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The Irish Labour Party constitution makes provision for both Trade Unions and Socialist Societies to affiliate to the party. There are currently seven Trade Unions affiliated to the Party: Munster & District Graphical Society; Fórsa (Municipal Employees Division) National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
The Labour Party, Sinn Féin, and the Green Party each proposed the drafting of new constitution, respectively by a 90-member "constitutional convention", [35] an "all-Ireland Constitutional Forum", [36] and a "Citizens Assembly". [37] Fine Gael and Labour produced a Programme for Government in March and formed a coalition government. [2]
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. [8] Its constitution refers to the party as a "movement of democratic socialists, social democrats, environmentalists, progressives, feminists (and) trade ...
Constitution of Ireland (original text) – Full text of the document as it was adopted in 1937, including the transitory provisions; from Wikisource; The Unabridged Constitution of Ireland – An unofficial variorum edition with amendments alongside the original text. Accurate only till the Twentieth Amendment in 1999.
The incumbent president, Michael D. Higgins, is term limited, having served the maximum two terms permitted under the Constitution of Ireland. He was elected in 2011 with the support of the Labour Party , and in 2018 on his own nomination as an independent .
The Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 [1] was a proposal to amend the Constitution of Ireland to abolish Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas. [2] The proposal was rejected by the electorate in a referendum on 4 October 2013 by 51.7% voting against to 48.3% ...
The amendment was adopted during the Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition government led by Bertie Ahern but had been first drafted and suggested by the previous Fine Gael–Labour Party–Democratic Left government led by John Bruton. The amendment, therefore, had the support of all major parties.
The Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1971 was introduced in the Dáil by Tánaiste Erskine H. Childers of Fianna Fáil. [1] Among the opposition parties, it was supported by Fine Gael and opposed by the Labour Party. At the Second Stage debates, it was moved by Taoiseach Jack Lynch. [2]