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Ivana the new Face of Labour. Come on, Ivana maybe a nice woman Privately, but Dublin 4 or maybe it is Dublin 8 Address, probably Shops in Brown Thomas. Large Salary and in the Trinity Elite, Ivana is as much Labour, as John Paul Phelan, is the next Leader of Sinn Fein. Not a Chance, AK Kelly got Shafted, Kelly Rides out, and Calamity Ivana Rides in, not to the Merriongate, maybe Zappone could be her Adviser???

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Does Ivana Bacik have what it takes to revive Labour?

From 37 seats in 2011 to just seven currently, the centre-left party is facing an existential crisis. Yet some insiders believe leader-in-waiting Bacik heralds an exciting new future

Ivana Bacik focused more on her personality and policies than her party affiliation for the Dublin Bay South by-election. Photo by Gareth Chaney/Collins
Alan Kelly announces his resignation. Photo by Niall Carson/PA Wire

Ivana Bacik focused more on her personality and policies than her party affiliation for the Dublin Bay South by-election.

March 12 2022 02:30 AM

It was one of the greatest days in Labour’s history. The media dubbed it the Gilmore Gale. In the 2011 general election, the party won a record 37 seats — an astonishing achievement for leader Eamon Gilmore and a sign that the public craved change after the financial crash. Fianna Fáil, with an unfathomably low 20 seats, was left licking its wounds.

But while Labour contemplated forming a government with Fine Gael, one of the party’s stalwarts was disappointed. Ivana Bacik had been Gilmore’s running mate in Dún Laoghaire, but failed to get elected in the four-seat constituency. Having been in the Seanad since 2007, though, she was re-elected there and became deputy leader of the upper house.

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