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THE MORE information the people had about the economic crisis, the sooner they would get rid of Fianna Fáil “and hopefully elect our first Labour taoiseach”, Joan Burton said last night.

At the national conference of Labour Youth in Dublin, the party’s finance spokeswoman said: “The Labour Party is on the march and we really have something to offer. We’re trying to build a new movement, a fairer country, a country where, in our politics, we have as many women involved in politics as we have men.”