Keaveney quits Labour ‘as it is heading for disaster’

Labour chairman Colm Keaveney resigned from the party saying it is “heading for disaster” and that he wanted to challenge the Coalition’s failed policies from the opposition benches.

The Galway East TD said it was now up to the Labour membership to decide if Eamon Gilmore was the right person to lead the party into the next general election.

Labour TDs gave a mixed reaction to his resignation from the party.