Keaveney refuses to quit Labour chair

Rebel TD Colm Keaveney is resisting pressure to resign as chairman of the Labour Party despite being expelled from the parliamentary party on Thursday.

Keaveney refuses to quit Labour chair
Sat, 15 Dec, 2012 - 00:00
Mary Regan and Ann Cahill

The Galway East Labour TD said: “The graceful thing to do is honour the mandate I was given by the grassroots of the Labour Party.”

He was elected to the position of chair at a conference in April.

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