Fine Gael have claimed Ireland has been overwhelmed by migration. Playing the immigrant card to deflect Government failures in housing and the cost of living is factually incorrect & lowest common denominator politics. 📻 Listen to my take on Newstalk with Claire Byrne this morning.

Good luck to all the #LeavingCert and #JuniorCert students starting exams today!

A pleasure to visit @labour.ie Mayor of Waterford Seamus Ryan, Deputy Mayor John Pratt and Cllr. Thomas Phelan in Waterford this week.

Important to bring my @socialistsanddemocrats.eu colleague Irene Tinagli (chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Housing Crisis) to Oliver Bond Flats today. This is why it matters. Housing isn't an abstract policy debate. It's people's lives.

Delighted to give the keynote address at today’s powerful #BlackandIrish #APNI conference - well done to all!

I spoke to @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning about the European Parliament Housing Committee's mission to Dublin this week. I am both proud and ashamed to welcome my European colleagues to my city - Proud of Dublin and its people. Ashamed that so many families are being failed by the system.

📍First stop on the EU Housing Committee Mission to Dublin: Focus Ireland. ❗️What we need: more social housing, more affordable homes, and the long-term public investment required to ensure genuine housing security for everyone.

Polls are now open! And we have two amazing #Labour candidates In #GalwayWest - vote Number 1 #HelenOgbu In #DublinCentral - vote Number 1 #RuthO’Dea #VoteLeftTransferLeft

#Poverty is a political choice. It must be ended. It is that simple. The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy is a a necessary first step, but it is just that. We need proper investment and we need concrete action if we are to eradicate poverty. 🎥 My speech in the chamber of the European Parliament today.

Great to be out canvassing over recent evenings with our brilliant #DublinCentral @labour.ie candidate Ruth O’Dea - and with local TD @mariesherlock.bsky.social !

Dublin Central, please give Ruth O’Dea your No. 1 this Friday! #byelection #dublincentral

It was wonderful to meet a good friend - and national icon - while out canvassing in Galway on Friday with the amazing #HelenOgbu #MakeHistory #GaillimhOgbu

Deeply concerning to see Irish citizens detained. We need effective sanctions against #Israel & urgent passage of the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill

An immensely positive reception over recent days out canvassing with the amazing #HelenOgbu & all the great @labour.ie team in #GalwayWest We can do this! #MakeHistory #GaillimhOgbu

Bertie Ahern's comments are disgraceful and he should apologise. But we also must take a look around the Dáil chamber. There is not one black or African voice in the Dáil that has the real, lived experience of racism. We want to change that on 22 May, and put Cllr. Helen Ogbu in the Dáil.

Tánaiste fails to condemn Ahern’s remarks as racist - @ivanabacik.bsky.social "There is no African voice in the Dáil who can testify about the direct experience of racism. I hope that this changes after the Galway West by-election with the election of Cllr. Helen Ogbu.” labour.ie/news/2026/05...

I welcome the #EU sanctions against #Israel for settler violence in the West Bank, but it’s not enough. We need to end the EU-Israel #AssociationAgreement and isolate Israel on every level. #freepalestine 🇵🇸

Very disappointed to see this significant #SyngeStreet building up for sale commercially. For some months I have been engaging with all involved to get Dept of Education to acquire it for expansion of local schools. www.irishtimes.com/property/com...

A free vote is a cop out! The recommendations of the review are clear and three years old.

🗣️ “They're not unreasonable people. Bring everybody to the table and let's look at this again,” says George Lawlor TD, Labour. #TonightVMTV

Solidarity with striking workers today from the National Ambulance Service. The Minister for Health must urgently intervene and implement the recommendations of the independent roles and responsibilities review from 2020. These workers go above and beyond and deserve decent pay & conditions.

Ireland’s Assessment of Need system is failing children + their families. Four mothers presented a petition in the EU Parliament & together we secured key action: This petition was passed & referred for further scrutiny. Direct letters to the Irish Govt on the violations of EU law.

Helen Ogbu is the only left candidate who can win. Helen Ogbu can make history. We have two weeks 🌹✊ It has to be Helen. #GaillimhOgbu

Today, the EU Parliament backed the petition of these parents. I have learned so much from their courage & their fight for their children over the past 2 days. They should never have had to come to Brussels, but they did. Now the Irish Government must act. #disabilityrights #disabilityawareness

Powerful voices on RTÉ's Morning Ireland today with Ali Feild and Jane Mckenna speaking out on the systemic failure of the Assessment of Need process in Ireland. The time for action is now. Listen from Minute 24-29: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Lots of great canvassing over the last few days with our brilliant @labour.ie Bye-Election candidates - Cllr Helen Ogbu #GalwayWest Ruth O’Dea #DublinCentral

👉️The gaps between the have lots and have nots is widening under this Govt. PAYE workers need a break. 🗣️Tomorrow the Dáil debates Labour's mini-Budget proposals to provide immediate relief to families. 📻️Our finance spox @gednashtd.bsky.social will join the News at One to discuss this lunchtime.

Cyra. Jack. James. Isaac. Emmy. All children deserving of an assessment of needs to get the support they are entitled to. Their parents have fought for years & now @labour.ie is bringing their fight to Europe. Sign the petition @ the link in my bio! #disabilityrights #disabilityawareness

Honoured to be hosting these inspiring families in the European Parliament this Wednesday as we bring the assessment of needs campaign to Europe. The Irish Govt has failed these children & thousands of others. It’s not good enough. Read more here: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

What is the world coming to? Gerard Hutch wants to turn us into a police state and bring back internment And Ray McAdam is trying convince us he secured something new that actually got planning permission two years ago Less of the bravado please and more honesty in Irish politics

Happy May Day from all of us in @labour.ie . 🥖🌹⁠ ⁠ It's an important day to reflect on the value of organised labour and the many wins workers have achieved from coming together.⁠ ⁠ As the party of Trade Union movement we will never stop advocating for workers - their rights and interests.⁠

Giant community spaces needed – not Giant gimmicks - @ruthodea.bsky.social "Transforming George’s Dock to a lido would be a game changer for our city, giving back to the community in Dublin Central, not to mention the benefits for physical and mental health. labour.ie/news/2026/05...

Next week the Dáil will debate Labour's Mini-Budget proposals to drive down costs for hard pressed PAYE workers. From energy credits, to a summer grocery payment, families need a dig out now, not in October's Budget. More from @gednashtd.bsky.social 👇 labour.ie/news/2026/05...

“If international law only applies to some, it applies to none. We rightly say Ukraine must be defended because Russia will not stop. It is the same with Israel. If it faces no consequences, why would it ever stop?” 🎥 My speech in the European Parliament. #gaza #freepalestine #lebanon #iran

We are hurtling towards 20,000 people in homelessness and there is no sense of urgency.⁠ ⁠ Behind every number is a person, a family, a child growing up without stability or security.⁠ ⁠ Yet Government keeps ploughing ahead with the same old, failed policies.⁠

“Only the State has the deep pockets to underwrite the scale of investment needed in housing, but on all metrics this Government is failing. - @ivanabacik.bsky.social questioning the Taoiseach in the Dáil on the housing crisis today. Full statement 👇 labour.ie/news/2026/04...

An important win for the fight against #sexualviolence. Today I voted with a strong majority for a new EU law on a common definition of r@pe based on lack of #consent. It passed despite attacks from the far right, who only care about protecting #women when it suits their anti-immigrant agenda.

Great to meet with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals today with my Labour colleague Robert O'Donoghue TD. 🐶🌹

Taoiseach’s innuendo about homelessness in Dublin is outrageous. On Monday, I met the wife of a non Irish born Dublin Bus driver-they live with their kids in homeless accommodation on Gardiner St I met a non Irish born customs officer facing homelessness These are real people with real jobs

Demonstrating outside the German Embassy, against the imprisonment of Irish activist Daniel Tatlow-Devally and the Ulm 5, who go on trial today in Stuggart. 🍉🕊️ @ipsc.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

📻 Listen to my take on @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning with Claire Byrne over the new reports of neglect in Dublin’s south west inner city and on the government’s lack of long term vision on the energy crisis. #dublin #energycrisis #fuel

Children with additional needs in Ireland are being treated as second class citizens. The Irish govt is failing them & their families - and that’s why Europe must step up. Get involved & support these families as they present their case to the European Parliament in 2 weeks. #disabilityrights

The posters are going up and the bye-elections are well underway! Delighted to spend yesterday across two canvasses in Dublin Central and Galway West with our remarkable @labour.ie candidates - Ruth O'Dea and Cllr. Helen Ogbu.

Govt must investigate Tusla following RTÉ Investigates - @markwalltd.bsky.social “For months I have been raising the alarm about Special Emergency Arrangements and the safeguarding risks they pose to vulnerable children, last night only confirms the scale of this failure. labour.ie/news/2026/04...

Labour calls for mini-Budget for working families - @gednashtd.bsky.social “Over the last six months Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Independents made decisions that left those workers behind, and worse off. labour.ie/news/2026/04...

The south-west inner city has been failed for decades. Crime 2x the national average. Drug deaths 2x the national average. The lowest secondary school attendance in Dublin. That must end now.​​​​​​​​ Here’s what I’m calling for: labour.ie/news/2026/04...

Years of Shocking Neglect in Dublin’s South-West Inner City — @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social and Cllr Darragh Moriarty “Regeneration that focuses on the city centre while ignoring entrenched deprivation a few streets away would be a fatal error. labour.ie/news/2026/04...

“Crime rates and drug deaths in Dublin’s southwest inner city are twice the national average while fewer than 40 per cent of children in the area attend secondary school.” Any chance of an immediate €500million package to sort this?