Eamon Gilmore, the former Tánaiste and Labour leader, is set to release a frank and detailed political memoir just as his party prepares to begin its general election battle.

The bottom line is that we need, and will need, a parliament that works, writes Fergus Finlay

Former Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has admitted he was hurt by the internal party push against him which led to his resignation as Labour leader last year but has refused to blame anyone for what happened.

Former tánaiste, foreign affairs minister, and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has confirmed he will not run as a candidate at the next general election, bringing to an end a 26-year-long Dáil career.

Former Labour leader Eamon Gilmore will not seek the Labour nomination to stand at the next General Election.

Joan Burton’s bid for the Labour Party leadership is expected to be challenged by Junior Health Minister Alex White, in a move which will divide party members following a bruising set of elections last week.

Joan Burton’s bid for the Labour leadership edged closer last night after her party colleague Brendan Howlin ruled himself out of running for the position.

In the 1980s when Labour was having another of its bruising internal upheavals, then leader Frank Cluskey noticed Michael D Higgins was absent. On hearing the TD had gone on an emergency mission to Nicaragua, Cluskey is reported to have said Higgins was taking the easy option of "saving the world over saving the Labour party".

THE big question facing the Labour Party is when to stop telling lies. When to come out and tell the people that we are a small capitalist economy plugged into the international capitalist economy which gives us a high standard of living but sometimes forces us to keep commitments to international agencies, such as the EU, with whom we sometimes disagree.

A Labour backbencher has said the party needs to replace all five of its cabinet ministers.

Outgoing Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has insisted the Coalition will not be plunged into instability as a result of his resignation as Labour leader. He urged his successor to keep the party in Government until the end of its mandate in 2016.

"The senior people get the senior positions. It’s the nature of politics," Labour’s chief whip, Emmet Stagg, mused on RTÉ radio the night of his party leader’s resignation. "The younger generation have to serve their time."

Joan Burton is expected to declare her bid for the Labour leadership today as parliamentary party members meet and discuss the party’s dismal election results and the shock resignation of Eamon Gilmore.

THERE is a symmetry to the departure of Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, the highest-ranking alumni of the former Sinn Féin the Workers’ Party, The Workers’ Party, Democratic Left tradition, after a devastating defeat at the hands of Sinn Féin at the polls.

Whoever it is, Labour’s 11th leader must unite and rejuvenate the party for the next general election, writes Juno McEnroe.

Former accountant Joan Burton wants to make Labour the voice of Ireland, but has no room to manoeuvre, says Political Correspondent Shaun Connolly.

Although I have no active involvement in politics now, I’m one of the increasingly small number of people for whom Labour — its values, its history, and its promise — means a lot.

THE dishevelled-looking homeless man, slumping under the weight of a filthy sleeping bag draped around his shoulders, was quietly ushered away from the Eamon Gilmore campaign stunt he had stumbled across.

Is Eamon Gilmore already Labour’s lost leader before a vote has been cast?

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has lent his support to retain key services in Killarney, which are being transferred from the tourist town to Tralee, saying centralisation has not happened in other authorities and is not required under local government reform.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore has defended the Coalition’s record in tackling homelessness after social justice campaigner Peter McVerry predicted that the crisis will "bring this Government down".

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has told a trade union conference rising wages are "the sign of a healthy economy" and, while creating and maintaining employment remains the Labour Party’s top priority, "we should look forward to seeing wages rise and living standards improve".

Recently Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore visited Cork. He met with GAA representatives at Pairc Uí Chaoimh where he promised to make representations on their behalf to acquire State funding. Which is the only success story of the Labour party . He got it, all of €30m.

Labour’s rebel MEP Phil Prendergast has reaffirmed her call to oust Eamon Gilmore as leader as she launched the party’s Euro election manifesto with him.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore publicly snubbed the Taoiseach by refusing to match his offer of a blanket election transfer deal.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has moved to downplay fears a stimulus package for the building sector could create a new property bubble.

The successor to Justice Minister Alan Shatter will be announced this morning in the Dáil.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has side-stepped concern that scrapping the water tax standing charge will lead to higher usage bills.

Alan Shatter’s use of Garda information to reveal that the Independent TD, Mick Wallace, had penalty points waived could have consequences, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has indicated.

MEP Phil Prendergast has denied that her call for Eamon Gilmore to resign as Labour leader was an "act of desperation" and described as "reactionary" a comment by her colleague Seán Sherlock that she can not be taken seriously as a candidate.

Labour’s Euro election campaign has been plunged into crisis for the second time in five days, after a government minister said the party’s Ireland South candidate could not be taken seriously.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore insisted his leadership is not up for debate as he admitted Coalition confusion on water charges was hitting Labour candidates on the doorsteps.

THE clue is in the name really. Labour. It doesn’t paint word pictures of sunny skies, optimism and basking in the glow of an affectionate electorate.

Ireland South MEP Phil Prendergast said she has no regrets about calling for her party leader’s resignation, saying she was just giving “an honest answer to an honest question”.

Oh, how embarrassing. You’re in the middle of a furious, relationship- ending row, and suddenly the doorbell rings and you remember this is the night you invited the neighbours over for drinks.

Embattled Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore vowed to campaign for MEP Phil Prendergast — even though she does not think he is fit to be Labour leader.

Labour ministers have rallied around leader Eamon Gilmore after a “family row” was prompted by calls for his resignation by the party’s Ireland South MEP, Phil Prendergast.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and Junior Health Minister Alex White got an earful when they attended the gala opening of a new primary care centre in Co Galway.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan has admitted that water pricing details should have been sorted out three months ago, but denied he was the one who “messed-up.”

The Government’s new action plan for children and young people will ensure no vulnerable child is left behind, the Children’s Rights Alliance said yesterday.

Labour’s popularity might improve if party leader Eamon Gilmore held a different ministerial post, deputy leader Joan Burton has said.

The transport minister has told a men-only lunch at an Irish society event in the United States that courage is needed to make the future equal for all including gay and straight and male and female.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter is expected to stand over his department’s handling of a Garda whistleblower’s complaints and make a statement to the Dáil tomorrow.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said he is satisfied that no organ of the State was involved in surveillance of the garda ombudsman.