Labour to distance itself from Fine Gael to regain core voters

Labour is planning to distance itself from Fine Gael as election momentum builds in a bid to regain support from its core voters.

Despite a voting pact now locking the parties together for the election, Tánaiste Joan Burton has rejected suggestions that a vote for Labour is a vote for Fine Gael.

The theme of its election campaign, that Labour is ‘better for all’, was yesterday discussed behind closed doors at Labour’s think-in which was held in Wicklow.