![Former Tanaiste Joan Burton tells of receiving horrifying death threats during time in office - Irish Mirror Online Former Tanaiste Joan Burton tells of receiving horrifying death threats during time in office - Irish Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/article22531390.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_JS164609105.jpg)
Former Tanaiste Joan Burton tells of receiving horrifying death threats during time in office - Irish Mirror Online
I reached out to Bridie from my cot with my bandaged fingers, and it was love at first sight on both our parts' - Joan Burton reveals three decade search for her
![TWEETS: Mixed reaction as Joan Burton steps down as leader of the Labour party | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad TWEETS: Mixed reaction as Joan Burton steps down as leader of the Labour party | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad](https://img.maximummedia.ie/joe_ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvbWVkaWEtam9lLm1heGltdW1tZWRpYS5pZS5zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tXFxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC8yMDE2XFxcLzA1XFxcLzEwMDkwMjI0XFxcL0pvYW4tQnVydG9uLmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIjo3NDAsXCJoZWlnaHRcIjo0MTYsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3d3dy5qb2UuaWVcXFwvYXNzZXRzXFxcL2ltYWdlc1xcXC9qb2VcXFwvbm8taW1hZ2UucG5nP2lkPTI2NGEyZGJlMzcwZjJjNjc1ZmNkXCIsXCJvcHRpb25zXCI6W119IiwiaGFzaCI6ImFlODg4NjRiNWEzYjY3NzZmNmYzOGY0OWYzYjhmYTY3YWFjMzljZDQifQ==/joan-burton.jpg)
TWEETS: Mixed reaction as Joan Burton steps down as leader of the Labour party | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad
![The Irish Labour Party's Joan Burton and her daughter Aoife arrive arrive for the first day of the 31st Dail at Leinster House in Dublin Stock Photo - Alamy The Irish Labour Party's Joan Burton and her daughter Aoife arrive arrive for the first day of the 31st Dail at Leinster House in Dublin Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G45444/the-irish-labour-partys-joan-burton-and-her-daughter-aoife-arrive-G45444.jpg)