Eoghan Sheehan of the Catholic University School Dublin was the winner of our Dublin and Republic of Ireland heat and he spoke about his local hero: Tom Johnson.

 

 

Thomas Johnson (1872 - 1963) was an Irish nationalist and Irish Labour Party leader. He was elected a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin County to the Third Dáil at the 1922 general election and was the leader of the Labour Party until 1927. As such, he was Leader of the Opposition in the Dáil of the Irish Free State, as the anti-treaty faction of Sinn Féin refused to recognise the Dáil as constituted. He is the only Leader of the Opposition from the Labour Party, or indeed from any party other than Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.