Andrea Egan has been elected general secretary of the country’s biggest trade union.
In a surprise result, she beat Christina McAnea, who has been leader of Unison since 2021.
She will begin her five-year term of office representing public service workers next month.
She won 58,579 votes compared with 39,353 for Christina McAnea.
The winner is on the left of the Labour movement and has been critical of the Government since it came to office last year.
