#IvanaBacik vs Milquetoast Mushmouth #MichaelMartin

RE: #SeamusCulleton at #LeadersQuestions 🇮🇪

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oPD_zejZRew

[00:53] FF made 'deal' with Regional Group before Labour - Bacik

The Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said it was clear that a "deal had already been done" between Fianna Fáil and the Regional Independent Group before "substantive" negotiations between Fianna Fáil and Labour began on possible Government formation.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0404/1505984-bacik-ff-labour/

#Labour #IvanaBacik #FiannaFáil #theRegionalIndependentGroup

[15:16] New Labour Party front bench spokepersons announced

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said the new Dáil term represents an "exciting time" for her party.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0207/1495368-labour-front-bench/

#IvanaBacik #Dáil

[16:04] Wakes being held by candlelight over outages - Bacik

People have been forced to hold wakes for dead relatives in candlelight due to the ongoing fallout from Storm Éowyn, Labour Leader Ivana Bacik has said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0205/1494889-dail-politics/

#StormÉowyn #IvanaBacik

[16:43] Labour says priority is to build platform 'on the left'

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said her party's priority is to build a platform "on the left" before speaking to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil about going into government.

https://www.rte.ie/news/election-24/2024/1201/1484077-ireland-election-labour/

#IvanaBacik #FineGael #FiannaFáil

I applaud #ivanabacik 's attitude but as the #greenparty has found out, junior #coalitionpartners are almost assured to be decimated at the next election as their voters inevitably suffer from delusions as to what they should be able to achieve in government in line with their stated goals and so voters end up kneejerking into "punishing" them.

What could such parties do to prevent this happening?

[20:43] Party has seen 'really strong results' - Labour leader

Leader of the Labour Party Ivana Bacik has said that her party has seen "really strong results".

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1130/1483987-labour-general-election/

#theLabourParty #IvanaBacik

[13:15] Bacik calls for left-wing 'platform' post-election

Labour leader Ivana Bacik has called for left-leaning parties to come together in a combined post-general election "platform" to help strengthen their position in any potential government formation talks.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1025/1477451-labour/

#IvanaBacik

[19:16] ‘We asked for a bike shed, not the Taj Mahal’ – OPW appears before the Public Accounts Committee on €336,000 scandal

A spokesperson for Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said that the Oireachtas Cycling Group “asked for a bike shed, not the Taj Mahal we got” after the chair of the Office of Public Works appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer questions over a controversial €336,000 bike shed.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/we-asked-for-a-bike-shed-not-the-taj-mahal-opw-appears-before-the-public-accounts-committee-on-336000-scandal/a882743642.html

#IvanaBacik #theOireachtasCyclingGroup #theOfficeofPublicWorks #thePublicAccountsCommittee #acontroversial€ #336,000

[13:25] Varadkar comments on immigration a 'new low' - Bacik

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik has said former taoiseach Leo Vardakar's claim that immigration to Ireland has risen too quickly is "a really new low".

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0927/1472324-immigration/

#LabourParty #IvanaBacik #LeoVardakar #Ireland