Chairman of the Labour Party Jack O’Connor will call on Saturday for a guarantee that there will be a significant number of unionist ministers in any government that is formed in the event of a united Ireland. In a May Day speech to the trade union section of his party, Mr O’Connor will make a strong appeal that Labour continue to follow the republican tradition and principles of the 1916 leader James Connolly. “Most significantly, [Mr O’Callaghan] proposes that it would specify a requirement for ‘unionist’ ministers in all governments post unification. Mr O’Connor will also call for a common platform among trade unionists and others on the left, so as to reject any semblance of sectarian majoritarianism. That will be achieved by an absolute parity of esteem, based on principles of mutual respect, individual liberty and economic and social equality, according to Mr O’Connor.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2021 00:00 UTC