Labour Party Candidates for 1985 Local Election
| Candidate | Council | Constituency | Elected | |
| Michael Meaney | Carlow County Council | Borris |  | |
| Cecil Whelan | Carlow County Council | Carlow | ||
| John McNally | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | | |
| Jim Townsend | Carlow County Council | Mhuinebeag | | |
| Michael Hickey | Carlow County Council | Tullow | ||
| Flan Honan | Clare County Council | Ennis | ||
| Martin Lafferty | Clare County Council | Ennistymon | | |
| Patricia McCarthy | Clare County Council | Shannon | | |
| Bertie McSweeney | Cork City Council | North-Central | ||
| Joe O'Callaghan | Cork City Council | North-Central | | |
| Sheila Abbott | Cork City Council | North-East | ||
| George McDonnell | Cork City Council | North-East | ||
| Frank Nash | Cork City Council | North-East | | |
| Gerry O'Sullivan | Cork City Council | North-West | | |
| Pat Dawson | Cork City Council | South-Central | ||
| John Murray | Cork City Council | South-Central | | |
| Frank Kerrigan | Cork City Council | South-East | ||
| Tom O'Sullivan | Cork City Council | South-East | ||
| Noel Dempsey | Cork City Council | South-West | ||
| Toddy O'Sullivan | Cork City Council | South-West | | |
| Helen Sheehan | Cork County Council | Cork North | ||
| Gus Desmond | Cork County Council | Cork South | ||
| Paula Desmond | Cork County Council | Cork South | | |
| Danny Buckley | Cork County Council | Kanturk | ||
| Tadhg Curtis | Cork County Council | Mallow | ||
| Thomas Ó Conaill | Cork County Council | Midleton | ||
| Corney Murphy | Cork County Council | Schull | ||
| Michael Calnan | Cork County Council | Skibbereen | | |
| Martin Robins | Donegal County Council | Buncrana | ||
| Anne Wilkinson | Donegal County Council | Letterkenny | ||
| Paddy Bourke | Dublin City Council | Artane | ||
| Michael O'Halloran | Dublin City Council | Artane | | |
| George Butler | Dublin City Council | Ballyfermot | ||
| Paddy O'Mahony | Dublin City Council | Ballyfermot | ||
| Martin Giblin | Dublin City Council | Cabra | ||
| Jimmy Kelly | Dublin City Council | Cabra | ||
| Derek McDowell | Dublin City Council | Clontarf | ||
| Jo Walsh | Dublin City Council | Clontarf | ||
| Michael Collins | Dublin City Council | Crumlin | ||
| Joe Connolly | Dublin City Council | Crumlin | ||
| Tom Brennan | Dublin City Council | Donaghmede | ||
| Sean Kenny | Dublin City Council | Donaghmede | | |
| Paddy Dunne | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Ina Gould | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Paul McDonnell | Dublin City Council | Drumcondra | ||
| Shay Carbin | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Diana Robertson | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Bill Tormey | Dublin City Council | Finglas | ||
| Don Buckley | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | ||
| William Comiskey | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | ||
 | Joe Costello | Dublin City Council | North Inner City | |
| James Heron | Dublin City Council | Pembroke | ||
| Dermot Lacey | Dublin City Council | Pembroke | ||
| Brendan Byrne | Dublin City Council | Rathmines | ||
| Vicky Somers | Dublin City Council | Rathmines | ||
| Mary Freehill | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Jim Mooney | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Tony Ryder | Dublin City Council | South Inner City | ||
| Frank Smyth | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Ballybrack | ||
| Tim Wilson | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Ballybrack | ||
| Niamh Bhreathnach | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Blackrock | ||
| Kevin Cronin | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Blackrock | ||
| Willie Byrne | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Clonskeagh | ||
| Peter Nolan | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Clonskeagh | ||
| Jane Dillon-Byrne | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dún Laoghaire | | |
| Eric Doyle | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dún Laoghaire | ||
| Jack Loughran | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dún Laoghaire | ||
| Philip Murphy | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dún Laoghaire | ||
| Frank Buckley | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Dundrum | | |
| Roger Cole | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Glencullen | ||
| Justin Kilcullen | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Glencullen | ||
| Eithne Fitzgerald | Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | Stillorgan | | |
| Joe Davis | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan | ||
| Ken Farrell | Fingal County Council | Balbriggan | | |
| Bill Hughes | Fingal County Council | Castleknock | ||
| Ita Kavanagh | Fingal County Council | Castleknock | ||
| Tony Dermody | Fingal County Council | Howth | ||
| Bernie Malone | Fingal County Council | Malahide | | |
| Michael Martin | Fingal County Council | Mulhuddart | ||
| Sean Ryan | Fingal County Council | Swords | | |
| Peter Kenny | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| Paddy Naughton | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| Pat O'Sullivan | Galway City Council | East & North Ward | ||
| Noreen Robinson | Galway City Council | South Ward | ||
 | Michael D. Higgins | Galway City Council | West Ward | |
| Joe Murray | Galway City Council | West Ward | ||
| Peter O'Driscoll | Galway County Council | Loughrea | ||
| Michael Gleeson | Kerry County Council | Killarney | | |
| Michael Doyle | Kerry County Council | Killorglin | ||
| John Joe O'Sullivan | Kerry County Council | Listowel | | |
| Con Scanlon | Kerry County Council | Listowel | ||
| Michael Moynihan | Kerry County Council | Mid-Kerry | ||
| Maeve Spring | Kerry County Council | Tralee | | |
| Joseph Bermingham | Kildare County Council | Athy | | |
| Michael Cullen | Kildare County Council | Athy | ||
 | Emmet Stagg | Kildare County Council | Celbridge | |
| Peggy Fox | Kildare County Council | Clane | ||
| Joe McBride | Kildare County Council | Clane | ||
| Jim Reilly | Kildare County Council | Clane | | |
| Con Carr | Kildare County Council | Kildare | ||
| Kieran Coleman | Kildare County Council | Kildare | | |
| Timmy Conway | Kildare County Council | Naas | | |
| Colm Feeney | Kildare County Council | Naas | ||
| Dick Brennan | Kilkenny County Council | Ballyragget | | |
| Séamus Pattison | Kilkenny County Council | Kilkenny | | |
| John Mahon | Kilkenny County Council | Piltown | ||
| Desmond Scahill | Kilkenny County Council | Piltown | ||
| John Bolger | Kilkenny County Council | Thomastown | ||
| Michael O'Brien | Kilkenny County Council | Thomastown | | |
| Luke Boyle | Kilkenny County Council | Tullaroan | ||
| Larry Kavanagh | Laois County Council | Borris-in-Ossory | ||
| Frank Byrne | Laois County Council | Emo | ||
| Ned Kelly | Laois County Council | Emo | | |
| Tony O'Brien | Laois County Council | Luggacurren | ||
| Tom Phelan | Laois County Council | Portlaoise | ||
| Terry Butterly | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Sean Reilly | Louth County Council | Ardee | ||
| Jackie Callan | Louth County Council | Carlingford | ||
| Michael Bell | Louth County Council | Drogheda Rural | | |
| Tom Moran | Louth County Council | Drogheda Rural | ||
| Peter Hughes | Louth County Council | Drogheda Urban | ||
| Peter Moore | Louth County Council | Drogheda Urban | | |
| Frank Carney | Louth County Council | Dundalk Rural | ||
| Frank Corrigan | Louth County Council | Dundalk Urban | ||
| Michael Kilcoyne | Mayo County Council | Castlebar | ||
| Johnny Mee | Mayo County Council | Castlebar | ||
| Brian Fitzgerald | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | | |
| Joe Mannering | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | ||
| Sean Moran | Meath County Council | Dunshaughlin | ||
| Patsy Clarke | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| Joseph Conlon | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| Tommy Grimes | Meath County Council | Kells | ||
| Brendan Clusker | Meath County Council | Navan | | |
| Patsy Meehan | Meath County Council | Navan | ||
| Seán O'Brien | Meath County Council | Navan | ||
| Owen Harty | 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 | ||
| Seán O'Brien | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| John O'Dwyer | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Vincent Wynter | Offaly County Council | Tullamore | ||
| Anne Gilmartin | Sligo County Council | Drumcliffe | ||
| Stephen McDonagh | Sligo County Council | Drumcliffe | ||
| Tommy Higgins | Sligo County Council | Sligo | | |
| Robert Dowds | South Dublin County Council | Clondalkin | ||
| Eugene Fitzsimons | South Dublin County Council | Clondalkin | ||
| Declan Ó Broin | South Dublin County Council | Clondalkin | ||
| Kevin Forsyth | South Dublin County Council | Greenhills | ||
| Michael Brennan | South Dublin County Council | Lucan | ||
| Michael Gannon | South Dublin County Council | Lucan | | |
| Marie Woods | South Dublin County Council | Rathfarnham | ||
| Tony Deegan | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght-Oldbawn | ||
| Ann Kinsella | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght-Oldbawn | ||
| Austin Nolan | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght-Rathcoole | ||
| Mervyn Taylor | South Dublin County Council | Tallaght-Rathcoole | | |
| Katherine Maguire | South Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| Tom Murtagh | South Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| Eamon Walsh | South Dublin County Council | Terenure | ||
| John Henson | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| John Keenehan | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Michael McCallon | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Neil O'Shea | Westmeath County Council | Athlone | ||
| Paddy Jordan | Westmeath County Council | Coole | ||
| Helena McAuliffe-Ennis | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar Lough Owel | | |
 | Willie Penrose | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar Lough Owel | |
| Jack Coleman | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar Urban | ||
| Michael Dollard | Westmeath County Council | Mullingar Urban | | |
| Andy Doyle | Wexford County Council | Enniscorthy | ||
| Thomas Davitt | Wexford County Council | Gorey | ||
| Bobby Ireton | Wexford County Council | Gorey | ||
| Denis North | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Michael O'Brien | Wexford County Council | New Ross | ||
| Joan Fennelly | Wexford County Council | Wexford | ||
 | Brendan Howlin | Wexford County Council | Wexford | |
| Paddy Kavanagh | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| James Quigley | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Kevin Ryan | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | ||
| Sean Wolohan | Wicklow County Council | Arklow | | |
| Tommy Cullen | Wicklow County Council | Baltinglass | ||
| John Byrne | Wicklow County Council | Bray | | |
| Barbara Hyland | Wicklow County Council | Bray | ||
| Nancy Mahony | Wicklow County Council | Bray | ||
 | Charlie Keddy | Wicklow County Council | Greystones | |
| Tom Mulligan | Wicklow County Council | Greystones | ||
| James Gregory | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Frank Hynes | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | | |
| Paddy Kavanagh | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Jimmy O'Shaughnessy | Wicklow County Council | Wicklow | ||
| Collette Moloney | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 1 | ||
| Frank Prendergast | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 1 | | |
| Mick Lipper | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | ||
| John Powell | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | ||
| Martin Vaughan | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 2 | ||
| Frank Leddin | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 3 | ||
| Tommy Allen | Limerick City Council | Limerick Ward 4 | ||
| Anne Gilmartin | Sligo Corporation | East Ward | ||
| Stephen McDonagh | Sligo Corporation | North Ward | ||
| Tommy Higgins | Sligo Corporation | West Ward | | |
| Maureen Carmody | Tipperary North Council | Borrisokane | ||
| Jim Hough | Tipperary North Council | Borrisokane | ||
| Mary Brosnan | Tipperary North Council | Nenagh/Newport | ||
| 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 | ||
| Andrew Callinan | Tipperary North Council | Thurles | ||
| John O'Leary | Tipperary South Council | Cahir | ||
| Eamonn Shine | Tipperary South Council | Cahir | ||
| Mary Burke | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | ||
| Seán Lyons | Tipperary South Council | Clonmel | | |
| Ned Brennan | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | | |
| David Drohan | Tipperary South Council | Fethard | ||
| Paddy Cummins | Tipperary South Council | Tipperary | ||
| Michael Ferris | Tipperary South Council | Tipperary | | |
| George Wadding | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 1 | ||
| Liam Curham | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 2 | | |
| Brian O'Shea | Waterford City Council | Waterford No. 3 | | |
| Billy Kyne | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | | |
| Tommy Wade | Waterford County Council | Dungarvan | ||
| Brendan Herlihy | Waterford County Council | Lismore | ||
| James Kennedy | Waterford County Council | Lismore | ||
| Brian O'Shea | Waterford County Council | Tramore | | |
| Liam Coughlan | Limerick County Council | Bruff | ||
| Tom Rea | Limerick County Council | Kilmallock | ||
| Patrick Brennan | Limerick County Council | Newcastle |