DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore said on Monday he will quit as leader of the junior government Labour party, in a move that could destabilise the coalition and its austerity programme following a major election setback.
Alongside Prime Minister Enda Kenny, Gilmore led Ireland out of an international bailout last year and there have been signs of economic recovery, but it is not being felt by large numbers of voters who hammered Labour in the elections at the weekend.
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