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John McManus- Workers Party- 1985 LE November 2, 2009

Filed under: Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 11:15 pm
Tags: 1985 Local Elections, bray, Election ephemera, election flyers, ERDO report, Greystones, Irish Left, Irish Politics, john McManus, political flyers, The Workers Party

John McManus was a high profile and important member of The Workers Party, he is married to Liz McManus (in 1985 John McManus would have been a far more important political figure than Liz).

The ERDO report refers to the ‘Eastern Region Settlement Strategy 2011’ report from 1985. Presumably it envisaged Longford and Cavn as being in the Dublin commuter belt, or hinterland as it would have been known back then.

Lots of local stuff from the North Wicklow area which may be of interest to those that know the area.

Roisin Shortall -Labour -1997 Dublin North West

Filed under: Labour Party — irishelectionliterature @ 11:13 pm
Tags: 1997 general election, dublin north west, election flyers, Irish Left, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Labour Party, political flyers, Roisin Shortall

Plenty of good facts about 1997 here.
The Childrens allowance was £39, its now €166
‘84% of students now finish second level’ -Whats the figure now?
Water charges and Residential Property Tax both scrapped look to be on the way back.

Other bits of interest there too.

Fianna Fail National Collection 1985. November 1, 2009

Filed under: Fianna Fail,haughey — irishelectionliterature @ 10:44 pm
Tags: 1985 Local Elections, election flyers, Fianna Fail, Fianna Fail National Collection, haughey, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, political flyers

Fianna Fail are gathering their war chest for the 1985 local elections…

“Please contribute generously to our collectors when they call.” asks Charlie.
At the last elections Fianna Fail were afraid to call to the door looking for your vote….
.. can you imagine them calling to the door looking for your money?

“If you are not at home when they call please post your contribution to Fianna Fail Headquarters ….”
Also “When making your contribution ask the collector for identification”
Nothing as to who to make a Cheque out to? and I cant help but imagine certain individuals ripping open envelopes with glee.

Olga Bennett- ‘Why Me?’- Fianna Fail 1992

Filed under: Dublin Central,Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 9:47 pm
Tags: 1992 General Election, Dublin Central, Election ephemera, election flyers, Fianna Fail, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, olga bennett, political flyers

1992 and Dubli Central had been dramatically redrawn. Twice Dublin West candidate and Cllr for Ballyfermot Senator Olga Bennett finds herself on the Fianna Fail ticket with Bertie Ahern and Dermot Fitzpatrick.
Despite using the title of Linda Mrtins Eurovision winning song as a slogan she polled 1,087 votes and Aherns healthy surplus wasn’t enough to help herself or Dermot Fitzpatrick over the line.

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‘Women in An Ireland Of Equals’- Sinn Fein 2002 GE

Filed under: meath,Sinn Fein — irishelectionliterature @ 9:36 pm
Tags: 2002 General Election, Election ephemera, election flyers, irish elections, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, joe reilly, meath, political flyers, Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein show off all their female candidates sitting and standing happily with a smiling Gerry Adams. The Back of the leaflet covers issues such as equal pay, childcare etc..

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Richard Conroy, Mary Gray, Owen Hammond, David Kane- FF -Ballybrack 1985

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 11:19 am
Tags: 1985 Local Elections, Ballybrack, David Kane, Dun Laoghaire, Election ephemera, election flyers, Fianna Fail, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Mary Gray, Owen Hammond, political flyers, Richard Conroy

One of Professor Richard Conroys runs for public office (He served in the Senate). Conroy has been involved in many exploration projects through various companies such as Conroy Diamonds and Gold and also Conroy petroleum.
From David Kanes profile you’ll notice a number of local issues such as Dun Laoghaire Baths that are still contentious.

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Des O’Malley -Munster- Euro 94

Filed under: Euro Elections,Progressive Democrat — irishelectionliterature @ 11:03 am
Tags: 1994 euro elections, Des O'Malley, Dessie O'Malley, Election ephemera, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, munster, Politics, progressive democrats

1994 Euro Elections Munster constituency. A split in the PDs led to Pat Cox standing as an Independent and Des O’Malley standing for the PDs . Cox despite being behind O’Malley on the first count took the last seat.

It was O’Malleys first election not being the party leader.

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Geraldine Kennedy- PD- 1989 Dun Laoghaire October 31, 2009

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Progressive Democrat — irishelectionliterature @ 8:06 pm
Tags: 1989 General Election, Dun Laoghaire, Election ephemera, Geraldine Kennedy, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, madam editor, progressive democrats, The Irish Times

The 1989 General Election where Geraldine Kennedy loses her seat. The profile of her on the reverse is interesting in that she was the PD spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Northern Ireland. She was also their chief whip and has a number of other plaudits there too.

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Geraldine Kennedy -PD -Dun Laoghaire 1987

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Progressive Democrat — irishelectionliterature @ 1:07 pm
Tags: 1987 general election, Dun Laoghaire, Election ephemera, Geraldine Kennedy, Helen Keogh, irish elections, Irish Politics, Larry Lohan, progressive democrats, The Irish Times

A sorry I Missed you card from a ‘stylish’, now Irish Times Editor, Geraldine Kennedy in 1987. Madams profession is listed as a Journalist, Larry Lohans as a Teacher and Helen Keogh as ‘Housewife’.
Kennedy served one Dail term and lost her seat in 1989.

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Mary Hanafin -“A legislator for the 21st century” – 1997 October 30, 2009

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 5:28 pm
Tags: 1997 general election, Dun Laoghaire, Election ephemera, Fianna Fail, Irish Politics, Mary Hanafin, political ephemera

The 1997 General Election and Mary Hanafin advertises herself as ‘A legislator for the 21st century’. She was first elected to the Dail in this election. She has a few words here for ‘The Elderly’…

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Fine Gael ‘Yes’ to Bail Referendum 1996.

Filed under: Fine Gael,Referendum — irishelectionliterature @ 5:19 pm
Tags: 1996 referendum, Bail Referendum, election flyers, Fine Gael, Ireland, Irish Politics, political ephemera, Referendum

1996 and the Rainbow government were getting tough on crime. A number of cases had arisen where the culprits had been out on bail. So the bail laws had to be changed, which in turn needed a referendum.

Win £10 – ‘Dun Laoghaire People’ – Eamon Gilmore -Workers Party 1986 October 29, 2009

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Gilmore,Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 10:29 pm
Tags: Dun Laoghaire, Dun Laoghaire People, Eamon Gilmore, Election ephemera, Irish Politics, political ephemera, Workers Party

A couple of nice things in this from Summer 1986. A number of Workers Party ‘papers’ had the ‘People’ title. A ‘Dublin People’ was produced for the 1994 European elections and of course the Workers Party weekly paper was ‘Tomorrows People’.
This was produced in part as a reaction to the proposed introduction of Water Rates. There’s a great competition to win £10. I wonder how many entries B Maguire had through the door and indeed who won?
So on the front they were giving away money , however on the reverse they were looking for money! … Whilst others had big business and Unions to fund them, The Workers Party relied ‘entirely on contributions from our members, supporters and friends’.
874 houses in Dun Laoghaire didn’t have bathrooms, yet there were over 1000 on the dole. Why not get them to repair the housing stock?

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Sinn Fein -‘Empowering Communities against Drugs’

Filed under: Dublin South Central,Sinn Fein — irishelectionliterature @ 10:28 pm
Tags: Empowering Communities against Drugs, Irish Politics, Martina Kenna, Sinn Fein

Not sure exactly when this was produced but propably around 2002. Its one of the most practical and relevant leaflets I’ve found, especially compared with other stuff such as spoting fixture giudes you get from politicians and parties.

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PD ‘A Nation That Works’ pre 87 election. October 27, 2009

Filed under: Progressive Democrat — irishelectionliterature @ 11:58 pm
Tags: 1987 general election, abolish seanad, Election ephemera, Ireland, Irish Politics, patry letter, progressive democrats, TD expenses

This is a policy doc sent out by the PDs to their members in late 86 I think. Very relevant regarding Seanad Abolition

Bertie Ahern, George Colley, Tom Leonard- Fianna Fail-Dublin Central November 1982 October 26, 2009

Filed under: Bertie,Dublin Central,Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 10:10 am
Tags: 1982, bertie ahern, drumcondra mafia, Dublin Central, Election ephemera, Fianna Fail, george colley, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, November 1982, november 1982 general election, Tom Leonard

From the November 1982 General Election, a flyer for Fianna Fail candidates in Dublin Central. A young Bertie, George Colley months before his passing and Tom Leonard who would win the by election caused by Colleys death.
Ahern topped the poll with 10,542 votes with Colley also elected polling 5,622 votes, Leonard missed out polling 2,396 votes.

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Paul Gogarty -Green Party- 1992 Dublin West October 25, 2009

Filed under: Green Party,Green Party/ Green Alliance — irishelectionliterature @ 11:02 pm
Tags: 1992 General Election, Dublin West, Election ephemera, Green Party, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Paul Gogarty, Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Paul Gogarty in 1992. Nice little history of the Greens in Dublin West as well as some catchy slogans…”Other Parties try to steal our clothes but they dont fit” .
Nothing about Deputy Stagg in this either….

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‘Payback Time’ -Brendan Donohoe -SWP- South West Inner City 2004

Filed under: Socialist Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 9:52 pm
Tags: 2004 local elections, Brendan Donohoe, Election ephemera, Irish Left, Irish Politics, political ephemera, Politics, Socialist Workers Party, South West Inner City, SWP

Plenty of waste mentioned here by Brendan Donohoe in 2004. He didn’t know the half of it! He polled 308 votes.

1997- Bertie- “A Young Leader for a Young Country” ‘..in politics only to serve the people’

Filed under: Bertie,Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 5:50 pm
Tags: 1997 general election, bertie ahern, Dublin Central, Election ephemera, Fianna Fail, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Politics

“A Young Leader for a Young Country” who on the inside of this doc is “A New Leader for a New Century”. The profile of Bertie “.. he is in politics only to serve the people” and other plaudits that in hindsight ring hollow.

This was one of a series of leaflets for the 1997 election produced by Fianna Fail. Some were on Crime, some on Drugs, some on Job creation and so on. The fact that there was a whole leaflet dedicated to their leader shows how much they played on ordinary Bertie who is in touch with the people. He was that important to them.

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