Posts Tagged 21st century commission

Labour Party 21st Century Commission

The Labour Party‘s 21st Century Commission has finally reported to the National Executive Committee, and the report, with a new party constitution, will now be put to a National Conference in Mullingar at the end of March. This is a great opportunity for the Labour Party to reinvent itself for a new century.  I’m still [...]

February 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 in Politics (Ireland), Security | tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments

Labour Party 21st Century Commission

The Labour Party‘s 21st Century Commission (the 21CC as it’s known in party circles) should be reporting to the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) soon.  While there’s been plenty of speculation about what’s in it, none of it is particularly accurate according to those who’ve seen the current draft of the document (the Commission itself [...]

October 1st, 2008 at 15:02 in Politics (Ireland) | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

History of the Labour Party

Cllr Dermot Lacey posts about an interesting radio documentary from Newstalk on the history of the Labour Party (downloads and direct play at Dermot’s site). It’s a very interesting programme, even if it can only be a light treatment at 45 minutes long.  I was particularly taken by Brendan Halligan‘s description of Frank Cluskey‘s leadership [...]

September 15th, 2008 at 15:45 in Politics (Ireland) | tags: , , | 2 Comments