Ivana Bacik: Labour’s slump in polls ‘could be wrong’

today, Ms Bacik claimed these low figures have not deterred the party.“We have a long and proud history as the party of the trade union movement, we have an incredible ground organisation.She pointed out Labour’s previous successes have not always been predicted by polls.

“I suppose what we've seen more recently in the more recent vote nationally, is how the polls can get it wrong.” Today, she described Leo Varadkar’s resignation and Mr Harris’ appointment as a “cosmetic job” for the party.“Whoever is appointed Taoiseach... will have at best a number of months to be a temporary Taoiseach.The Labour leader said Mr Harris’ top priority as leader of the country should be tackling housing.

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