A flyer from Fianna Fail Cork East candidate Michael Ahern outlining all the things delivered by Fianna Fail to Cobh.

“Delivering for COBH” -Michael ahern -Fianna Fail -Cork East -2011 General Election February 20, 2011
Video from Paul Burke -Independent -Cork East -2011 General Election
From the 2011 General Election campaign a Video from Independent candidate Paul Burke who is running in Cork East.
His Website
Leaflet for Patrick Bullman – CPPC – Cork East -2011 General Election February 18, 2011
From the 2011 General Election a leaflet for Patrick Bullman and Claire Cullinane running for An Chomhdháil Phobail I The People’s Convention (CPPC) in Cork East.
Details of the CPPC and its candidates can be found here
many thanks to the sender.

“Judge of the Nations, spare us yet – Lest we forget, lest we forget” -Dan Boyle 2011 Leaflet February 17, 2011
Many thanks to the sender who notes…..
Was given it today by a friend from Cork South Central – it’s Dan Boyle’s postal manifesto / Litir Um Thoghcháin. There’s a rather strange quotation from of all people Rudyard Kipling: “Judge of the Nations, spare us yet – Lest we forget, lest we forget”.
I looked it up – the quote comes from Kipling’s poem “Recessional” ….. another stirring bit of that poem – “If, drunk with sight of power, we loose….”
“Mass Immigration Led To Ireland’s Crash…” -Ted Neville- Irish Solidarity Party-Cork South Central February 8, 2011
From the 2011 General Election campaign a leaflet from Ted Neville of the Irish Solidarity Party with the eye catching headline “Mass Immigration Led To Ireland’s Crash…”.
Ted is running in Cork South Central. He has stood previously for the Immigration Control Platform (leaflet here) and polled 804 votes in 2007

A 2011 Election flyer from Fianna Fail TD Noel O’Flynn February 3, 2011
To a collector like myself this is priceless. A flyer for the 2011 General Election produced by Cork North Central Fianna Fail TD Noel O’Flynn before he withdrew his candidacy.
A big thanks to the sender.
Leaflet for Cork Selection Conventions of An Chomhdháil Phobail I The People’s Convention (CPPC)-2011 GE January 31, 2011
A leaflet advertising Selection Conventions for An Chomhdháil Phobail I The People’s Convention (CPPC) in various locations around Cork. They intend having candidates run in various constituencies.
Their website

“Honest and True” -Dan Boyle -Green Party -Cork South Central-2011 General Election January 27, 2011
From the 2011 General Election, an ad from the Cork Independent newspaper for Green Party Senator Dan Boyle with the tag line “Honest and True”. Former TD Boyle is running in Cork South Central.

‘Budget Guide 2011’ from Billy Kelleher- Fianna Fail -Cork North Central January 19, 2011
A recent guide to budget 2011 from Fianna Fail Cork North Central TD Billy Kelleher.
He writes “Some of the changes will have an impact on individuals and families and I am very conscious of this.”
Micheál Martin -“Towards Better Health” -Newsletter from the 2007 Election January 18, 2011
From the 2007 General Election Campaign a newsletter from, the then Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin running in Cork South Central “Towards Better Health”. The Newsletter concentrates almost totally on Health matters despite him being out of the Health job since 2004. Needless to say The Smoking Ban gets a big mention.

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“Down The Plughole” -Flyer from Jonathan O’Brien -Sinn Fein -Cork North Central 2011 GE January 17, 2011
First off many thanks to the photographer for the use of the image.
A Leaflet from Sinn Fein Cork North Central candidate Jonathan O’Brien from the 2011 General Election Campaign.
Apologies for that the image is hard to read.
“Keeping Warm this Winter” Leaflet from Ciaran Lynch- Labour Party -Cork South Central January 11, 2011
From January 2011 a leaflet for Labour Party TD for Cork South Central Ciaran Lynch with the headline “Keeping Warm this Winter” . The leaflet has some details of the “Winter Fuel Scheme” with details of Lynchs constituency clinics.
Councillor Lorraine Kingston is on the Leaflet in he Contact information section rather than his running mate Paula Desmond.
Whilst it doesn’t ask for a vote it certainly reminds voters that their TD is out and about.
Many thanks to the sender, who must have been tempted to keep himself warm by tossing the leaflet in the fire!

Leaflet for David McCarthy -Independent -Cork South-Central -2011 General Election
From the forthcoming election a leaflet for Independent Reform candidate David McCarthy running in Cork South-Central.
McCarthy was
“campaign manager for Kathy Sinnot’s 2002 General Election bid as well as stints as regional organiser for Fine Gael in Dublin and Munster. More recently .. was Séan Kelly’s campaign
manager in his successful European campaign and have most recently worked as regional director with Senator David Norris’s Presidential campaign.”
Amongst his polices are reduction in the number of TDs and “Cut numbers in the public service by 30,000”
His website
Flyer for Micheál Martin ‘Securing Cork’s Future’ -2007 GE Cork South Central December 22, 2010
From the 2007 General Election a flyer from Fianna Fails Micheál Martin running in Cork South Central. The Flyer has the catchy slogan ‘Securing Cork’s Future’. Michael Martin was elected easily topping the poll with well over a quota.

“Reclaim Democracy in the Forthcoming General Election!” -CPPC December 19, 2010
A Leaflet from An Chomhdháil Phobail | The People’s Convention (CPPC) . Their Website is cppc.ie.
Its an interesting idea of the Peoples Convention.
“We call on all democratic minded people to work to quickly establish People’s Conventions in every constituency so that the people can select and elect new direct representatives in place of the party incumbents in the Dáil. ”

Flyer for An Chomhdháil Phobail | The People’s Convention (CPPC) Public Meeting Tuesday 14th December 2010 in Cork. December 14, 2010
A leaflet advertising a meeting from An Chomhdháil Phobail | The People’s Convention (CPPC) on Tuesday 14th December 2010.
The meeting is being held in The Gresham Metropole Hotel on Mac Curtain Street in Cork.
The CPPC website








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