Labour Party (Ireland)
Páirtí an Lucht Oibre | |
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| Leader | Alan Kelly |
| Seanad Leader | Rebecca Moynihan[1] |
| Headquarters | 2 Whitefriars, Aungier Street, Dublin 2 |
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, literally "Party of the Working People") is a social democratic[2][3] political party in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William O'Brien.
The party was a part of the Irish Trades Union Congress.[4] It was known as the "democratic socialist party" in its creation.[5]
Labour Party (Ireland) Media
The Red Flag from Lansbury's Labour Weekly
In 1944 James Everett led a faction out of Labour and into a short-lived anti-communist splinter party until they reunited in 1950
The ascendancy of Mary Robinson to the Presidency of Ireland was heralded as a great victory for the Labour party
Eamon Gilmore led the party for seven years between 2007 and 2014
Ivana Bacik has led the party since March 2022
Members of Labour taking part in the 2015 Dublin Pride Parade
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References
- ↑ Rebeccamoynihan, Author at the Labour Party. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ↑ Dimitri Almeida. The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus (2012)CRC Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ Richard Collin. An Introduction to World Politics: Conflict and Consensus on a Small Planet (2012)Rowman & Littlefield. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4422-1803-1. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ↑ Labour's proud historylabour.ie. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ↑ Party Constitutionlabour.ie. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
