A leaflet from Patrick Martin who is running for Fine Gael in Dublin North Inner City LEA for a seat on Dublin City Council. His biography is interesting as is one of his entries in the Community section. “Over the past few years I have been part of a national and international campaign to pardon Irish World War Two veterans that had left the Irish Army, including my grandfather Philip Farrington”
He is on Twitter as @PMNICD
The Campaign Facebook Page
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A leaflet from Independent Candidate Gary Gannon who is running in Dublins North Inner City. Although not the Gregory Group candidate, he is endorsed by Noel Gregory , brother of the late Tony Gregory.
The candidates Twitter @1GaryGannon
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From May 2013 a letter, from new Labour Party Councillor Lucy McRoberts ,to voters in Dublins North Inner City Ward. She was co-opted onto the Council to replace Claire O’Regan.
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A Flyer from Brian Mohan, running for Fianna Fail in North Inner City for a seat on Dublin City Council
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From the run up to the 2007 General Election a flyer from then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern ‘Not Just At Election Time’ . The flyer gives details of Advice centres, his availability and that even if hes not present that he will ‘Personally deal with the query later’. For groups or organisations there were invites to make ‘Special Arrangements’ to meet him in St Lukes.
A Newsletter ‘Stoneybatter Matters’ from North Inner City Fine Gael Councillor Ray McAdam with details of local issues from ‘Cleaning up after our Dogs’ to ‘Prostitution’.
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A Spring/Summer newsletter from Independent TD for Dublin Central Maureen O’Sullivan T.D. and Independent Councillor Anna Quigley. There are mentions of the Campaign to have the new LUAS bridge in Dublin named the Tony Gregory Bridge, aswell as local news and Maureen O’Sullivans Dail contributions.
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From the 1992 General Election a letter to voters in Dublin Central an “Election Message from Mr. Bertie Ahern T.D., Minister for Finance”. He topped the poll with 11,374 votes but neither of his running mates Dermot Fitzpatrick or Olga Bennett were elected.
From the 1983 Dublin Central By-Election, caused by the death of George Colley a leaflet from Sinn Fein candidate Christy Burke. Amongst the issues raised in the leaflet are Section 31, Water Rates, TDs Pay and pensions.
From 2002 a flyer from Joe Costello advertising a meeting on “The Future Use of Grangegorman Lands” in Aughrim Street Parish Centre.
Ten years later have the lands been developed along planned lines?
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From Easter 1984 “On my own Behalf and on behalf of all my family I would like to wish you a very happy Easter” writes then Minister for Finance Bertie Ahern. We have a detailed letter and also clinic times.
From the 1992 General Election the customary Good Morning Voter letter from then Minister for Finance Bertie Ahern.
From the November 1982 General Election a leaflet from Fine Gael candidates Alice Glenn, John Colgan and Michael Keating who were running in Dublin Central.
Glenn and Keating were elected. All three candidates ended up running as Independents or in Keatings case The Progressive Democrats. Colgan ran as an Independent in the 1991 local Elections whilst Alice Glenn ran as an Independent in the 1997 General Election.
Glenn was probably most famous for her ‘A Woman Voting for Divorce is like a Turkey voting for Christmas‘ leaflet. I also have her reasons for ‘leaving’ Fine Gael “Why Fine Gael divorced Alice Glenn”
Two old leaflets from the late Tony Gregory. One from the 1991 Local Elections and the second I think from 1992.
From the 1992 General Election in Dublin Central, a leaflet “Dublin’s Hardest Working Councillor – Christy Burke, Sinn Fein”. Burke who had been elected to the council in 1985, polled 1,362 votes, a drop from his 1989 performance. This was possibly down to the redrawing of the constituency which is shown on the back of the leaflet. Burke left Sinn Fein a few days after being reelected to the City Council in 2009.
From the 1989 General Election a leaflet from John Stafford, who was running for Fianna Fail in Dublin Central. Stafford is one of the Stafford Funeral Directors family and the address given on the leafolet is that of the Funeral Directors. In this 1989 election he held his seat, which he initially won in 1987. On the mock ballot paper at the back of the leaflet you may notice that Geraldine Harney, RTE presenter and sister of Mary Harney, was running for the PDs.
In the leaflet we have a message from Charles Haughey as well as one from Stafford himself.
From the 2007 General Election a leaflet for Sinn Fein candidate Mary Lou McDonald who was running in Dublin Central. Elected an MEP for Dublin in 2004, she failed to win a seat here polling 3,182 votes. In 2011 she was elected in Dublin Central.
From (I think) 2006 a Leaflet from Sinn Fein “Save Temple Street Hospital”. The Leaflet is asking about Fianna Fails commitment to keeping the proposed new Children’s Hospital on the Northside.
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