS SET FOR 28th MARCH
Thu Mar 14, 2019 - 12:57 pm
INFORMATION MEETING ON NEW ZERO HOURS CONTRACT LAWS SET FOR 28th MARCHSenator Ged Nash is to host an information meeting on how workers can access their rights under the new zero hours contract laws h...TAOISEACH’S COMMENTS ON CITY STATUS ‘AN INSULT TO OUR INTELLIGENCE’
Sat Mar 9, 2019 - 05:45 pm
Senator Ged Nash has said the Taoiseach’s remarks to the Drogheda Leader on the town’s quest for ‘city status’ are “bizarre and an insult to our intelligence.”Speaking to the Drogheda Lead...Report vindicates decision to hike Minimum Wage
Thu Mar 7, 2019 - 08:38 am
2016 minimum wage increase narrows wage gap between top 10% and bottom 10% of earners by 8%Welcoming the finding in today’s report from the ESRI that found that the 2016 national minimum wage increa...Statement on Varadkar’s visit
Mon Mar 4, 2019 - 05:56 pm
I will work with anyone of goodwill to do what’s best for Drogheda, regardless of party, but we can be forgiven for treating this government’s pledges to our town with serious skepticism. Why? Thi...THOSE WHO WISH TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOMES LEFT HANGING BY GOVERNMENT – HALL
Mon Mar 4, 2019 - 05:25 pm
Labour local election candidate Michelle Hall has slammed the government for its failure to bring forward new guidelines on the building of once-off rural homes. She explained; “The ‘Fle...Fishing grounds must be protected from unregulated access
Fri Mar 1, 2019 - 10:49 am
Reacting to the controversy over the detainment of two Northern Ireland fishing vessels, Labour Senator from Louth, Ged Nash has said that the roots of this lie in the unregulated access, and resultin...