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THE LABOUR PARTY conference will be held at the end of November despite calls from the party chairman for the event to be held earlier and before October’s Budget.
A meeting of the party’s national executive “agreed by consensus” that the conference be held on the 29 and 30 November in Leinster House today, according to a Labour spokesman.
This was despite calls from party chairman Colm Keaveney, who lost the party whip last year, for the conference to be brought forward in the wake of the Meath East by-election result which saw Labour’s support plummet to below 5 per cent.
Keaveney was also keen that the national party meet to discuss issues prior to the Budget – which is due to be held on October 15 – and had, according to the Labour spokesperson, brought forward a motion that the conference be held in September.
However the executive instead opted for the end of November date.
Keaveney said this evening that he was “delighted” that a date for the conference had been secured.
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Can’t let a little thing like the grassroots having their say before the budget interfere with the big picture Eamonn, right?
Disgusting behaviour, I won’t be voting labour ever again.
Will there still b a Labour Party in November ?
Plenty of time for Gilmore to start packing his bags & get his reward for failure .
Too late, by November, the Labour Party will have all but disappeared at this rate.
So looks like we’ll be protesting the 29th and 30th of November wherever these liars and sleviens meet.
Go on len u bollix
After Fine Gael’s bad hair day last year at the Convention Centre in Dublin you can be sure Labour 4.5% Party will be hiding away at a remote location
To many problems for labour to survive – to many ministers making asses out of themselves – one or two more high profile mistakes and that’s it
Well done the Irish public – u have realised to bring down the government u don’t need to focus on it as a whole u just need to topple the smaller party- which is happening
Labour are falling faster than any party before- and the truth is the only way Gilmore will save Labour from total wipeout is to Topple the government stating he has enough with austairity and I don’t know if that would be good enough
Eamon Gilmores legacy in Irish Politics – how he destroyed labour for ever
Anybody remember the PD’s or the Greens
Good man Eamon
I seriously doubt there will be a labour party in November.
This is actually getting entertaining.
Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
The Fg Labradors at the top must hate their Chairman.
Problem is, he’s talking sense.
After the budget is not very clever, wider party push for labour issues before the budget would help force their policies.. But then again they don’t really give a shit what their members think as they have served their purpose.
This govt along with Gilmore etc wont last till november
In the background of photo it’s got 1912-2012 which is fitting as that’s their epitaph.
Poor Colm. Deprived of attention for a little longer. He’ll start exhibiting withdrawal symptoms soon.
Poor Vincent.
Hmmm..?
And dilcos
Is that you reg. U were supposed to meet me for picnic in phenix park today. what happened reg man what happened ?
And shaw and rogers and collins
My living rooms free for their supporters….ic the wanna watch it here.
Budget on october 15th – ostriches!
Theyre only saying that cause thats what you do
The Labour Party do not believe that they will be gone before their November conference but the way they are thinking that having their conference in November that the people will think it is too cold to protest at it and the Labour Party know there will be no Guards available to cover the crowd control MORANS AND TRAITORS = LABOUR PARTY
Who were they again…….
I love my pug! Hahaha!!
Thankfully some clarity. Looking forward to the conference as always :)
they could hold it in a phone box
Labour the only thing they have done for the Working Class and unemployed in this Country is insure that We will be Labouring for Decades to get out of Debt. They have sold their Soles for a few pieces of Gold and insured the Rest of us will be paying for it for the rest of our Lives. Gilmore / Rabbit and Co will ride off into the Sunset with Huge payoffs and cast not a thought to the Irish People for the Treason they Committed against us. A Course and Plague on all your houses ye deserve nothing Better.
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