A poster for the launch of Senator Terry Leydens Replica Dail Bar and Seanad Lounge in Castlecoote County Roscommon, which is being held on the 6th of September 2013 with guest speaker Mary O’Rourke. Its a wonder nobody has done it before!
Poster for the launch of Senator Terry Leydens Replica Dail Bar and Seanad Lounge September 6, 2013
Leaflet from Maria McGrail -Fine Gael -2014 Local Elections -Mulhuddart September 5, 2013
A leaflet from Fine Gael candidate Maria McGrail who is running in Mulhuddart in the 2014 Local Elections. The leaflet gives an introduction to herself and her background as welll as her objectives. She contested the 2009 Local Elections in Mulhuddart as an Independent but failed to win a seat.
Her Twitter and Facebook
1913 Lockout leaflet from The Communist Party of Ireland
A leaflet from The Communist Party of Ireland about the 1913 Lockout and what we can do today.
Flyer for a Richard Bruton meeting on the Seanad Referendum- 5th September 2013
A Flyer for a Richard Bruton meeting on the Seanad Referendum to be held on the 5th September 2013 in the Marino Institute. The flyer also briefly outlines Fine Gaels points of arguement.
Many thanks to the sender.
Flyer from Pat Hynes -Fianna Fail Local Area Rep Dundrum September 4, 2013
A leaflet from Pat Hynes a Fianna Fail Local Area Representative for Dundrum in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Area.
His website
Many thanks to the sender.
From December 2002 “Don’t Blame me, I voted Labour”
From the December 2002 edition of the Labour Party members newsletter ‘Labour News’ details about the “Don’t Blame me, I voted Labour” sticker campaign being promoted by the party. Stickers were available from Labour HQ in Ely place.
“Tax Justice Now” Leaflet from Nessa Childers MEP September 3, 2013
A “Tax Justice Now” leaflet produced by Independent (former Labour) MEP Nessa Childers. The leaflet proposes the introduction of the following..
“A Fair and balanced Wealth Tax” ,
“An increase in Universal Social Charge for high income earners”,
“A Financial Transaction Tax” and “An absolute floor of 10% of effective corporation tax rate.”
Leaflet from Philip O’Callaghan -Fine Gael – 2014 Local Elections Mulhuddart September 2, 2013
A leaflet from Philip O’Callaghan , a new Fine Gael candidate in the 2014 Local Elections who is running in the Mulhuddart LEA. It gives a background to the candidate, his priorities, what he stands for and other details as he introduces himself to voters.
(If you are running in the 2014 Local Elections… leaflets are always welcome.. contact @electionlit on twitter or irishelectionliterature AT gmail.com )
1973 General Election Leaflet from The League for a Workers’ Republic -Young Socialists “Fianna Fail Out!” September 1, 2013
From the 1973 General Election Campaign a leaflet from The League for a Workers’ Republic -Young Socialists with the headline “Fianna Fail Out!” and urging voters to vote for Labour to encourage the likes of Matt Merrigan and Noel Browne to pursue Socialist Policies in government. Amongst those involved in the LWR were Carol Coulter, Alex White and Paddy Healy. More information on them here and here
2013 Newsletter (with a good competition) from Sean Kelly MEP -Fine Gael August 31, 2013
The 2013 Newsletter from Fine Gael Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly. Included is a decent competition (which I’ve entered 🙂 ), Buzz Aldrin with a Kerry jersey, a variety of pictures (including with former pop star and now FG Councillor Sinead Sheppard) as well as updates on various European issues.
Many thanks to the sender.
Dublin South East Fine Gael Ad featuring Lucinda Creighton August 30, 2013
Thought this might be of interest. Fine Gael in Dublin South East advertising on the back page of the local D4 newspaper. Despite losing the party whip, Lucinda Creighton still features prominently in the Ad…. ……. and of course she is still a member of Fine Gael.
Many thanks to the sender
The Summer 2013 newsletter from Independent (Ex Labour) TD for Dublin West, Patrick Nulty August 29, 2013
The Summer 2013 newsletter from former Labour TD for Dublin West Patrick Nulty. The leaflet explains his reason for resigning from Labour. It also has local news, mortgage arrears as well as him pictured with Bernard Dunne, Dennis Bastick , Davy Byrne and John Bean.
Many thanks to the sender.
“Tobacco First What Next? ..start by removing the branding from cigarettes and where will it end?”
An ad targeted at James Reilly and the proposal to make cigarette packaging plain that appeared in an Irish Hospitality magazine (Hospitality Ireland I think) . The ad is sponsored by JTI , which is Japan Tobacco International . Apologies for the quality of the pictures but I still thought it worth posting.
Many thanks to the sender.
Ad from Labour Councillor Denis O’Callaghan with No Labour Party Logo. August 28, 2013
An ad without a Labour Party logo from Labour Party Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Councillor Denis O’Callaghan from a recent ‘Community newsletter’ produced in Ballybrack. The newsletter had ad for other politicians also.
Many thanks to the sender.
Leaflet from the ‘Labour Campaign Store’ with price list for all types of election material (jackets, pens, frisbees, badges etc) August 27, 2013
I thought this might be of interest and indicate some of the possible costs of an election campaign. Its a leaflet from the ‘Labour Campaign Store’ with a price list and order form for all types of election material like jackets, pens, frisbees, badges and so on.
Many thanks to the sender.
More candidate profiles (including Brendan Griffin) from the 2001 Young Fine Gael Conference
Another set of candidate profiles from the brochure for the 2001 Young Fine Gael National Conference (previous lot of profiles including Lucinda Creigton) . This time we have amongst others answering who they would like to be stuck in a lift with, their favourite chat up lines ….. we have Kerry South TD Brendan Griffin. The other profiles are of Cian Kelly, Kevin Callan, Mark Finan, Alan Hayes, David Garrahy and Róisín Kelly.
Many thanks to the sender.
From 2001 Young Fine Gael Conference -Profiles of candidates (includes Lucinda Creightons favourite Chat up line!)
From the brochure for the 2001 Young Fine Gael National Conference held in The Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh, profiles of the candidates for the various positions in the party. The questions are fairly ‘Youth politicsish’ so we get to read what candidates favpourite chat up lines are, who they’d like to be stuck in a lift with and so on…
Candidates were Lucinda Creighton, Sean McKiernan, Jarleth Munnelly, Gerry O’Connell, Michael Moriarty, Georgina Robinson and Tomas Ponsonby.
There’s another 2 pages of candidates, including another TD, Which I’ve posted here.
Many thanks to the sender.
(ps I presume this will end up in the Indo uncredited)
Leaflet for Rally Saturday 31st August and a car sticker from Newbridge Credit Union Action Group. August 26, 2013
A leaflet promoting Newbridge Credit Union Action Group rally on Saturday 31st of August 2013 with a free concert after the rally. I’ve also included a scan of a car sticker . It seems that whilst the Banks got a lot of help from the State , its not quite the case with the Credit Unions and there are similar stories re Credit Unions countrywide. Many thanks to the sender who notes….
Massive turnout for Wednesday night’s meeting at the Ryston Sports Centre, with over 900 angry people, heard a spokesperson from the newly-formed Credit Union Action Group state, ”we are prepared to fight for the future of the struggling institution, and the other serious question of the staff jobs”.
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