| Summary: | Minutes of the Administrative Council which took place on 1 May 1980 principally concerning: deterioration of Party finances; financial contribution of Labour Party Members of the European Parliament (MEP’s); motions regarding Party finances; constitutional prohibition on divorce; Party newspaper; dates for Party conference; opinion poll in the Irish Times; constituency commission report; Labour Youth affiliation to the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY); election of Frank Cluskey TD, Party Leader, to Vice-Presidency of the Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community; selection of Party representatives on the Bureau of the Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community; the role of the European affairs committee; Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) youth committee request to affiliate; and the rezoning of land in Lucan, County Dublin, proposed by Liam Lawlor TD to Dublin County Council. Also includes: finance committee report; report on the salaries and allowances of Members of the European Parliament prepared by Brendan Halligan, General Secretary; Parliamentary Labour Party report; administrative committee report; results of poll among branches concerning the date of Party conference certified by Roddy Connolly, Party trustee; organisation committee report; report on the Irish Times/Irish Marketing Survey opinion poll Mar 1980 prepared by Brendan Halligan, General Secretary; summary of constituency commission report prepared by Brendan Halligan, General Secretary; national youth committee report; report of the International Secretary; memorandum concerning the role of the European affairs committee prepared by Senator Mary Robinson, Chair - European affairs committee; report from Ruairi Quinn TD concerning the elections in Zimbabwe; summary of the report of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues published by Centre for World Development Education, 128 Buckingham Palace Road, London, England; and list of correspondence received. (55 pp)
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