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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 ...
The Labour Party has been part of the political scene in Ireland throughout the state's existence. Although never attracting majority support, it has repeatedly participated in coalition governments. The party was established in 1912 by James Connolly, James Larkin, and William O'Brien and others as the political wing of the Irish Trades Union ...
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. In a review of procedures at the party's 2017 conference, the position of Deputy Leader was abolished after a year of ...
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) [ 8 ] is a social-democratic [ 5 ][ 9 ][ 10 ] and Irish nationalist [ 9 ][ 11 ][ 12 ] political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has seven members in the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in ...
Leader of the Labour Party Dick Spring. The 1994 Irish government crisis was a political event in the Republic of Ireland that occurred between November and December 1994. It saw the fracturing and eventual collapse of Taoiseach Albert Reynolds ' governing coalition between Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party. However, no election was called and ...
Unopposed. Leader before election. Alan Kelly. Elected Leader. Ivana Bacik. 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. [1]
1. Thomas Ryder Johnson (17 May 1872 – 17 January 1963) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist who served as Leader of the Opposition from 1922 to 1927 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1917 to 1927. [1] He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin County from 1922 to 1927. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1928 to ...
The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Brendan Howlin stepped down as Labour leader on 12 February 2020, in the aftermath of the party's poor showing at the 2020 general election. [1] [2] The election was won by Alan Kelly who received 55% of the votes cast.