Labour Party serious about entering government – Bacik. Here is the sad joke of the day. The new Trinity College Labour party and their elite assembled yesterday at Malahide, Dublin. Sources tell me that after a fine lunch and some Vintage, they had the hard neck to talk about Homelessness and people who struggle to earn a living. Let be speak bluntly, Bacik will not retain her seat nor will others because they have forgotten the Irish people who are Homeless and living in Parks, Hedges, and under Railway Bridges but Bacik does not mention the Irish people, it is all about Asylum Seekers. My point again is, we as a small Nation, have been so generous to non Nationals, some within the Labour Party call us Racists. No we are not. We are trying to protect our borders like Germany, France, Holland, Sweden, Hungary are doing at present. Define the word Labour and to say they will enter Government with FG or FF is a very sick Joke. I plead with the Irish people for this coming election to Vote for People who care about Ireland, who care about the Irish homeless and above all, unlike Ivana, know exactly where Croagh Park is and our Gaelic culture. This is serious. Nobody in Ireland has refused people coming in but they have asked questions as has Michael McDowell, former AG, who highlighted those arriving with no Papers, Passports, yet allowed through. Labour is a Conservative party and why did they not have their gathering in Finglas or Ballyfermot and mix among the Irish working class people. Right now Ivana enjoy your Vintage, your salaries but hopefully the people of Ireland will awaken very soon.

Updated / Thursday, 5 Sep 2024 14:50

Political Correspondent

The leader of the Labour Party has said that her party is serious about forming part of the next government.

As the party gathered in Malahide in Dublin today, Ivana Bacik predicted that a general election was imminent.

Labour is planning to work with other centre-left and climate-focused parties after the election to form “a critical mass”, Deputy Bacik said.

It would be a constructive move to work with others who share the party’s vision after the election, she added.

“We want to deliver change for communities, for people that we represent, for communities that are crying out for more homes, for the people facing eviction that I meet every week, facing eviction for whom the tenant in situ scheme is simply not working,” Ms Bacik stated.

The Labour leader insisted that her predecessor in the role, Tipperary TD Alan Kelly, will “absolutely” stand in the general election.

She said that he was unable to attend today’s meeting because he has been working on a campaign to prevent the moving of 30 asylum seekers from Borrisokane, where they have been living for some time.

Earlier, the party called for increased funding in the Budget to tackle child homelessness.

Today’s meeting is being attended by its parliamentary party along with candidates running in the upcoming general election who are discussing Labour’s core policies and what it would hope to achieve if elected to government.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Deputy Bacik said that these include a children’s charter to give every child a fair start in life.

Labour has selected 16 general election candidates to date and that number is expected to climb above 30 in the weeks ahead.

The party returned 56 councillors in the local elections earlier this year.

Ivana Bacik said that the party had a very strong result in the local and European elections, with a Labour MEP being elected for the first time in over a decade, and she wants to build on that success in the general election to return a strong team to the Dáil.

Ms Bacik also said that Deputy Kelly will run in the next election, and pointed to a new generation of Labour councillors who will also be running.