Labour ‘treats candidate like token’

Labour’s first election policy launch was overshadowed last night after one of its own candidates claimed she is being treated like a “token” gesture and alleged she is “very much working on my own”.

Louth-based Senator Mary Moran made the claim after spending 35 minutes silently sitting on stage during the party’s jobs strategy launch beside constituency colleague super junior minister Ged Nash and Tánaiste Joan Burton.

The Labour document, which is considered key to the party’s bid to win back traditional voters’ support, includes plans to hike the minimum wage to €11.30 during the lifetime of the next Government and the creation of 50,000 new apprenticeship and trainee posts costing €131m by 2021.