Irish Election Literature

… what you maybe meant to keep…

Alan Shatter – ‘Star Trek’ 2007 October 14, 2009

Filed under: Dublin South,Fine Gael — irishelectionliterature @ 9:24 pm
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From 2007, one of the most bizarre leaflets I’ve seen. Alan Shatter dressed up (or photoshoped) in Star Trek gear.
Comparing himself to William Shatner and lots more besides…. Shatter regained the seat he had lost in 2002. (his record at electionsireland.org)

Funnily enough William Shatners middle name is Alan, William Alan Shatner.
Alan Shatter ….Alan Shatner … Its a pity Alan Shatters not younger , otherwise there would be a chance that he was named Alan as a tribute to the Star Trek Actor!
I’ve pared down the size but given the amount of colour involved the images are still big.

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‘Workers Party News and Views’ – Kildare 1990

Filed under: Kildare,Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 8:31 pm
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In the late 80’s North Kildare was seen a major growth area of the Workers Party. In 1988 Catherine Murphy and Colm Purcell (who later joined Labour) had been elected to Leixlip Town Commission, although Murphy didn’t do brilliantly in the following years General and European Elections. The recently formed Maynooth branch get a mention at the back. Among them Fiachra O Ceilleachair who served as a Democratic Left and later a Labour councillor in Waterford. Also there is Geography lecturer Prionsias Breathnach who is still a regular contributor to various publications (as well as his own).

1989s marked shift in party policy is illustrated by the welcome given to Intel. Not just that but we have Catherine Murphy acting as a conduit for Intel recruiters. What we also see here is that Water Quality issues are not a recent thing!

 

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Dublin Housing Action Campaign (DHAC) 1999 – SWP

Filed under: protest,Socialist Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 1:44 pm
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The Dublin Housing Action Campaign (DHAC), this time the Socialist Workers Party inspired version. A protest in 1999 against evictions in St Ultans Flats.
One of many organisations to have the name (or at least a similar name) and same initials used numerous times by different groups.

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Kevin Fennelly, Liam Aylward, MJ Nolan, Evelyn White -Fianna Fail Carlow-Kilkenny 1992

Filed under: Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 11:26 am
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Fianna Fail had hopes of taking that elusive third seat here with Hurler Kevin Fennelly.
However on the day it was Kilkenny based Liam Aylwards massive first preference vote combined with Kilkenny based Seamus Pattison riding on the Spring Tide meant he had little chance of winning a seat.
Aylward also mentions that he is a ‘prominent member of the GAA’, in fact the same club as Kevin Fennelly!
Kevin Fennelly is the uncle of Hurling star Henry Shefflin.

 

Emmet Stagg- Labour – Kildare 1989

Filed under: Kildare,Labour Party — irishelectionliterature @ 9:25 am
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A Socialist Emmet Stagg, complete with Starry Plough in 1989 . The issues mentioned and the organisations he is a member of tell us a lot about the time.

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Seamus Kirk, Dermot Ahern and Jimmy Mulroy Louth 1989 October 13, 2009

Filed under: Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 3:59 pm
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Seamus Kirk, Dermot Ahern and Jimmy Mulroy.
Seamus Kirk was amid his five year stay as Junior minister for Agriculture.
Jimmy Mulroy had been nominated to the Seanad in 1987.
It was Dermot Aherns second election. He had initially been elected in 1987 and two years later was already assistant chief whip.

 

Brid Smith -Socialist Workers Party -Dublin South Central 1997

Filed under: people before profit,Socialist Workers Party — irishelectionliterature @ 12:34 pm
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Brid Smiths first electoral outing in 1997, where she gained 218 first preferences, the worst performance of the 4 SWP candidates in that election.
Fast forward to 2009 and she is elected easily ,146 first preferences away from the quota, in Ballyfermot-Drimnagh standing under the People before Profit banner.

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Peter Barry , Hugh Coveney- Fine Gael -Cork South Central 1987

Filed under: Cork,Fine Gael — irishelectionliterature @ 11:11 am
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Peter Barry of Barrys Tea and Hugh Coveney, Two fine Fine Gael TDs for Cork South Central.
Peter Barry served from 1969 until 1997 as a TD spending a period as Tainiste in 1987. His Father Anthony Barry was also a TD as is his daughter Deirdre Clune, which makes the Barrys another Irish Political dynasty.
Hugh Coveney was elected to the Dail in 1981, lost his seat on two occasions, regaining it at the next available opportunity. He passed away after a cliff fall in 1998. His son Simon Coveney won the resulting by-election. In 2007 both Coveney and Clune won seats for Fine Gael in Cork South Central, 26 years after both their fathers first represented the same constituency.
Also included is Garrets message to the electorate with pictures of Garret meeting the electorate.


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Vision, With Purpose -Fine Gael 2002 October 12, 2009

Filed under: Fine Gael — irishelectionliterature @ 9:42 pm
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Saw this and it bought back memories of the 2002 election, when Fine Gael were decimated.  Each house would have got this in the run up to the election. I can visualize Michael Noonan saying ‘I want to see our public services become the envy of Europe’…..
… and wasn’t “Vision, With Purpose” one of the worst slogans ever.
So whilst Fine Gael had Michael Noonan witha shocking slogan, Fianna Fail had the blue eyed Bertie with ‘A lot done, more to do’

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‘Dana’ Rosemary Scallon – 1997 Presidential Election Leaflet

Filed under: Independent,presidency,Right Wing Catholic — irishelectionliterature @ 12:49 pm
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The 1997 Presidential Election was Dana’s first election. She finished third polling over 175,000 first preferences. Encouraged by that performance she was elected an MEP for Connaught-Ulster in 1999. She then contested Galway West in 2002 but fared badly. In 2004 she lost her European Parliament seat being eliminated before the final count.
She didn’t actually say much on this leaflet, although voters would have known her conservative views.

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Tadhg Colbert, James Larkin, Hugh Dorrian, Jim Lynch- Independent Fianna Fail -Letterkenny UDC 1985 October 11, 2009

Filed under: Donegal,independent Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 10:17 pm
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Tadhg Colbert, James Larkin, Hugh Dorrian and Jim Lynch. An Interesting bunch here. Unusual to see a candidates name have two different spellings. Tadhg Colbert on the front, Tadgh Culbert on the back. He later joined Fianna Fail and stood for them in the 1994 UDC elections.
James Larkin was Neil T Blaneys director of elections. He had also been a member of the Seanad, nominated as part of the deal for Independent Fianna Fail TD Neil T Blaney to support the 1982 Haughey government. Whilst not quite the headline grabber the Gregory deal was, this was the one and only time the Independent Fianna Fail party had a seat in the Seanad.
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Rosaleen McDonagh – Seanad Trinity 2002

Filed under: Independent,seanad — irishelectionliterature @ 9:51 pm
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Rosaleen McDonagh, the first Traveller to seek election to the Seanad. Rosaleen McDonagh stood in both the 2002 and 2007 Seanad elections. Whilst not being close to winning a seat, she finished far ahead of many candidates on both occasions.

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Alan Shatter -Dublin South 1987

Filed under: Dublin South,Fine Gael — irishelectionliterature @ 3:41 pm
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Not quite the fancy stuff he produces now!  At least it was a proper ‘Sorry I missed you’ rather than the pre printed ones we get now.

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Brian Hayes – “Say No to Single Party Government” 2002 October 10, 2009

Filed under: Fine Gael — irishelectionliterature @ 11:40 pm
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This is interesting in that it wasn’t just the PDs who were saying no to one party government in 2002, it was Fine Gael too. Funny thing is this was out before the PDs poster campaign
Here we had a case of two parties saying the exact same thing, but reading the PD posters they implied keeping their few TDs in government as ‘watchdogs’, whilst FG were looking for an anti Fianna Fail vote.

On the back we have his achievements and Stanley Lang urging votes for Brian.

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Thank You – Conor Lenihan 2002

Filed under: Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 3:42 pm
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A  ‘Thank You’ card arrives on the doorstep…. you open it to see who is thanking you…. Conor Lenihans mug pops out.

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Support Palestine Demo for Ireland vs Israel game in 2005 October 9, 2009

Filed under: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign,protest — irishelectionliterature @ 11:03 pm
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4th of June 2005 and Ireland take on Israel at soccer, a two all draw which costs us dearly in our qualification hopes for the World Cup. This leaflet was to advertise a protest and ways to protest at the game.
The leaflet was issued by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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Adi Roche -1997 Presidential Election October 8, 2009

Filed under: Democratic Left,Green Party/ Green Alliance,Labour Party,presidency — irishelectionliterature @ 9:33 pm
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Adi Roche, the highly respected Founder of The Chernobyl Children’s Project ran in the 1997 Presidential election. She  had been nominated by the Labour Party, Democratic Left and Green Party.

She was expected to do well and was an early favourite to replace Mary Robinson. However stories of Bullying by a former workmate surfaced during the campaign and her chance went.

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John Noonan- Sinn Fein 1984 European elections Dublin

Filed under: Sinn Fein — irishelectionliterature @ 4:53 pm
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This is unusual in that at the time Sinn Fein were Anti EEC. It details the reasons why Ireland should withdraw. It was only 11 years since we had joined. Some of the images are big, I’ve tried to pare them down whilst still making them readable.

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