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The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2022, the office has been held by Ivana Bacik , [ 1 ] following the resignation of Alan Kelly as leader of the party.
The Labour Party supports the legalisation of cannabis for recreational and medicinal purposes, having outlined this policy in their submission to the Citizen's Assembly on drug use in July 2023. [121] In 2017, Labour leader Brendan Howlin became the first traditional party leader to back the full decriminalisation of cannabis in Ireland. This ...
On each occasion from 1948 until 2016, it was the leading party of a coalition with the Labour Party, and in three of those cases also with other smaller parties. At the 2011 general election, Fine Gael became the largest party in the Oireachtas with 36.1% of the vote. Fine Gael has 38 TDs, 17 senators, four MEPs and 246 councillors.
Party Social Democrats: Labour: Independent Ireland: Leader since 26 February 2023 24 March 2022: 10 November 2023 Leader's seat Cork South-West: Dublin Bay South: Cork South-West: Last election 6 seats, 2.9% 6 seats, 4.4% New party: Seats won 11 11 4 Seat change 5 5 New party: Popular vote 106,028 102,457 78,276 Percentage 4.8% 4.7% 3.6% Swing ...
Leader of Sinn Féin. Mary Lou McDonald (10 February 2018 to date) Leader of the Labour Party. Brendan Howlin (20 May 2016 to 3 April 2020) Alan Kelly (3 April 2020 to 24 March 2022) Ivana Bacik (24 March 2022 to date) Leader of the Social Democrats. Róisín Shortall & Catherine Murphy (15 July 2015 to 1 March 2023) Holly Cairns (1 March 2023 ...
Ivana Catherine Bacik [a] (/ ˈ b ɑː tʃ ɪ k / [2]) (born 25 May 1968) is an Irish politician who has been the Leader of the Labour Party since 24 March 2022 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency since winning a by-election on 9 July 2021.
Leaders of the Irish Labour Party. Pages in category "Leaders of the Labour Party (Ireland)" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
In 2014, Gilmore resigned as party leader after Labour's poor performance in the European and local elections, and Joan Burton was elected as the new leader. The Labour Party is regarded a party of the centre-left [6] which has been described as a social democratic party [7] but is referred to in its constitution as a democratic socialist party ...