Left-wing backlash fails to make waves
Delegates at a conference voted by more than nine-to-one in a show of hands to approve the Programme for Government which will put them in power for the first time in 14 years.
A two-hour debate saw passionate speakers on both sides as the party’s left warned Labour faced being reduced to a “niche party” again at the next election if it propped-up Enda Kenny rather than lead opposition to his right-wing economic policies.
