Ivana Bacik

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Ivana Bacik to run for leader of Labour Party (Irish Examiner)

In an email to councillors, the Dublin Bay South TD said she would be seeking nominations for the leadership role. On Friday, Alan Kelly backed Ms Bacik and ...

According to the, in the email sent on Monday, Ms Bacik said: On Friday, Alan Kelly backed Ms Bacik and toldshe would "almost certainly" become the leader and that he hoped the party would coalesce around her. Ivana Bacik has confirmed her intentions to become the next leader of the Labour Party after Alan Kelly announced his resignation last week.

Labour brought Ireland 'back from brink' of ruin, says Bacik (The Irish Times)

Party leader candidate confirms opinion polling was not the only factor in Alan Kelly's departure.

However, she said that “we shouldn’t forget that that was also the government that brought Ireland back from the brink of financial ruin and bankruptcy, and indeed, we shouldn’t forget that Labour have now been out of that government for longer than we were in it and it is time to move on”. Her party colleague Duncan Smith TD last week said the party moved against Mr Kelly partially because of “the legacy of 2011 and 2016 and the catastrophe of being in that government…was something we couldn’t move on from”. Labour Party leadership candidate Ivana Bacik has said the party “brought Ireland back from the brink” of financial ruin during its time in government with Fine Gael and that it is “time to move on” from its role in austerity politics.

Bacik to seek nomination to become Labour leader (RTE.ie)

Labour Party TD Ivana Bacik has confirmed that she will seek a nomination for the party leadership.

He said the pandemic had restricted his ability to put forward his politics and that it had been hard for the party to move on from its period in government from 2011 to 2016. She said that he intends to speak with more councillors, area representatives and party members to seek their support for her candidacy. Mr Kelly said he regretted that the party had not been able to make progress in the polls and did not get a bounce over the past two years.

Ivana Bacik confirms intention to run for leader of the Labour Party (BreakingNews.ie)

Ivana Bacik has also said that a discussion on who would lead the party was not made prior to the meeting Mr Kelly.

Now more than ever there needed to be a Labour voice in Irish politics, she said. It had been a difficult time for him to be leader of the party, but it was important that the party unite. It was a “collective and unanimous” decision to approach Alan Kelly to express concern about the “stagnation” of the party in opinion polls and the result of internal polls on “issues”.

Ivana Bacik confirms she will run for Labour party leadership (Independent.ie)

Dublin Bay South TD Ivana Bacik has confirmed that she will run for leadership of the Labour Party following Alan Kelly's shock resignation last week.

She also said that she has a “deep appreciation” for Alan Kelly’s “immense contribution” to the party during “a time of unprecedented challenges for the country”. She said that she will meet with party councillors and local representatives to hear their ideas on a “united and re-energised” Labour Party which can “again become the leading centre-left force in Irish politics”. In the letter to councillors, seen by Independent.ie, Deputy Bacik said that she spoke about running for leadership with members of the party in Dublin Bay South last Thursday and received their “overwhelming endorsement”.

'Not a time of my choosing': Bacik reluctantly bids to lead Labour (Newstalk)

The favourite to be the next leader of the Labour party, Ivana Bacik, has admitted she is throwin...

Whilst Labour served in Government with Fine Gael between 2011 and 2016, she was its leader in the Seanad. This, however, is a position on her CV and a time in the party’s history she is far from keen to dwell on: but the key thing now is to unite the party and strengthen our vision.” However, the decision has been somewhat thrust upon her; Alan Kelly abruptly resigned last week citing poor opinion polling and a lack of confidence among colleagues.

Ivana Bacik says Alan Kelly 'took the decision' to resign as Labour ... (Irish Mirror)

New Labour leader in waiting has spoken out for the first time since Kelly was shafted last week.

Speaking to RTE’s News at One, Ms Bacik said: “A collective decision was taken as has been explained and outline by my colleagues…. Ms Bacik said: “It was a combination of factors that led to Alan taking the decision.” There were a number, a combination of factors that led to Alan taking the decision, it was a collective and unanimous decision.