Eamon Gilmore

…became taoiseach, while Labour’s leader, Eamon Gilmore, assumed the post of tánaiste (deputy prime minister).

…in 2007, the party elected Eamon Gilmore as its new leader. Gilmore, a charismatic former trade unionist, became one of the country’s most popular politicians in the wake of the banking crisis that hobbled Ireland’s economy in 2008. By 2010 Ireland had been compelled to accept a loan package amounting…