A well produced booklet for the 1997 General Election. The Democratic Left had been in government for the previous 3 years as part of the Rainbow Coalition.

Democratic Left 1997 Manifesto- ‘Make The Future Work’ September 18, 2009
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Tags: 1997 general election, Democratic Left, democratic left manifesto, Eamon Gilmore, Election ephemera, irish elections, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Labour Party, Left in Ireland, Prionsias De Rossa, Rainbow coalition, rainbow government, The Workers Party
Tags: 1997 general election, Democratic Left, democratic left manifesto, Eamon Gilmore, Election ephemera, irish elections, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Labour Party, Left in Ireland, Prionsias De Rossa, Rainbow coalition, rainbow government, The Workers Party


Peadar O’Grady -Socialist Workers Party- 1997 GE Dublin South East September 16, 2009
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Tags: 1997 general election, Election ephemera, irish elections, Irish Left, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish political parties, Irish Politics, Left in Ireland, Peader O'Grady, people before profit, political ephemera, Political parties, Politics, Socialist Workers Party, SWP
The 1997 General Election was the first time the SWP put forward candidates to contest an Irish election. It fielded four candidates- Ritchie Browne, Peadar O’Grady, Brid Smith in Dublin constituencies and Jimmy Kelly in Waterford.
Peadar O’Grady ran in Dublin South East. They use being Anti Corruption to try and attract voters rather than advertising that they are a ‘revolutionary socialist group’.

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