1987 General election and Bernie Murphy, having been elected to the council two years previous to much ado, stands for the Dail. As you’ll read he was seen as a Joke candidate and his election caused uproar.The only manifesto I’ve ever bought.
Quite amusing and may bring back memories of the man to many Corkonians.
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God, that brings back some memories. Most Cork folk would remember Bernie, as I do myself, from wandering around the town. Who was it that put him up for it.
The ructions when he was initially elected were huge, as mentioned by the leaflet.
[…] 1987 Bernie Murphy ran in Cork South Central and Cork North Central stating that "By electing Bernie to 2 seats […]
[…] Cork the only leaflet I ever saw a candidate selling …‘Heres Up Em All’ from Bernie […]
was this guy for real? what were his policies? what party was he, if any? how did he spend his time in office? who voted for him?
i remember him trudging around cork latterly, incoherent and confused.
i heard he got some compo award after slipping on steps?
I wonder what became of his siblings while they were in ‘care’? – being in those institutions (mentioned in the Ryan Report) in the 50s would have been quite horrendous.