Irish Election Literature

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Leaflet from Vincent Martin -Green Party -Cavan Monaghan -2007 General Election April 23, 2018


From the 2007 General Election a leaflet from Vincent P. Martin of the Green Party who was running in Cavan Monagahan. He polled 2382 votes.
Many thanks to the sender.

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From 2007 “Why Local People Are Giving Their No 1 Vote to Leo Varadkar” January 25, 2018

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From the 2007 General Election a leaflet from then Cllr Leo Varadkar with various constituents outlining “Why Local People Are Giving Their No 1 Vote to Leo Varadkar”.
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“Protecting the Progress” 2007 leaflet from Leo Varadkar -Fine Gael -Dublin West November 21, 2017

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From the 2007 General Election a leaflet from then Councillor Leo Varadkar running for fine Gael in Dublin West. The leaflet has details of Fine Gaels tax plans.

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2007 Election Manifesto from Lucinda Creighton -Fine Gael -Dublin South East September 8, 2017

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From the 2007 General Election , a 16 page manifesto produced by Lucinda Creighton who was running for Fine Gael in Dublin South EastI’ve uploaded it in pdf format here

 

“What Women Want From The Next Government” -Noreen Ryan -Fianna Fail -2007 General Election -Limerick East April 17, 2017


“What Women Want From The Next Government” a 2007 leaflet from Noreen Ryan who was running for Fianna Fail in Limerick East. She polled 1391 votes and missed out on a seat.

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“Fine Gael …Campaigning to win” card from 2007 November 17, 2016

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From the 2007 General Election Campaign a postcard issued by Fine Gael “Fine Gael …Campaigning to win” which has details of “Fine Gael Values” on the reverse.
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“Children’s Page” from Cathal McCarthy -Independent -Limerick West- 2007 General Election August 29, 2016


A page with entertainment for Children from an election newsletter from Cathal McCarthy who was running as an Independent in Limerick West in the 2007 General Election. I don’t think I’ve seen pages in election leaflets purely for Children other than Cathal McCarthys 2009 Local Elections newsletter. He polled 188 votes and missed out on a seat.
Many thanks to the sender.
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Progressive Democrats Manifesto Magazine from 2007 July 20, 2016

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From the 2007 General Election a 20 page magazine style summary of their manifesto from The Progressive Democrats It’s uploaded in pdf here or click on the image to launch

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Leaflet from Noel Ivory – Independent – Dublin South East 2007 General Election February 7, 2016

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A rather frankly worded leaflet from Noel Ivory who ran as an Independent in the 2007 General Election in Dublin South East. He polled 84 votes and missed out on a seat.
Many thanks to the sender.
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From Fine Gael in 2005 “16 less than sweet examples of waste from the Fianna Fail government” January 1, 2016

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From a 2005 Fine Gael newspaper called ‘Dublin First’ one of the articles “16 less than sweet examples of waste from the Fianna Fail government”
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Leaflet from Gerry Murray -Sinn Fein -Mayo -2007 General Election June 3, 2015

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From the 2007 General Election a leaflet from Gerry Murray who was running for Sinn Fein in Mayo. He polled 3608 votes and missed out on a seat.
Many thanks to the sender.
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“Shatter is on the Ball” – From 2007 an Alan Shatter Ball April 6, 2014

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From the 2007 General Election a ShatterBall, one of many given out by Alan Shatter during the campaign. Aside from the balls he also gave out Shopping bags and of course he had the infamous Star Trek and X-Factor leaflets . It all worked as he regained his seat.
Many thanks to the sender.

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“I’ll sack the wasters of taxpayers money.” and other Enda Kenny Fine Gael 2007 General Election ads November 7, 2013

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From the 2007 General Election ,”I’ll sack the wasters of taxpayers money.” ,”I’ll make criminals pay for their crimes.” and “I’ll end the scandal of patients on trolleys.” a series of pledges from Enda Kenny from a Fine Gael newspaper ‘Dublin First’ (Dublin West Edition).

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From 2007 “Come Join The Party!” -Progressive Democrat recruitment ad. November 2, 2013

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“Come Join The Party!” a Progressive Democrat recruitment ad from a 2007 PD newspaper ‘New Ireland’. If you wanted to join the party you could mail Michael McDowell directly at michael@progressiveDemocrats.ie !
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“The Contract for a Better Ireland…..” Fine Gael 2007 Leaflet October 13, 2013

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From the 2007 General Election , a leaflet from Fine Gael outlining “The Contract for a Better Ireland…..” . Before 2011’s ‘The 5 point Plan’ was Enda Kennys contract with the Irish people.
This contract was the inside of the generic Fine Gel leaflet from that election.

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Leaflet from Frank Gallagher -Green Party -Donegal North East -2007 General Election September 15, 2013


From the 2007 General Election a leaflet from Green Party candidate in Donegal North East Frank Gallagher. Gallagher polled a respectable 520 votes.
Sadly he passed away in 2011 aged 56.
Many thanks to the sender.

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‘Not Just At Election Time’ 2007 Bertie Ahern Flyer giving details of clinic times and more…. June 3, 2013


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.
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From Meath East in 2007 an invitation to a visit by ‘An Taoiseach , Mr Bertie Ahern T.D.’ to Dunboyne from Mary Wallace March 22, 2013

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From the 2007 General Election campaign in Meath East , an invitation from Fianna Fail TD Mary Wallace to a visit by ‘An Taoiseach , Mr Bertie Ahern T.D.’ to Dunboyne. Light refreshments were being had at the Dunboyne Castle Hotel.
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