Gilmore Says Pact Was a Mistake, or Does He?

Writes Cian of Where's Me Country? on September 5th, 2007

Read more about: Irish Politics, Labour Party

Today’s Daily Mirror has an exclusive interview with Eamon Gilmore, how exclusive it can be considering he has been everywhere in the last two weeks is a moot point. Its headline suggests that Gilmore thinks “coalition with Fine Gael was a mistake…”.

Actual quotes: “I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the 2007 General Election. I don’t think we should focus too much on it but I want Labour to pursue an independent strategy.”

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