Left-wing parties explore joint candidate for Seanad by-election

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has written to Social Democrats and Green Party chiefs seeking support for an agreed 'left/green woman candidate' following Seán Kyne’s election to Dáil

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said there was a need to ensure 'ensure stronger representation of women, especially now that the proportion of women elected to the Oireachtas has reduced even further'. File picture: Niall Carson/PA

Left-wing parties are exploring a joint candidate to run in an upcoming Seanad by-election after Seán Kyne was elected to the Dáil last weekend.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik wrote to the leaders of the Social Democrats and Green Party, Holly Cairns and Roderic O’Gorman, seeking their co-operation for a possible joint left-wing candidate.