Democratic Left

...seat in every subsequent election. Between 1994 and 1997 the Democratic Left formed a government with Fine Gael and the Labour Party and McManus became Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal. During this period she was also a...

In this article: Liz McManus, Labour Party, Pat Rabbitte, Northern Ireland Forum, 1992 General Election, Sunday Tribune, Fine Gael Party, Workers Party, and Sinn Fein

...that one coalition replaced another without a general election. Between 1994 and 1997 Fine Gael, the Labour Party, and Democratic Left governed in the Rainbow Coalition. Dick Spring of the Labour Party became Tanaiste and Minister for...

In this article: Labour Party, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, James Larkin, Pat Rabbitte, National Labour Party, William X. O'Brien, and Labour Party

...Teachta Dala (TD) for Mayo East . In 1994 the Rainbow Coalition of Fine Gael, Labour Party and Democratic Left came to power and Higgins was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Finance . The following year he became Minister...

In this article: Jim Higgins, Seanad Eireann, Fine Gael, Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, Department of Finance, Community School, 1987 General Election, and 1997 General Election

...Lynch in Cork North Central. After the collapse of the Fianna Fail-Labour Party coalition government in 1994, Democratic Left joined the new coalition government with Fine Gael and the Labour Party. Proinsias De Rossa served as...

In this article: Workers Party, Proinsias De Rossa, Liz McManus, Pat Rabbitte, Eamon Gilmore, and Eric Byrne

...of its more hard left positions. This eventually split the party. In 1994 a new Rainbow Coalition government of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Democratic Left came to power. Rabbitte was a member of the junior ministerial team, serving as...

In this article: Pat Rabbitte, Labour Party, Green Party, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail Party, Workers' Party, Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, Ruairi Quinn, and Eamon Gilmore

...the term originally referred to a proposed coalition of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Progressive Democrats) with Fine Gael and Democratic Left. This was the first time in Irish political history that a party had left a governing...

In this article: Government of Ireland, Labour Party, Fine Gael, 1992 General Election, Progressive Democrats, and Fianna Fail Party

...named Democratic Left and De Rossa was elected party leader. Later that year, he resigned his European Parliament seat in favour of Democratic Left general secretary Des Geraghty. Following the collapse of the Fianna Fail-Labour Party...

In this article: Workers' Party, Proinsias De Rossa, Sinn Fein, Fine Gael, and Ruairi Quinn

...the beef industry, the Labour Party left the coalition and, after negotiations, formed the "Rainbow Coalition " with Fine Gael and Democratic Left on 15 December 1994 as three by-election gains had by now made it possible This was the...

In this article: Fianna Fail, Taoiseach, Fine Gael, Albert Reynolds, Labour Party, Dick Spring, John Bruton, and Allegations

...than had previously been known. Spring broke off negotiations with Fianna Fail. Spring pursued negotiations to form a coalition with Fine Gael and Democratic Left. In December Labour, with Fine Gael and Democratic Left formed a coalition...

In this article: Albert Reynolds, Labour Party, Dick Spring, Fianna Fail, Government, Fine Gael, and Taoiseach