Forty Years ago today (May 10th 1972) we voted on entry to the EEC. Below some of the campaign material.
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Forty Years Ago Today We voted on Entering the EEC … Some of the Campaign Material from then…. May 10, 2012
“Why Farmers and their Families should vote YES to the Fiscal Treaty” Leaflet from the IFA May 1, 2012
“Why Farmers and their Families should vote YES to the Fiscal Treaty” a leaflet looking for a yes vote produced by The Irish Farmers Association.
“If you don’t want to go back to this…. vote ‘yes'” -1972 Referendum on EEC entry from the IFA January 2, 2012
From the 1972 Referendum on entry to the Common Market a simple yet dramatic flyer from the Irish Farmers Association urging a Yes vote . Farming interests were very much in favour of a Yes vote.
Vote to Protect Family Farms- Richard Kennedy -IFA Presidential Election 2009 July 14, 2010
Unusual , but of I thought would be of interest. A leaflet from Richard Kennedy running in the 2009 election for President of the Irish Farmers Association.
Kennedys leaflet is focused in the main on the issues affecting Dairy Farmers. (I dont know if there were specific leaflets for specific sectors).
The winner of the contest John Bryan was (I’m told) focused on the import of Brazilian Beef.
Tom Parlon- Progressive Democrats -2007 GE Laois-Offaly January 17, 2010
From the 2007 General Election, former IFA president Tom Parlon. Parlon then a junior Minister was big on decentralisation.
Having won a seat in 2002, he lost it in this 2007 election. (Parlon on ElectionsIreland.org) . He then became DG of the Connstruction Industry Federation.
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