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Ireland’s Labour leader quits after bad election

By Shawn Pogatchnik
Published May 26, 2014 5:30pm ET
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Ireland’s Labour leader quits after bad election
DUBLIN (AP) — The leader of Ireland’s Labour Party, the junior partner in government, announced Monday he is resigning after voters punished his party in local and European elections. The decision by Eamon Gilmore, who is also foreign minister and deputy prime minister, raises new doubts about whether Ireland’s two-party government can survive its full […]

DUBLIN (AP) — The leader of Ireland’s Labour Party, the junior partner in government, announced Monday he is resigning after voters punished his party in local and European elections.

The decision by Eamon Gilmore, who is also foreign minister and deputy prime minister, raises new doubts about whether Ireland’s two-party government can survive its full five-year term to 2016.

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