Gilmore: Labour has made a lot of progress

Labour will “stay the course” and will not “flinch” from its challenge of bringing about economic recovery, its leader, Eamon Gilmore has insisted, despite the slump in support for the party in opinion polls.

Mr Gilmore dismissed suggestions that his party was heading for the same fate as the Greens, the junior coalition partners in the last government, which lost all its Dáil seats after propping up Fianna Fáil.

Labour’s support is now at 9%, with Mr Gilmore’s satisfaction ratings lower than any other party leader at 17%, according to the Millward Brown poll.