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Election 2016

Labour

Bio

Labour was founded in 1912 by trade unionists James Connolly and Jim Larkin. It has served in government with both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. It is currently the second largest party in the State in terms of Dáil and Seanad representation. It is a broadly left-of-centre, social democratic party.

Carlow-Kilkenny

Clare

Cork East

Cork North-Central

Cork South-Central

Cork South-West

Dublin Bay South

Dublin Central

Dublin Fingal

Dublin Mid-West

Dublin North-West

Dublin Rathdown

Dublin South-Central

Dublin South-West

Dublin West

Dún Laoghaire

Galway East

Galway West

Kerry

Kildare North

Kildare South

Laois

Limerick City

Longford-Westmeath

Louth

Meath East

Meath West

Roscommon-Galway

Sligo-Leitrim

Tipperary

Waterford

Wexford

Wicklow

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