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Eamon Gilmore reckons that the party would win 8-10 new seats if there was an election called, but where would they be? In Dublin or down the...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Eamon Gilmore is giving his speech at 8.30. How many times will he say things he doesn't mean, make claims about other people that he knows aren't...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
The Labour Party is a “very distinct third party” with the job of offering the Irish people that “third choice” at every election, party leader Eamon Gilmore said today.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Irish banks should be forced by the government to guarantee that no family's home will be repossessed as a condition of any state aid package, Labour demanded last night. Labour leader Eamon Gilmore argued that the Irish taxpayer must be compensated for helping to support financial institutions. Addressing Labour's annual conference in Kilkenny last night, Gilmore said: 'If the...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
THE FÁS expenses controversy has revealed the existence of "a cosy circle" between Cabinet Ministers and senior Fás executives and board members, including trade union representatives, the leader of the Labour Party, Eamon Gilmore has declared.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
House repossessions should be off-limits for at least two years in order to help beleaguered homeowners cope during the recession, Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore said in a keynote speech this evening.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
LABOUR PARTY leader Eamon Gilmore has called on the board of Fás to resign and said the trade union representatives on the board have a case to answer about the lack of spending controls in the State training agency.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
THE EXPENSES regime in Fás was the responsibility of the serving Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore insisted.
Notes On The Front (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
It would be hard to disagree with the following: 'In truth, Gilmore's speech was a master class; the best that he has ever given and, probably, one of the finest orations given by any political leader at a party conference...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
IRELAND'S NATIONAL debt should be allowed to nearly double over the next four years in order to pay for spending on schools, telecommunications and other State infrastructure to kick-start the economy, the Labour leader, Eamon Gilmore, has declared.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
THE LABOUR Party must significantly reform its organisation and rules, including its ties to trades unions and its selection of candidates, if it is to compete with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the party leader, Eamon Gilmore declared.
'political quote' (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
In Kilkenny Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore outlines Labour's new message of hope to the Party's 2008 convention and sumed it up in one sentace, Sea! Is féidir linne freisin! (Yes, we can! as gaeilg e ).
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Labour Party conference »Party in the mood to adopt go-it-alone approachANALYSIS: The Labour Party has ambitions that are steadily increasing in size, writes Mark Hennessy BARACK OBAMA has yet to visit Ireland to track his distant roots, but his spirit was evident when the Labour Party gathered in Kilkenny at the weekend: from Labour Youth's "Gilmore for Taoiseach" posters, to Eamon Gilmore's...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... ordinary decent public servant represented by the people in the hall.The final blow was struck by Eamon Gilmore in his leader's address on Saturday night, when he said that Fianna Fáil did not have the answer to the State's problems. "And neither does Fine Gael," he added. There was more applause. The usual format, of the parliamentary party sitting behind the leader, was dispensed...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Labour Party conference »Now is the time to build a new economyLabour leader Eamon Gilmore with Kathleen Lynch, Michael D Higgins and fellow delegates after the leader's address.Photograph: Brenda FitzsimonsLEADER'S SPEECH: E DITED. "I want to talk with you tonight about solutions. About how we can get throught these troubled times. How we can overcome the recession and secure a better...
