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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.
Party deputy leader Cian O'Callaghan stepped in as interim party leader in her absence. [130] The Labour Party increased its number of seats from six to 11. In a statement released after the election, Labour stated that it would only enter government with a, "progressive, left-of-centre bloc with like-minded parties," as well as outlining their ...
The Irish Labour Party and the Irish Trades Union Congress separated in 1930. Future leader William Norton was prominent in urging the separation of the political and industrial wings of the labour movement into autonomous organisations, arguing that the move was necessary to broaden the party's electoral appeal beyond a trade union constituency.
Simon Harris and Mary Lou McDonald clashed several times during the wide-ranging and hotly-anticipated leaders’ debate. Fiery exchanges in the first televised leaders debate of Irish general ...
Ireland's Labour Party on Thursday ruled out entering government as a junior partner to the country's two large centre-right parties, which will likely now move to secure a coalition deal with a ...
Leaders of the three biggest parties visited cafes, shops and reindeer in a final grab for votes.
Ivana Catherine Bacik [a] (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.
The 2022 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Alan Kelly stepped down as Labour leader on 2 March 2022, citing a lack of confidence in his leadership from party colleagues as the reason.