From the 1987 Referendum on the Single European Act an leaflet from a group called Christian Civil Rights urging a No Vote.
From 1937 -“Women Voters ..Vote Against The Constitution” March 12, 2012
From the 1937 Referendum on the Constitution an ad from The National University Womens Graduates’ Association urging a No vote.
Amongst the reasons given were
“The State can interfere in the private concerns of the Home” and “The State can interfere in a woman’s choice of occupation.”
As for the result…
A plebiscite on the draft Constitution was held on 1st July, 1937. A general
election of members to Dáil Éireann took place on the same day. The total
number of votes given at the plebiscite approving of the draft Constitution was
685,105 and the total number of votes not approving was 526,945.
Detailed constituency results below the Ad….
“Say No! To Bog Evictions” -Leaflet from Turf Cutters and Contractors Association March 7, 2012
“Say No! To Bog Evictions” a Leaflet from Turf Cutters and Contractors Association in affiliation with the Kildare Turf Cutters Association. The leaflet outlines their arguments against the proposed ban on Turf Cutting on various bogs around the country.
Many thanks to the sender
From Labour 1973 “Taxes? Prices? Rents? Cost of living? … Fianna Fail has lost control” March 4, 2012
From the 1973 General Election campaign an ad from the Labour Party indicating that Fianna Fail had lost control of a lot of things. “Taxes? Prices? Rents? Cost of living? Redundancies?”
the first poster of the campaign? “Say NO to the EU Austerity Treaty – Bailout People Not Banks” March 1, 2012
In what may possibly be the first poster of the Fiscal Treaty referendum campaign. “Say NO to the EU Austerity Treaty” , advertising a meeting in Liberty Hall, Monday March 5, 7.30pm to be addressed by Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy and Soren Sondergaard a Danish MEP.
“Do you give a sod about the future of turf cutting in Ireland?” -Come and support the 10,000 strong turf cutters Dail March -March 7th 2012 February 29, 2012
A Leaflet from the Kildare Turf Cutters Association advertising their march on the Dail on the 7th of March.
“Do you give a sod about the future of turf cutting in Ireland?” -Come and support the 10,000 strong turf cutters Dail March -March 7th 2012
Many thanks to the sender
Fine Gael 1992 -“The minute we take office mortgage holders will have less to worry about” February 28, 2012
From the 1992 General Election campaign, the John Bruton led Fine Gael proclaim -“The minute we take office mortgage holders will have less to worry about”
Bertie Aherns 2006 New Year Message to Fianna Fail members February 24, 2012
Dated 2nd January 2006 a leaflet containing Bertie Aherns New Year Message to Fianna Fail members. In it he details Budget 2006 and at length details Fianna Fails achievements in government from 1997 onwards.
“Why Irish women must have the right to choose” -2002 Pamphlet from The Socialist Workers Party February 23, 2012
From 2002 a pamphlet from the Socialist Workers Party entitled “Why Irish women must have the right to choose”.
Uploaded in pdf HERE
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A 1989 Ad for ‘The Irish Times’ written by Dick Walsh February 22, 2012
Again something slightly away from the usual but something I found recently and that I thought might be of interest. A 1989 Ad for the Irish Times written by Dick Walsh.
“Household Tax ..Funding your local (and not so local) bondholder” Leaflet from the Campaign against Household & Water Taxes February 18, 2012
A “Household Tax ..Funding your local (and not so local) bondholder” Leaflet from the Campaign against Household & Water Taxes.
“Keeping in Touch” Leaflet from Dominic Hannigan -Labour Meath East February 17, 2012
A “Keeping in Touch with Ashbourne” Leaflet from Labour TD for Meath East Dominic Hannigan. It has a small piece about Labour in Government, congratulations to President Michael D and also a page ‘Dominic on Job Training’.
Many thanks to the sender.
From 2004 “Bin Charges … Don’t let the Council scrap the waiver” -Limerick Socialist Party February 16, 2012
From December 2004 an anti Bin tax leaflet from the limerick branch of The Socialist party advertising a protest on Tuesday 21st December that year.
Coir -“You are being Sold Out -Make the EU Listen to Irish Farmers” -Vote No To Lisbon February 15, 2012
From the Lisbon Treaty Referendum a leaflet from Coir focusing on Farmers and what they’d lose if Lisbon was passed.
Another selection of Trócaire Lenten Campaign posters.
Another selection of Trócaire Lenten Campaign posters.
Previous ones posted HERE
The Trócaire website
“The Roll of Dishonour” and “A Hot Record”- Two 1932 Election posters from Cumann na nGaedheal February 14, 2012
Two great posters from the 1932 General Election produced by Cumann na nGaedheal. (via the National Library of Ireland’s Flickr Photostream)
The first one is
“…designed to counter Fianna Fáil protests at the amount of money being paid out as military pensions to ex-members of the National Army.
In response, the text of this poster roundly condemns Fianna Fáil for causing the Irish Civil War, a conflict that cost the Saorstát “Thirty-Five Million Pounds”.
This poster is incidentally a great source for the sums involved in the Damage to Property (Compensation) Act following the Irish Civil War. Obviously not all claimants are listed here. In fact, Cumann na nGaedheal make the point that a complete list “would require a score of Posters of this size”, but some of the sums were astronomical for the time:
The Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin: £102,905
The Freeman’s Journal, Townsend Street, Dublin: £49,390
Mitchelstown Castle, Cork: £46,475
Cork Examiner, Cork: £16,500
Bessborough House, Piltown, Kilkenny: £50,270
Condensed Milk Company, Tipperary: £59,290
Blacksod Whaling Company, Mayo: £4,950
The second one
“references popular culture in the form of records, implying that the chorus of all Fianna Fáil “songs” is the threat of war”
Other record related leaflets I’ve posted to date include this one from Alan Shatter in 2007
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“Remember When There Was No Housing Problem?” -Fianna Fail 1969 General Election February 13, 2012
“Remember When There Was No Housing Problem?” ask Fianna Fail from the 1969 General Election. The amount of houses built, the speed of house building and other feats that were the hallmark of our recent construction boom are all mentioned.
We also have the slogan “Let’s Back Jack”.
Irish Election Literature 
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