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The Social Democrats welcome the passing in the Dáil today of its motion calling on the government to get to grips with the public finances and deliver meaningful action on public spending and investment. “The government needs to do as this Dáil motion says and provide full details about exactly which projects earmarked under the […]

“The Dáil has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency on foot of the recent Oireachtas report on Climate Change. The government urgently needs to translate this unanimous political resolve into concrete and meaningful actions.” The Social Democrats today introduce a Dáil motion calling on the government to revise public spending commitments to deliver meaningful actions […]

Newly elected Social Democrats councillors on Dublin City Council have welcomed the new five-year work plan agreed for the council, which includes strong actions put forward by the party on disabilities, climate change, public transport and family and youth homelessness.   “The plan agreed by all councillors incorporates some of the key commitments the Social […]

“Ireland has one of the highest rates of car usage in the whole of Europe, at 84 %. This hasn’t happened by accident – it’s down to the longstanding neglect of investment in public transport by successive governments.” The Social Democrats today said the government must shift gear when it comes to the National Development […]

Social Democrats Co-Leader Catherine Murphy has described as “horrifying” the revelations in tonight’s RTÉ Investigates documentary regarding aspects of health and safety within the ESB and the environmental damage, caused by underground leaks, which has been largely ignored by the ESB over a number of years. The ESB now has serious questions to answer regarding […]

The Social Democrats today called on the public to turn out in force to demonstrate against US President Donald Trump’s regressive and demeaning politics. “This is an opportunity to signal clearly to the Government and the rest of the world that we strongly oppose Trump’s type of regressive and demeaning politics.” The Social Democrats today […]

The Social Democrats have more than trebled our number of councillors with the election tonight of Bantry candidate Holly McKeever Cairns bringing the total number of councillors to 19. “I am incredibly relieved that we finally have an outcome tonight. People are ready for a different style of politics and the number of votes I […]

Social Democrats local election candidate for Rathfarnham-Templeogue, Carly Bailey, has called on the Government to consider using alternative accessible venues to schools as polling stations. “As a parent of primary school children myself, I know it can be incredibly hard for families to make alternative arrangements for school closures and it often means having to […]

The Social Democrats are calling on Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána to immediately revise their traffic plan for this Friday’s Spice Girls Concert at Croke Park to prevent the closure of the dedicated cycle lane on Alfie Byrne Road at the height of the weekend rush hour. This is yet another example of […]

“The purpose of the our proposals was to prevent homelessness by strengthening tenants’ rights in respect of minimum notice periods for termination of tenancies and to improve rent certainty measures.” Proposals by the Social Democrats aimed at reducing the risk of homelessness have been passed by the Seanad tonight following the passing of the Residential […]