Gilmore vows to continue foreign affairs role

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said he would continue to resist pressure on him to drop his foreign affairs post and hit out at those who argued it was not a domestic brief.

As another Labour councillor left the party fold, and amid poor showings in opinion polls, there has been growing pressure on Mr Gilmore to leave the Department of Foreign Affairs for a different ministerial post.

However, speaking in Cork yesterday, the Tánaiste praised Labour members for “sticking with the party”, and said he would not be swayed from his ministerial brief by opinion poll ratings ahead of European and local elections next year.