Labour 'could lead Republic'

The Labour Party could realistically lead a future government in the Irish Republic, its leader Pat Rabbitte claimed today.

The Dublin South West TD told a seminar at the Irish Labour History museum in Dublin celebrating the life of former Labour leader, Brendan Corish, that with Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fáil shifting increasingly to the right, there was a great chance for his party to make a significant electoral breakthrough.