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But a Labour Party TD says that’s a “bit rich”.
The former communications minister has given a typically outspoken interview to Newstalk today.
The Tánaiste has joined those in government criticising the broadcaster’s coverage of water charges.
She also compared the Tánaiste to Margaret Thatcher.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
While there are no concerns about David Leach’s suitability for the role of general secretary it may not have been done in line with the Labour’s own constitution.
(The tickets are now sold out.)
She’s won the race to be leader but the hard work starts now for the new Tánaiste.
A sharp fall for the junior coalition party in the latest opinion poll.
Campaign for Labour Policies believe the Labour party should withdraw from coalition if Fine Gael doesn’t give them ‘everything they want’.
Barring a late entrant one of Alex White or Joan Burton will be the next leader of the Labour Party and Tánaiste.
The Minister of State at the Department of Health has promised to “bridge the disconnect” between his party and voters.
Brendan Howlin and Alan Kelly have both said they will decide on their intentions in the next 48 hours.
The announcement comes after it emerged today that two motions of no-confidence in his leadership would be tabled in coming weeks.
He agonised over it, but the Tánaiste realised that Labour would be best served by his departure. The question now is whether it is enough to save the junior coalition party.
The Tánaiste sat down with TheJournal.ie to discuss the recent problems facing the coalition and his future in government exactly a week before he announced his resignation.
Colleagues and opposition politicians alike have been reacting to the news, with most Labour TDs saying the party needs some new direction.
We should have a new Labour leader and deputy leader by 4 July, all going well.
The Labour leader is under pressure following the party’s disaster at the polls over the weekend.
John Whelan has said the party’s leadership has become out-of-touch with voters and arrogant.
The Communications Minister was asked whether he thought people who voted Labour in 2011 were due an apology…
Joan Burton insisted she has confidence in Eamon Gilmore at the count centre in Citywest today but the endorsement appeared lukewarm.
The Minister for Communications says that there is “no plot” to overthrow Labour leader Eamon Gilmore.
Watch our full, wide-ranging interview with Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore at TheJournal.ie’s offices yesterday.
Labour was launching its local and European election manifestos in Dublin today.
The union says that plans to privatise the bus network would see their livelihoods ‘decimated’.
An image, posted by Lorraine Higgins’s social media accounts, branded Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan a “turkey”.
The Tánaiste said he has a “very frank discussion” with Prendergast in his office earlier today.
It’s been a tough 24 hours for the Tánaiste but he has a big visitor today.
A Labour MEP threw a spanner in the works of Labour’s election campaign this morning by calling for Eamon Gilmore to resign…
There’s plenty for the political parties and the independents to think about after the first European election poll at the weekend.
Party members have been delivering a united message this morning, criticising Phil Prendergast for not ‘holding her nerve’ amid bad poll results.
MEP Phil Prendergast made the call following the party’s poor performance in recent opinion polls.
Phil Prendergast’s call comes in the wake of an opinion poll that put support for her re-election bid in Ireland South at just 4 per cent.
But it is good news for Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.
Labour senator John Gilroy reckons he would have a better chance than incumbent MEP Phil Prendergast of holding the party’s seat in Ireland South.
It’s not a list which will make good reading for Eamon Gilmore or those still in the Labour Party…
Jerry Mullally has quit the party today.
That’s now 27 councillors who have left the party since it went into government with all of them citing coalition policies as one of their reasons for quitting.
The surprise move by the former chairman of the Labour Party will see him join Fianna Fáil’s parliamentary ranks in the Dáil. He will not run for Europe next year as had been expected.