MAYOR OF TUAM RESIGNS FROM LABOUR PARTY
Date Published: 26-Apr-2012
The Town Town Council member says she has been unhappy with the party for a year
Mayor Loftus, who was elected in 2009, says she will continue to serve as a town councillor but as an independent
She says she will contest the next local elections as an independent candidate
Mayor Loftus says her reasons for leaving the Labour party are many but the primary one is the ineffectiveness of the Labour/Fine Gael coalition