Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change
Collins: founding a new party
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Dublin South Central TD Joan Collins has left the Independents 4 Change (I4C) political grouping and founded a new political party called Right to Change (RTOC). Collins has been I4C’s sole TD since Clare Daly and Mick Wallace, who were also in the Dail, were elected MEPs last year.
“I’ve been discussing this for some time with colleagues across the country, councillors, community groups and trade union activists,” said Collins, who was previously a member of the Socialist Party. “We were hoping to hold a conference in September in a venue that would hold 300 or 400 people but we’ll have to see what happens with Covid-19.”
Collins said RTOC already has about 150 members and has invited trade unions to affiliate to it. She