Labour leadership: the contenders

Deputy leader Joan Burton considered early favourite

Holmes seeks to make bygones of byelection on Meath campaign trail

Labour candidate won only 4.5% of first preference votes in last year’s poll

McEntee tops Meath East spending list

Total of €106,653.42 spend in byelection last March

Nessa Childers leaves parliamentary Labour party

Ireland East MEP says she has not been satisfied with party policy for some time

A familiar pattern in Meath

Labour needs to take an honest look at misjudged byelection campaign

Kenny has reasons to be pleased FG triumphed in midst of austerity measures

Meath East result will test Coalition partners’ relationship

‘Small party takes blame’ effect is more obvious than ever

Gilmore denies his leadership of Labour Party in question

Party suffered 16 percentage point drop in Meath East byelection, with candidate finishing in fifth place

Byelection shows that FG and FF remain the dominant forces in Irish politics

Labour’s dismal performance has put party leadership into an awkward place

Kenny praises performance after McEntee’s ‘bittersweet’ victory

Party leader speaks of his delight and pride given such ‘challenging circumstances’

Cheers and tears as emotions overflow on strange and bittersweet day

Enda walked up to them, his eyes already brimming. He cupped Helen’s face in his hands and they hugged. ‘Great day,’ he whispered

Fine Gael’s McEntee wins Meath East byelection

Labour slumps to fifth place as voters stay with Fine Gael and return to Fianna Fáil

FF and FG vying for top spot in Meath East byelection

Helen McEntee and Thomas Byrne on equal odds ahead of polling today

Smaller parties hope to make mark in Meath East

Green Party among those hoping to consolidate