This is another embarrassing loss for Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, who has now lost five Labour TDs from the Coalition. Though he won't be shedding many tears
Gilmore can't wait to retire. He started out in the Official Sinn Fein/Workers' Party, Democratic Left and now is leader of the Labour party which is not a party of the working man. The journalist is correct that he won't be shedding many tears. He will have a good pension when he jumps off the sinking political gravy train or he might go in to banking. He will be rewarded regardless.