Gilmore vows to make Labour relevant to voters

NEW Labour leader Eamon Gilmore last night pledged to make the party relevant again as he admitted it was failing to connect with voters.

The Dún Laoghaire TD was elected unopposed to succeed Pat Rabbitte and immediately ruled out a repeat of his predecessor’s alliance with Fine Gael.

Mr Gilmore pledged to stay true to Labour’s core values while carving out a distinct identity for it on the left of Irish politics.