Bríd has been very vocal in Dáil debates on a range of issues, particularly in defending workers rights: Ryanair workers, bus and rail workers, public sector workers affected by FEMPI legislation and unequal pay, and ‘precarious’ workers on ‘zero hour’ contracts and ‘casual’ work practices.
She has championed the rights of oppressed groups in the Dáil – Travellers, assylum seekers and refugees, victims of racism and victims of the Magdelen laundries and clerical sex-abuse victims still waiting for compensation. She has demanded the separation of Church and State, particularly in the running of our hospitals and schools.
