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Mon 01 Jan 2009Members of Labour gather in Liberty Hall to 'reclaim' role in first Dáil
THE BALLAD of James Connollyechoed around Liberty Hall in Dublin yesterday as more than 250 Labour Party members gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first Dáil and the adoption of the Labour-drafted Democratic Programme.
Members were urged by Brendan Halligan, former general secretary of the party, to reclaim the party’s role in the first Dáil Éireann and recognise that Labour’s contribution had been indispensable.
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