Irish Election Literature

… what you maybe meant to keep…

Communist Party Of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)- ‘Marxist-Leninist Weekly’ Feb 3rd 1988 September 22, 2009

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A copy of Marxist-Leninist Weekly from 3rd Feb 1988. Hits out at Britain and also Israeli Zionism. I’m not sure if this is the full version of the paper or a smaller pamphlet (Tabloid!) version of that weeks edition.

I can only presume that the group organizing the advertised Rally and march to the British Embassy ,”The Spirit of Freedom Committee” was the CPI-ML in ‘disguise’. A theme that runs through a lot of the Irish Left literature I have and I’d imagine internationally.

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Grace Lally -Socialist Workers Party – Rathmines 1999 LE September 21, 2009

Filed under: Socialist Workers Party,SWP — irishelectionliterature @ 10:30 pm
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In the the 1999 local elections, the Socialist Workers Party put forward 8 candidates, none of whom were close to being elected. This is the literature of Grace Lally who stood in the Rathmines Ward.  Contains information on the candidate, the SWP Election Manifesto and of course the “Get Involved” form too.

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The National Party – Peter McNamee and Máire Kirrane 1997

Filed under: Right Wing Catholic,The National Party — irishelectionliterature @ 10:07 pm
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The National Party were formed on the back of the success of Nora Bennis in the 1994 Euro Elections where she suprisingly outpolled Kathleen Lynch of the Democratic Left, Dan Boyle of the Greens as well as amongst others the Workers Party and Sinn Fein Candidates.  During the count she overtook the third Fianna Fail candidate, the sitting MEP Paddy Lane.

The National Party had candidates in the 1997 and 2002 General elections.  In 1997 many of their candidates polled over 1000 votes with Joh Harold Barry recieving 2,125 votes in Tipperary South. However all their candidates lost their deposits.

Peter McNamee and Máire Kirrane’s leaflets below.

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1997 General Election – “Vote Christian” Leaflet

Filed under: Abortion,Christian Solidarity Party,Right Wing Catholic,The National Party — irishelectionliterature @ 3:59 pm
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A Leaflet from the 1997 general election asking voters to ‘Vote Christian’. The National Party and Christian Solidarity Party were both Pro-Life as were the rest of the candidates listed.

Eamon Murphy in Dublin Central had been in the shortlived Christian Centerist Party, Cllr Richard Greene had a party Muintir na hEireann which had literature for that election but must not have been registered. Sean Lyons and Sean Dublin Bay Loftus would have also been Pro-Life.

All of the candidates listed, bar Sean Dublin Bay Loftus, lost their deposits.

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Jim Ferry (Eddie Fullerton replacement)- Sinn Fein Buncrana 1991 September 19, 2009

Filed under: Donegal,Sinn Fein — irishelectionliterature @ 9:53 pm
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This is poignant in that Jim Ferry replaced the Late Eddie Fullerton on the Sinn Fein ticket as Eddie Fullerton was murdered during the campaign. Jim Ferry himself passed away only recently.

The leaflet had the standard Sinn Fein 91 manifesto in the middle with a profile of Jim Ferry on the front and a message regarding Eddie Fullerton on the back.

Also another leaflet with reference to policy and that Ferry had been requested to run by the Fullerton family.

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Progressive Democrats – ‘Yes to the Single European Act’

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PD ‘Yes’ to Single European Act letter. The SEA Referendum took place in May 1987. Again we have the Neutrality, Abortion as potential issues. The constitutional challenge to the Bill refers to a case taken by Ray Crotty that meant in future the ratification of any European Treaty would require a Referendum.

The answers to the ‘What if we vote No?’ and ‘Re-negotiation’ are very plain too.

 

PJ Coghill, Sean Fallon, George Ledwith, Kieran Molloy, Egbert Moran, Cieran Temple -Fianna Fail- Athlone LEA 1991

Filed under: Fianna Fail — irishelectionliterature @ 11:04 am
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From the 1991 Local Elections in Athlone. Fianna Fail candidates PJ Coghill, Sean Fallon, George Ledwith, Kieran Molloy, Egbert Moran and Cieran Temple. A strange layout of the candidates in this leaflet. Its unusual that there are no names beside the candidates pictures.I’d hazard there haven’t been too many ‘Egberts’ put before the electorate either.

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Slightly Bizarre… Pat ‘Abel’ O’Reilly- “You will never Vote Better” -1987 Dun Laoghaire September 18, 2009

Filed under: Dun Laoghaire,Independent — irishelectionliterature @ 11:45 am
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There’s some pretty funny stuff in this…
First off he changed his name to ‘Abel’ O’Reilly to be top of the ballot paper. What alternative to alphabetical order would he have proposed?
I gather he was a member of the PDs and had sought the nomination, hence ….
“Sean Doherty TD has described the addition of Geraldine Kennedy to the PD ticket as Hitler Politics”

You’d never have guessed either that he was once a policeman in the US.
The Vote yourself into Money is quoted too, with his odds of being elected at 50-1. lots more odd stuff there too. He polled 233 votes.


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Tim O’Brien -Independent Socialist Dublin North 1997

Filed under: Independent,Independent Left — irishelectionliterature @ 11:44 am
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From the 1997 General Election, running in Dublin North Independent Socialist Tim O’Brien. Tim O’Brien polled 376 votes and failed to be elected.
Here he lists religious figures, Peter McVerry, Sister Stan and Sean Healy as influences

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John Colgan meets Esther Rantzen….but he has a past…..

Filed under: Dublin Central,Fine Gael,Independent — irishelectionliterature @ 10:42 am
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You got your picture taken once with Esther Rantzen ….so have it as the centrepiece of your campaign for the 1991 Local elections…..

Wonder did the electors know you had your picture taken with Alice Glenn and Michael Keating 10 years earlier though?

 

Referendum Commission- Introductory Nice Leaflet ‘The EU and How it works’ September 17, 2009

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As  I’m on an EU Referendum buzz…..

I couldn’t find this on the Referendum Commission website nor elsewhere online. Its a leaflet delivered to each house entitled ‘The EU and How it works’. (or at least worked prior to the Nice Referendum).

Its done in a simple manner and is pretty good in giving the reader a grounding into ‘The EU and How it works’ prior to the Nice Treaty.

 

 

Young Fine Gael- Yes Yes Yes To Amsterdam

Filed under: Fine Gael,Referendum — irishelectionliterature @ 3:57 pm
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A leaflet produced by Young Fine Gael for the 1998 Referendum to ratify the Amsterdam Treaty
There was a bit of fuss when this Young Fine Gael Leaflet came out.  Not about the content but about the cover….. the content was full of possible double entendres….

Young Fine Gael Yes to the Amsterdam Treaty.

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The National Platform – No to Maastricht – ‘Seven Good Reasons for Voting No’ from 1992

Filed under: Others,Referendum — irishelectionliterature @ 3:24 pm
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Given the proximity of Lisbon 2, I figured I’d post stuff from previous European Referendums (or is it Referendi?).

Here is the National Platform asking us to Vote NO to Maastricht. with Seven good reasons to do so.

As you can see it’s roughly the same core arguments used for each European Referendum…

The Convenors of the National Platform are listed as Raymond Crotty and Anthony Coughlan. It was a court case taken by Raymond Crotty that led to us having a Referendum to ratify each European Treaty.

 

Fine Gael – Yes To Nice Treaty

Filed under: Fine Gael,Referendum — irishelectionliterature @ 3:17 pm
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Given the proximity of LIsbon 2, I figured I’d post stuff from previous European Referendums (or is it Referendi?).

Heres Enda asking us to Vote YES to Nice….

As you can see its roughly the same arguements for each European Referendum…

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Fine Gael 1987 – ‘Guaranteed Irish Jobs’ Leaflet.

Filed under: Fine Gael — irishelectionliterature @ 2:19 pm
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Election 87 after five years in Government Fine Gael play on the highly popular (and important) slogan of
the time ‘Guaranteed Irish’. They had inherited a country in bits and some of the text such as “You’ve worked hard- don’t throw it all away” gives an idea of the sacrifices the public (or the PAYE sector) were making. Mind you there was still an awful long way to go….

We have the front page, the middle pages which are “What Fine Gael have done” and “What Fine Gael will do”
Amongst what they had done was… “Started the first ever reform of the Public Service”,”The Anglo-Irish Agreement”,
“Biggest road building programme ever” and so on.
Amongst what they would do was “Build regional sports centres”. Also with regard to creating jobs- “get fares down further and increase tourism”. There were no low budget airlines back then. The low budget was the supabus to London, which many had taken but not come back.

1987 was also the Progressive Democrats first General Election.

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Roscommon Hospital Action Committee -Tom Foxe 1989

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The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee (H.A.C.) was founded in 1977 and still has a number of councillors (Paula McNamara and Valerie Byrne) in Roscommon today.  Eithne Quinn stood for the HAC in the 1987 General Election but failed to be elected.  However in 1989 Tom Foxe stood for the HAC and was elected. Below some of his literature from that election.  (I have some of his later literature also). He was re-elected for the new constituency on Longford-Roscommon in 1992, however lost his seat in 1997.

Aside from the Hospital issue the Leaflet illustrates some of the issues in the West at the time.

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Richard Bruton 1992 – ‘A Fresh Start’ and Letter to constituents.

Filed under: Dublin North Central,Fine Gael,Uncategorized — irishelectionliterature @ 8:35 am
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This is a Richard Bruton Leaflet and a letter to constituents from the 1992 General Election.

In the Middle part of the first leaflet we see  ‘reforming Fas’, tax benefits on third level fees  and so on. Would the job creation ideas of 17 years ago work again?

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Nessa Childers – From Green 2004 to Red 2009 September 16, 2009

Filed under: Green Party,Labour Party — irishelectionliterature @ 11:06 pm
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Found this Nessa Childers leaflet from 2004s Local Elections and thought it worth posting…..

Nessa, daughter of former President Erskine Childers won a seat for the Green Party here. She later resigned the seat and bowed out of politics only to reappear as Labour candidate for Ireland East in the 2009 Euro elections.

In Ireland we often have people leaving parties going Independent or founding their own party/group, often they are welcomed back to the party which they had left.

Not too many elected representatives switch between the main parties, so as a collector I like the fact that I have both the Green and Labour leaflets for Nessa Childers….

‘We must grasp the opportunities offered by new technologies…‘ she writes in the Labour Leaflet

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