Alan Kelly v Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Two TDs set to compete for Labour leadership

Ó Ríordáin and Kelly will battle it out to lead Labour. Image: RollingNews.ie Ó Ríordáin and Kelly will battle it out to lead Labour. Image: RollingNews.ie Updated 1 hour ago

The vacancy in the party leadership has come about after Brendan Howlin announced last week he was stepping down following the party’s failure to make gains in the general election. The Tipperary TD said today: “The party was founded to advance the interest of workers. Now it is time to go back to basics.

Ó Ríordáin was a junior minister during the Fine Gael-Labour government of the previous decade and held briefs including equality and drugs policy.Ó Ríordáin repeatedly said that his party needs to offer change to voters but he acknowledged that the party may have been “behind the curve” in defining what this represents.

Nash and Ó Ríordáin were both senators until their re-election to the Dáil earlier this month and were seen as unlikely to run against one another. “We’ve taken a position and we’re going to stick with that position,” he said, adding that the parliamentary party will meet again as government formation talks progress.

Who cares who is Leader of the Labour Party ?

He is by far the best candidate & will have to get the support of the members to succeed. He will fail as a leader if he doesn’t shift the party firmly to the left & support the working class.

Jaysus, seriously.! There are only 6 members of the party..! Talk about self importance..!

Hope it's Aodhan that will kill the party quicker

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