Author: labyouth
Labour Youth Supports ICTU Rallies on Debt Burden
Labour Youth will be supporting demonstrations to demand a restructuring of Ireland’s debt burden being held by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. The demonstrations will be held in Dublin, Cork, S... Read More
The Action Plan on Bullying is a Move in the Right Direction. By Rory Geraghty
Last week the Minister for Education & Skills and the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs launched an action plan to tackle bullying and homophobia in our schools. With over 120 pages prov... Read More
New guidelines on mental health and suicide prevention welcomed by Labour Youth
The National Chairperson of Labour Youth, Aideen Carberry, has welcomed Minister of State Kathleen Lynch’s publication of “Well-Being in Post-Primary Schools”, which contains guidelines for ment... Read More
‘It’s time to tax the rich more.’ By Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, Dublin Bay North.
Endless commentary since the economic crisis began in 2008 has centred on the concept that the rich must pay. This seems to be a uniting call amongst commentators. Of course where they all deviate... Read More
Action Plan on Bullying
Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn yesterday launched Ireland’s first ever national plan to tackle bullying. The Action Plan on Bullying sets out a series of actions on how to sta... Read More
Labour Youth welcomes Quinn’s action plan on school bullying
National Chairperson of Labour Youth, Aideen Carberry, has welcomed today’s launch of a new Action Plan on Bullying by Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, and the Minister for Children ... Read More
How protected is our online data? By Declan Meenagh.
To mark EU Data Protection Day, Declan Meenagh blogs from a recent briefing hosted by the Socialists & Democrats on data protection. I recently attended a briefing on the issue of data protecti... Read More
We need a European Youth Guarantee NOW!
The campaign 5.5 million young people are currently unemployed in Europe and an additional 1.5 million are forced into precarious jobs. In some countries as many as one young person out of two cannot ... Read More