Analysis: Defensive Labour Party leader insists that he has no intention of stepping aside

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has no intention of stepping aside, despite ongoing calls for his resignation from grassroots members, he tells political correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

THE usual ice-breaker in a conversation just before the Dáil returns is to ask a politician how was their summer.

But in the case of Brendan Howlin, it seems better to sidestep the question.