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The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, lit. ' Party of the Working People ') is a centre-left [3] [4] [5] and social democratic [6] [7] political party in the Republic of Ireland. [8] Founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin, and William O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trades ...
During this period the party also stood for elections in Northern Ireland, after a split in the Northern Ireland Labour Party. In 1960 Brendan Corish became the new Labour leader. As leader he advocated and introduced more socialist policies to the party. Between 1973 and 1987 Labour three times more went into coalition governments with Fine Gael.
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, 12 Senators, four MEPs and 246 councillors.
The party was founded on 21 August 1970, when six Stormont MPs (Gerry Fitt, Republican Labour Party; Austin Currie, Nationalist Party; Paddy Devlin, Northern Ireland Labour Party; John Hume, Ivan Cooper and Paddy O'Hanlon, Independent) and one Senator (Paddy Wilson, Republican Labour), joined to form a new party. [5]
Labour Party (Ireland) candidates in Dáil elections (1 C, 46 P) L. Leaders of the Labour Party (Ireland) (15 P) Labour Party (Ireland) local councillors (69 P) M.
The National Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí Náisiúnta an Lucht Oibre [1]) was an Irish political party active between 1944 and 1950. It was founded in 1944 from a rebel faction of the Labour Party, inspired by the intransigence of the incumbent leadership of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) against the majority of the party on the basis that communists had infiltrated ...
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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 ...