Search

06 Sept 2025

Labour Party in Ireland elects a new leader

Tipperary TD will take over role previously held by Brendan Howlin

Labour's Alan Kelly

Labour's Alan Kelly

The Labour Party in Ireland has a new leader.

Tipperary TD and party spokesperson on health Alan Kelly has won the leadership contest, defeating Dublin Bay North TD, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, the party spokesperson on Education and Skills, Gaeilge and the Gaeltacht.

Close to 2,000 party members voted in the election to decide to decide who would take over from Brendan Howlin, who stepped down from the position after the last general election.

The Labour Party has just six seats in the Dáil.

In Donegal, the party has one county councillor, Martin Farren in Inishowen.

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.