Labour Party (Ireland)
Labour Party Páirtí an Lucht Oibre | |
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| Leader | Alan Kelly |
| Seanad Leader | Rebecca Moynihan[1] |
| Founded | 28 May 1912 |
| Headquarters | 2 Whitefriars, Aungier Street, Dublin 2 |
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, literally "Party of the Working People") is a social democratic[2][3] political party in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William O'Brien.
The party was a part of the Irish Trades Union Congress.[4] It was known as the "democratic socialist party" in its creation.[5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rebeccamoynihan, Author at the Labour Party". Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ↑ Dimitri Almeida (2012). The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus. CRC Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ Richard Collin; Pamela L. Martin (2012). An Introduction to World Politics: Conflict and Consensus on a Small Planet. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4422-1803-1. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ↑ "Labour's proud history". labour.ie. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ↑ "Party Constitution". labour.ie. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
