Labour Party Candidates for 1979 Local Election
| Candidate | Council | Constituency | Elected | |
| Michael Meaney | Carlow County Council | Borris |  | |
| Jim Townsend | Carlow County Council | Carlow | | |
| Cecil Whelan | Carlow County Council | Carlow | ||
| John McNally | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | | |
| Ikey O'Brien | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | ||
| Henry Hickey | Carlow County Council | Tullow | ||
| Billy Wright | Carlow County Council | Tullow | ||
| Sean Dooley | Clare County Council | Ennis | ||
| Patricia McCarthy | Clare County Council | Ennis | | |
| Martin Lafferty | Clare County Council | Ennistymon | | |
| Gerry O'Riordan | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| Tadhg Philpott | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| Pat Kerrigan | Cork City Council | North-East | | |
| Bertie McSweeney | Cork City Council | North-East | ||
| Frank Nash | Cork City Council | North-East | ||
| Bob Seward | Cork City Council | North-East | ||
| Pat Magner | Cork City Council | North-West | ||
| Gerry O'Sullivan | Cork City Council | North-West | | |
| Pat Dawson | Cork City Council | South-Central | | |
| John Murray | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| Michael Griffin | Cork City Council | South-East | ||
| Frank Kerrigan | Cork City Council | South-East | ||
| Eddie Kitteringham | Cork City Council | South-East | ||
| Bernard Kennedy | Cork City Council | South-West | ||
| Toddy O'Sullivan | Cork City Council | South-West | | |
| Pearse Wall | Cork City Council | South-West | ||
| D. O'Buachalla | Cork County Council | Bandon | ||
| P. Shiels | Cork County Council | Bandon | ||
| Eileen Desmond | Cork County Council | Cork Rural | | |
| C. Moynihan | Cork County Council | Cork Rural | ||
| J. O'Callaghan | Cork County Council | Cork Rural | ||
| L. Heffernan | Cork County Council | Kanturk | ||
| K. O'Sullivan | Cork County Council | Kanturk | ||
| D. O'Driscoll | Cork County Council | Midleton | ||
| Corney Murphy | Cork County Council | Schull | | |
| Michael Calnan | Cork County Council | Skibbereen | ||
| Michael P. Murphy | Cork County Council | Skibbereen | | |
| Tom Duffy | Dublin City Council | Area No. 1 - Howth/Clontarf East | ||
| Michael Martin | Dublin City Council | Area No. 1 - Howth/Clontarf East | ||
| Mary Freehill | Dublin City Council | Area No. 10 - Mansion House/Pembroke | | |
| Ray Kavanagh | Dublin City Council | Area No. 10 - Mansion House/Pembroke | ||
| Dan Brown | Dublin City Council | Area No. 11 - Merchant's Quay/Ushers | | |
| Jim Mooney | Dublin City Council | Area No. 11 - Merchant's Quay/Ushers | ||
| Peter Mooney | Dublin City Council | Area No. 11 - Merchant's Quay/Ushers | ||
| Jimmy Byrne | Dublin City Council | Area No. 2 - Artane/Coolock | ||
| Sean Kenny | Dublin City Council | Area No. 2 - Artane/Coolock | | |
| Michael O'Halloran | Dublin City Council | Area No. 2 - Artane/Coolock | | |
| Robert Dowds | Dublin City Council | Area No. 3 - Finglas East/Drumcondra North | ||
| Paddy Dunne | Dublin City Council | Area No. 3 - Finglas East/Drumcondra North | | |
| Frank Lynch | Dublin City Council | Area No. 3 - Finglas East/Drumcondra North | ||
| Sam Nolan | Dublin City Council | Area No. 3 - Finglas East/Drumcondra North | ||
| Tony Dunne | Dublin City Council | Area No. 4 - Cabra East/Finglas West | | |
| Gerry Maher | Dublin City Council | Area No. 4 - Cabra East/Finglas West | ||
| Diana Robertson | Dublin City Council | Area No. 4 - Cabra East/Finglas West | ||
| Pat Carroll | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | | |
| Griff Cashman | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | ||
| Jimmy Somers | Dublin City Council | Area No. 5 - Arran Quay/Cabra West | ||
| Charlotte Baker | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | ||
| David Byrne | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | ||
| William Comiskey | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | | |
| Jo Walsh | Dublin City Council | Area No. 6 - Ballybough/Drumcondra South/North Dock | ||
| Anne McStay | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Margaret Moloney | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | ||
| Paddy O'Mahony | Dublin City Council | Area No. 7 - Ballyfermot/Kilmainham | | |
| May Clifford | Dublin City Council | Area No. 8 - Crumlin/Kimmage/Terenure | ||
| Michael Collins | Dublin City Council | Area No. 8 - Crumlin/Kimmage/Terenure | | |
| Brendan Byrne | Dublin City Council | Area No. 9 - Rathfarnham/Rathmines West | ||
| Mary Robinson | Dublin City Council | Area No. 9 - Rathfarnham/Rathmines West | | |
 | Michael D. Higgins | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | |
| Peter Kenny | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| Mary Rodgers | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
| Joe Murray | Galway City Council | West Ward | ||
| John Kelleher | Galway County Council | Ballinasloe | ||
| Padraig De Bhaldraithe | Galway County Council | Connemara | ||
| Michael D. Higgins | Galway County Council | Galway | |
| Peter Kenny | Galway County Council | Galway | ||
| Kevin Dwyer | Galway County Council | Tuam | ||
| Michael Moynihan | Kerry County Council | Killarney | | |
| Joan Winter | Kerry County Council | Killarney | ||
| Sean Moriarty | Kerry County Council | Killorglin | ||
| John Joe O'Sullivan | Kerry County Council | Listowel | ||
| Dick Spring | Kerry County Council | Tralee | | |
| Joseph Bermingham | Kildare County Council | Athy | | |
| Michael Cullen | Kildare County Council | Athy | | |
| Ciaran Hynes | Kildare County Council | Clane | ||
| Jim Reilly | Kildare County Council | Clane | ||
| Patrick Scally | Kildare County Council | Clane | ||
 | Emmet Stagg | Kildare County Council | Clane | |
| Kieran Coleman | Kildare County Council | Kildare | ||
| Edward O'Rourke | Kildare County Council | Kildare | ||
| Timmy Conway | Kildare County Council | Naas | | |
| Colm Feeney | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Dick Brennan | Kilkenny County Council | Ballyragget | | |
| William Holmes | Kilkenny County Council | Ballyragget | ||
| Tom O'Shea | Kilkenny County Council | Ballyragget | ||
| Joe Buckley | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | ||
| Thomas Martin | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | | |
| Séamus Pattison | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | | |
| Eamonn Holden | Kilkenny County Council | Piltown | ||
| Desmond Scahill | Kilkenny County Council | Piltown | ||
| Paddy Shine | Kilkenny County Council | Piltown | ||
| John Bolger | Kilkenny County Council | Thomastown | ||
| Tommy Mackey | Kilkenny County Council | Thomastown | ||
| Michael O'Brien | Kilkenny County Council | Thomastown | | |
| Jimmy Kelly | Laois County Council | Borris-in-Ossory | | |
| Patrick Bray | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| Ned Kelly | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | | |
| Gerard Byrne | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Thomas Minogue | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Michael Bell | Louth County Council | Drogheda | | |
| John Crilly | Louth County Council | Drogheda | ||
| Frank Mooney | Louth County Council | Drogheda | ||
| Peter Moore | Louth County Council | Drogheda | ||
 | Fergus O'Dowd | Louth County Council | Drogheda | |
| Jackie Callan | Louth County Council | Dundalk | ||
| Frank Carney | Louth County Council | Dundalk | ||
| Liam Kieran | Louth County Council | Dundalk | ||
| John Toal | Louth County Council | Dundalk | ||
| Gerry Boyle | Mayo County Council | Claremorris | ||
| Aidan Clarke | Mayo County Council | Westport | ||
| Jack Fitzgerald | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | | |
| Paul Grimes | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | ||
| Sean Moran | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | ||
| Patrick Healy | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| Edward Hynes | Meath County Council | Kells | | |
| Patrick Morris | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| Brendan Clusker | Meath County Council | Navan | ||
| Daniel Fitzpatrick | Meath County Council | Navan | ||
| Cristopher McQuillan | Meath County Council | Navan | ||
| Jimmy Cudden | Meath County Council | Slane | | |
| Finn Cullen | Meath County Council | Slane | ||
| Ken Lougheed | Meath County Council | Slane | ||
| Patrick Lowe | Meath County Council | Trim | | |
| Frank McLoughlin | Meath County Council | Trim | | |
| Fred Ryan | Offaly County Council | Birr | ||
| Laurence Byrne | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | | |
| Ernest McGuire | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Vincent Wynter | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Connie Fallon | Roscommon County Council | Boyle | ||
| James Nolan | Roscommon County Council | Boyle | ||
| Tommy Higgins | Sligo County Council | Sligo | | |
| Dympna McNamara | Sligo County Council | Sligo | ||
| John Keenehan | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Neil O'Shea | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Timothy McAuliffe | Westmeath County Council | Kilbeggan | | |
| Jimmy Bennett | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar | | |
| Jack Coleman | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar | | |
| Robert Cornally | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar | ||
| Bernard Murtagh | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar | ||
| Martin Connors | Wexford County Council | Gorey | ||
| William Rossiter | Wexford County Council | Gorey | ||
| Daniel Malone | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Pat McDonald | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Denis North | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Tommy Byrne | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| William Carley | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Brendan Corish | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| Philip Corish | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
| John Hennessy | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Thomas King | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Michael Murphy | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Kevin Ryan | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Sean Wolohan | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| John Byrne | Wicklow County Council | Bray | ||
| Nancy Mahony | Wicklow County Council | Bray | ||
| John Murnane | Wicklow County Council | Bray | ||
| James Gregory | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Frank Hynes | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Liam Kavanagh | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | | |
| Jimmy O'Shaughnessy | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Kevin Cronin | Dublin County Council | Ballybrack | ||
| Frank Smyth | Dublin County Council | Ballybrack | | |
| Barry Desmond | Dublin County Council | Dun Laoghaire Borough | | |
| Eithne Fitzgerald | Dublin County Council | Dundrum | | |
| Michael Gannon | Dublin County Council | Lucan | | |
| Ita Kavanagh | Dublin County Council | Lucan | ||
| Declan Ó Broin | Dublin County Council | Lucan | ||
| Bernie Malone | Dublin County Council | Malahide | | |
| Joe McDermott | Dublin County Council | Malahide | ||
| Desmond O'Malley | Dublin County Council | Malahide | ||
| Paddy Murphy | Dublin County Council | Swords | ||
| Hugh Reilly | Dublin County Council | Swords | | |
| Sean Ryan | Dublin County Council | Swords | ||
| Kevin Forsyth | Dublin County Council | Tallaght | ||
| Paul Mulhern | Dublin County Council | Tallaght | ||
| Mervyn Taylor | Dublin County Council | Tallaght | | |
| Séamus Ashe | Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| Joe Connolly | Dublin County Council | Terenure | | |
| Pauline Fitzpatrick | Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| Frank Buckley | Dublin County Council | Whitechurch | | |
| Ann Kinsella | Dublin County Council | Whitechurch | ||
| John Flanagan | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 1 | ||
| Tom Kennedy | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 1 | ||
| Frank Prendergast | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 1 | | |
| Gerry Bromell | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | ||
| Mick Lipper | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | | |
| Eric Sheppard | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | ||
| Tommy Allen | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 3 | | |
| Frank Leddin | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 3 | | |
| Paddy Reddan | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 3 | ||
| Gerry Leddin | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | | |
| Ray Mitchell | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | ||
| Jim Finan | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | ||
| Padraig Kennedy | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | ||
| Stephen McDonagh | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | | |
| Dympna McNamara | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | ||
| Tommy Higgins | Sligo Corporation | West Ward | | |
| Jim Hough | Tipperary North Council | Borrisokane | ||
| Tim Ryan | Tipperary North Council | Borrisokane | ||
| Frank Lewis | Tipperary North Council | Nenagh/Newport | | |
| John Ryan | Tipperary North Council | Nenagh/Newport | | |
| Kieran Devaney | Tipperary North Council | Roscrea/Templemore | ||
| Tommy Shanahan | Tipperary North Council | Roscrea/Templemore | | |
| Martin Kennedy | Tipperary North Council | Thurles | ||
| Seán Walsh | Tipperary South Council | Cahir | ||
| D. O'Brien | Tipperary South Council | Cashel | ||
| S. Hickey | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | ||
| Seán Lyons | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | | |
| Seán Treacy | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | | |
| Ned Brennan | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | | |
| David Drohan | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | ||
| Thomas Brennan | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 1 | | |
| Liam Curham | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | | |
| Tim Galvin | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Michael O'Brien | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Brian O'Shea | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | ||
| Thomas Kyne | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | | |
| Thomas Wade | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | ||
| William O'Donoghue | Waterford County Council | Lismore | ||
| Tom Cooke | Limerick County Council | Kilmallock | ||
| Ned Dwyer | Limerick County Council | Newcastle |