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08/06/2009
Labour Claim Best Local Election Result Ever
The Irish Labour Party have claimed they have had their best local election result ever.
Counting is still continuing in the Local Elections but so far Labour have made gains throughout the country. The party's candidates polled 17% nationally, and seeing many first-time candidates taking seats on Ireland's councils.
A spokesman for the Labour party said Local authorities up and down the country would return with many first-time candidates while in Dublin's councils Labour "swept the board" becoming the largest party.
Leader of the Labour Party Eamon Gilmore TD said: "We are going to build and grow from this base" adding that many of the newly elected first-time candidates will be candidates in Dail elections in the future.
At the time of writing, Labour won 18% of the vote giving them 129 seats. They remain the third largest party.
(DW/JM)
Counting is still continuing in the Local Elections but so far Labour have made gains throughout the country. The party's candidates polled 17% nationally, and seeing many first-time candidates taking seats on Ireland's councils.
A spokesman for the Labour party said Local authorities up and down the country would return with many first-time candidates while in Dublin's councils Labour "swept the board" becoming the largest party.
Leader of the Labour Party Eamon Gilmore TD said: "We are going to build and grow from this base" adding that many of the newly elected first-time candidates will be candidates in Dail elections in the future.
At the time of writing, Labour won 18% of the vote giving them 129 seats. They remain the third largest party.
(DW/JM)
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