Labour aims to win more than 40 seats

LABOUR’s director of elections, Ruairí Quinn, has predicted the party is set to double its current representation in the next Dáil by winning in excess of 40 seats.

The Dublin South East TD also claimed Labour was on course for a breakthrough in many rural parts of the country.

At the party’s daily media briefing in Dublin yesterday, Mr Quinn said Labour was particularly poised to make gains in the north-west region. He pointed out that Labour traditionally only attracted 5% of the vote in Connacht/Ulster but recent polls showed the party share of the vote was now standing at 15%.