Slogan: A new deal for Ireland

First Primary Policy: Labour's jobs strategy is two-pronged: stimulate job creation in the short term, and create the conditions for new, sustainable job creation in the medium to long-term by up-skilling our workforce.

Second Primary Policy: Our fiscal strategy is to target the reduction of the structural deficit by half - or some 4% of GDP - in 2009 and 2010, with further, but less severe reductions in 2011-2013.

Third Primary Policy: Bank Reform
1. Get credit flowing to business
2. Identify the scale of bad assets
3. Write-down impaired assets
4. Establish an Irish Banking Commission
5. Regime change in the banks & cap executive pay
6. Full investigation of Anglo Irish Bank
7. Place a moratorium on family home repossessions
8. Retain a presence for mutual (building) societies

History: The four principles on which Socialism is based are Freedom, Equality, Community and Democracy.

From its first election programme in 1920 to the present day, these principles have been at the centre of the policies which the Labour Party has offered to the Irish people. These are the values which have ruled our major campaigns and our political activity whether in opposition or in Government.

The Labour Party is committed to representing the ideals of our movement in Government and ultimately we aim to be the majority party in Dail Eireann.