Quinn: Labour will bounce back

The former Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has said he believes the next election will not take place until the end of the Dáil term.

The Labour TD for Dublin South East stepped down as Education Minister earlier this year and announced his intention to retire from politics at the end of the current Dáil term.

His political career spans more than 40 years.

Despite poor results in recent opinion polls, Ruairi Quinn said he believed the Labour party would bounce back.

"I don't know how many times the Labour Party has been buried, but it keeps coming out of the ground," he said.

"The Labour Party is 102 years old...We've had bad times and great times (and we haven't regressed."