Editing Dick Spring (section)

===Tánaiste (1982–1987)===
Following the [[November 1982 Irish general election|November 1982 general election]] Labour again formed a coalition government with Fine Gael. Spring was appointed [[Tánaiste]] and [[Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage|Minister for the Environment]]. In a reshuffle following the resignation from cabinet of former Labour leader [[Frank Cluskey]] in December 1983, Spring was appointed as [[Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media|Minister for Energy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1983-12-13/10/|title=Nomination of Member of Government: Motion|date=13 December 1983|access-date=24 January 2020|work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 346 No. 9|archive-date=17 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817123215/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1983-12-13/10/|url-status=live}}; {{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1983-12-13/17/|title=Appointment and Reassignment of Ministers: Announcement by Taoiseach|date=13 December 1983|access-date=24 January 2020|work=Dáil Debates – Vol. 346 No. 9|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124224218/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1983-12-13/17/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was closely involved in the negotiations which led to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]] in 1985. In January 1987, the Labour Party withdrew from the government on budgetary issues. At the [[1987 Irish general election|1987 general election]], Spring narrowly escaped losing his seat when he was re-elected by just four votes. [[Fianna Fáil]] took office in a minority government after the election.