Labor leader Brendan Howlin said he was confident that the party could double the number of TDs in the next general election.
Mr. Howlin's leadership has come under pressure with six councilors calling for him to resign due to concerns about the party's poor performance in the polls and concerns that it is not prominent in the media.
Mr. Howlin also received a letter from 14 council members who were looking for an "urgent meeting" to discuss the direction of the party, as well as her "leadership and need for change".
A separate group of 16 council members – out of a total of 50 – previously signed a letter saying they "did not think this was the right time for change".
Party Chairman Jack O'Connor said that the question of the person who leads Labor can be revised as soon as the party holds a full debate about how it can renew itself and social democracy in general.
On Tuesday, Mr. Howlin said that personality politics did not solve any problems and said he planned the local council members of the Labor & # 39; think in & # 39; to meet soon, including the 14 who have called for a change of leadership.
He said that personality politics did not solve problems.
Reconstruction of labor
Mr Howlin told RTÉ & # 39; s Today with Miriam show that he wanted to rebuild the Labor party.
Howlin said he hoped for a good attendance at the pre-Dáil thought in Drogheda on 16 and 17 September when the direction of the party could be discussed.
The event would be an opportunity for him to "explain my position".
Howlin said he knew people were disillusioned after the last election, but was convinced that the party would double the number of TDs at the next election of the current seven to fourteen.
Mr. Howlin said he felt he was a good leader, a serious political thinker who understood the depth of the crisis.
Addressing the problem that he was not prominent in the media, but said that sometimes "more shocking" politicians gather more coverage and public interest. "Many people do not read policies, they only hear the shrill sounds."
He said his strength was economy. He had resisted the € 8 billion rain-day fund, because at the moment many people were experiencing a constant downpour.
When asked if he would visit the Pope, Mr. Howlin said he would, and he encouraged the Taoiseach to respond forcefully and forcefully to the Pope and to let him know that "no one is immune to the law. "
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