The Socialist Party came to wider national attention among the general public in 1997 when Joe Higgins was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a representative for the Dublin West constituency at that year's general election, knocking future Tánaiste Joan Burton out of her seat.
The Socialist Party came to wider national attention among the general public in 1997. Joe Higgins was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a representative for the Dublin West constituency at that year's general election of her seat. A representative for the Dublin West constituency was knocking future Tánaiste Joan Burton out.