TDs fear Labour election disaster

Labour could be reduced to a rump of five seats after the next election, some TDs fear as the party continues to slump in the polls.

With the latest snapshot survey of public opinion showing Labour standing at just 6% after another two point fall, concern is rising in the party of a near wipe-out at the looming Dail election.

“We could go down to around five TDs on a really bad day,” one deputy said as the party faced a catastrophic collapse from the 37 Dail members it saw elected on 19.4% of the vote in 2011.