Alan Kelly steps up campaign to become new Labour leader

Labour TD Alan Kelly has noticeably stepped up his campaign to become the next leader of his party.

Mr Kelly was seen walking and stalking the corridors of Leinster House for a large part of the day in a bid to talk with his colleagues ahead of the race opening formally this weekend.

The former environment minister is known to be “relieved” to be out of office and is hoping to rebuild the party, focusing in on being a credible voice of Opposition in the Dáil.