Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland)#Deputy leaders

{{Short description|Leader of the Labour Party in Ireland}}

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| post = Leader of the Labour Party

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| image = Ivana Bacik 2021 (cropped).jpg

| incumbent = Ivana Bacik

| incumbentsince = 24 March 2022

| formation = 1912 (de facto)
1917 (de jure)

| inaugural = James Connolly (de facto)
Thomas Johnson (de jure)

| website = {{URL|ivanabacik.com|Ivana Bacik, TD}}

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The leader of the Labour Party is the most senior politician within the Labour Party in Ireland. Since 24 March 2022, the office has been held by Ivana Bacik,{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Jennifer |date=24 March 2022 |title=Ivana Bacik confirmed as Labour Party leader: 'Ireland needs a pay rise' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ivana-bacik-confirmed-as-labour-party-leader-ireland-needs-a-pay-rise-1.4835137 |url-status=live |access-date=24 March 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324131125/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ivana-bacik-confirmed-as-labour-party-leader-ireland-needs-a-pay-rise-1.4835137 }} following the resignation of Alan Kelly as leader of the party.

In a review of procedures at the party's 2017 conference, the position of Deputy leader was abolished after a year of lying vacant, and the nomination and seconding of new leadership candidates was extended to Senators and MEPs as well as TDs.{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/labour-party-to-reform-way-it-chooses-its-leader-1.2994155 |title=Labour Party to reform way it chooses its leader |first=Fiach |last=Kelly |date=2 March 2017 |newspaper=The Irish Times |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |access-date=2018-01-17 |archive-date=2017-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809053823/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/labour-party-to-reform-way-it-chooses-its-leader-1.2994155 |url-status=live}}