Irish Election Literature

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Frank Cluskey – Labour- European Elections 1984 September 15, 2009


Former Leader of the Labour Party Frank Cluskeys literature from the 1984 Euro Elections. In 1991 after losing his Dail seat (and the leadership of Labour) Frank  had been co-opted to the European Parliament, to replace Michael O’Leary (who replaced him as leader of the Labour Party) . O’Leary resigned as Party Leader just over a year later (and joined Fine Gael) and was replaced by Dick Spring. Cluskey resigned from government in 1983 over a point of principle regarding Dublin Gas.

It is Spring who gives the leaders message on the main leaflet. That Leaflet (which is hard to read in its original, never mind scanned- but worth the effort) gives an idea of the European issues of the time and Labour dont appear to keen on the European Community in it. The ‘ A Realistic View of Europe” part of the document was quite an eye opener. “..Labour warned the people in 1972 of the harsh realities of Community membership…..” etc

 

One Response to “Frank Cluskey – Labour- European Elections 1984”

  1. […] They have no interest in reforming expenses either. As an aside I happened to be uploading some Frank Cluskey documents last night and it got me thinking if he was the last Cabinet Minister to resign on a […]


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