Labour party still has 'significant differences' with Sinn Féin, says Ivana Bacik

Labour leader says Government is made up of 'relics of a bygone era' as she eyes alternative future

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik speaking at the party's conference at te Radisson Blu Hotel in Limerick. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Labour party leader Ivana Bacik has said parties of the left can "break the mould" but added that her party still has "significant differences" with Sinn Féin.

Speaking at her party's conference in Limerick on Saturday, Ms Bacik said Ireland had been "defined by a two-and-a-half party system" but "as we move into the next hundred years, that form has been smashed" and the election of Catherine Connolly as president shows a path for alternatives.