1994 Irish government crisis

Leader of the Labour Party Dick Spring.

The 1994 Irish government crisis was a political event in the Republic of Ireland that occurred between November and December 1994. It saw the fracturing and eventual collapse of Taoiseach Albert Reynolds' governing coalition between Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party. However, no election was called and as a result, a new government was established between Fine Gael, Labour and Democratic Left, the first (and to date the only) such change in government in Ireland's history.