From the 2002 General Election ads for Independent candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon running in Galway West.
Having polled well in the 1997 Presidential Election and been elected to the European Parliament in 1999, Dana was expected to poll well. However she polled just 1,677 votes in this 2002 election and failed to win a seat.
From the 2002 General Election a leaflet from Independent ‘Water for Life’ candidate Charlie Keddy running in Wicklow.
Aside from the water issue, the former Labour Councillor Keddy comments on The Mafia running the country, is in favour of a return of Capital punishment as well as much more.
He polled 383 votes and failed to win a seat.
From the Donegal South West By-Election a message from Independent /New Island Party ex candidate Ann Sweeney. She withdrew and asked people to stay at home.
The Party website is newislandparty.me .
Not sure how ‘Official’ this video is, anyhow its quite amusing and urges a number one vote for Independent candidate Thomas Pringle in the forthcoming Donegal South West By-Election .
The Killybegs based Pringle is a long time councillor. His website is thomaspringle.ie. There is also a Vote Thomas Pringle Facebook Page.
From the 2010 Donegal South West By-Election a leaflet from Independent / New Island Party candidate Ann Sweeney.
The Donegal hotelier has performed well in her TV appearances to date.
The Party Logo is more akin to something for a Caribbean Island than Ireland.
The party site is newislandparty.me
From the 2010 Donegal South West by-election a flyer (or part of it) from Independent candidate Thomas Pringle.
Killybegs based Pringle is a long time councillor. His website is thomaspringle.ie. There is also a Vote Thomas Pringle Facebook Page.
From the 1985 Local Elections a leaflet for Independent Socialist Candidate Paul Dolan running for Cavan UDC. Paul Dolan had previously stood for the Socialist Labour Party.
Many thanks to the sender who notes..
“He was elected in 85 and served 9 years declining to run again. He joined Labour in 1991 and ran for Cavan county council (Cavan area) in the same year failing to take a seat with 340 votes, a feat which the local Anglo Celt newspaper described as outstanding for Labour.He declined to renew his membership of Labour around 95. He was also involved in the local H Block/Armagh group and the Gralton Labour History Committee.”
The Leaflet gives a taste of the times ….
I love this 2009 leaflet from ‘Independant’ Tom Cribbin running for Edenderry Town Council and Offaly County Council. I’m puzzled if the spelling mistake is deliberate or not.
Cribbin, a long standing Councillor resigned from Fianna Fail in protest at the party’s selection procedure for local election candidates prior to the 2009 Local Elections. He ran as an Independent.
He failed to win a seat on Offaly County Council and I’m unsure if he won a seat or not on Edenderry Town Council.
This Finian McGrath ad is from the back of a programme for a Charity Greyhound Racing night in Harolds Cross a few months ago that I attended.
In the ad he promotes the thinkirish.ie website.
From the 1974 Local Elections a newspaper Ad (the Galway Advertiser) for Independent candidate John Francis King with the wonderful slogan ‘Dont Forget on Polling Day – Cast Your Vote For J.F.K‘
As far as I know he was elected.
From the 2007 General Election a leaflet for Independent Candidate (and recent Labour Recruit) Jimmy Harte running in Donegal North East.
The Letterkenny based formed Fine Gael councillor polled 1314 votes. He is son of former Fine Gael TD Paddy Harte. The leaflet is a messy size, so I’ve uploaded it in *.pdf HERE
From the 2009 Local Elections in Blackrock an election leaflet from Independent candidate (and former PD councillor) Victor Boyhan. Interestingly, a page of it is taken up with a message of support from Paul McGrath. McGrath and Boyhan spent many years together in the “Birds Nest” home on York Road in Dun Laoghaire and later down in Monkstown.
In McGraths acclaimed book “Back from the Brink” Victor Boyhan gets a number of mentions. Including “…he became one of the most outspoken voices in ensuring that Smyly Trust Homes would be covered under the State Redress Scheme, investigating the abuse of children.”
Boyhan who lost his seat in 2004 regained it here in 2009.
A leaflet produced by Independent candidate Cieran Perry in late 2006 detailing issues that he had been involved with. The range of issues gives an indication of what an active Local Representative is involved in.
In 2009 Cieran Perry was elected to Dublin City Council.
From the 2002 General Election a flyer for the Late Mary Grehan running as an Independent in Louth where she polled 2,384 votes. A prominent Anti-Sellafield campaigner and well known GP in Dundalk, Mary Grehan had run for the PDs in 1997. For many years she was a member of both Louth County Council and Dundalk Town Council.
Her son Alan Grehan was elected in 2009 to Louth County Council and Dundalk Town Council.
From the 2009 Local Elections a leaflet for Independent candidate Donal Corcoran running in Naas.
Corcoran polled 737 votes and missed out on a seat.
many thanks to the sender.
From the 2007 NUI Seanad Election a flyer for Independent candidate Mark Garavan. The Castlebar native polled 951 votes.
I had forgotten about this, having been kept sweet by Fianna Fail and The PDs for 5 years with a deal, Jackie Healy Rae is introduced by the MC with the words ‘Sugar Daddy is Back!’ to which the crowd responds to with chants of ‘Siucra, Siucra, Siucra…..’
From the 2009 Local Elections a leaflet for Former Fianna Fail councillor Brian Byrne running as an Independent in Donaghmede.
Byrne resigned from Fianna Fail claiming that the cutbacks in the Budget showed Fianna Fail had “lost touch with ordinary people and have failed to listen to their concerns”.
“Cutbacks in spending programmes announced in the budget have resulted in pain and distress being inflicted on the elderly and less well off in our society,”
Byrne polled well with 1,202 votes but failed to get in.
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