Given its Easter Sunday, I thought this might be apt to post. A leaflet from the Labour Party as part of the Save 16 Moore Street Campaign.
16 Moore Street was where in 1916 Thomas Clarke, Joseph Plunkett, Sean McDermott , Padraic Pearse and William Pearse gathered around the wounded James Connolly and eventually agreed to surrender.
From the 2011 Assembly and Local Elections in Northern Ireland an Election broadcast from Bernadette McAliskey supporting People Before Profit candidates.
From the 2011 General Election a flyer from Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan who was running in Dublin Central. O’Sullivan, the Gregory Group candidate, held on to the seat she won in the 2009 Dublin Central By-Election.
Was sent these images (many thanks) of old UK Labour Party posters. They cover all sorts of issues from War to Paid Holidays. Enjoy
From the 1992 General Election a leaflet for Tom Foxe of the The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee (H.A.C.). Foxe was first elected in the 1989 General Election (leaflet here) and in the 1991 Local Elections he topped the poll in the Roscommon Electoral area bring ing in a running mate Eithne Quinn. You see a reference to Post Office closures being averted in the leaflet, At least 2 Councillors were elected on anti postal cuts platform in the 1991 Local Elections in Roscommon.
In this 1992 election he was elected. He lost his seat in 1997.
There is more on Tom Foxe here.
From the 1977 General Election campaign an ad from Fianna Fail about price rises since 1973 under the Fina Gael/Labour Coalition . Interesting to see the price rise in cigarettes and beer was less than amongst other items, butter, Tea, Potatoes and Fish Fingers.
We also get the nice line “The Arabs put 12p on petrol- and the Coalition put 35p!”
From the 2011 Seanad Elections a leaflet from Martin Mansergh, Nominated by The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association, of Fianna Fail who is running for a seat on the Agricultural panel.
Mansergh wants “to help rebuild the country’s economy …” and “make Fianna Fail once more a force in Irish Politics and Government…” . He also tells the reader that he was the “Subject of a biography by Kevin Rafter“.
He also note that “I support all (legal) field Sports”
From the 2009 European Elections in Munster a flyer from Labour candidate Alan Kelly. Tipperary native Kelly was elected and in 2011 he was also elected to the Dail for Tipperary North.
From 2008 (I think) a leaflet from Peter Doris who was running for the position of Leas Cathaoirleach of Ogra Fianna Fail.
Many thanks to the sender.
From the 2011 Seanad Elections a leaflet from Independent candidate Mel Casserly who is running for a seat on the Industrial & Commercial Panel. Casserly is a lecturer in Sligo IT.
A leaflet from éirígí distributed at the recent demo against the Royal Visit outside the GPO where an effigy of the Queen was beheaded. éirígí are against the Royal visit and have a number of protests planned.
Another éirígí No Royal Visit Leaflet
Many thanks to the sender.
From the 2011 Seanad Elections a flyer from Independent candidate Seamus Boland who is running for a seat on the Administrative Panel. Boland is he CEO of Irish Rural Link
From the 1989 General Election a leaflet from Labour Party candidate for Tipperary North John Ryan. As the European Elections were also held on the same day the leaflet asks for votes for the Labour Party European candidates in Munster Michael Ferris and Eileen Desmond.
“You can vote against these Savage Cuts and Injustices” is something that would be apt today. Indeed many of the issues are the same, just add a burst property bubble to them.
In this election John Ryan failed to win back the seat he lost in 1987, although he later regained the seat in 1992 (his record at Electionsireland.org)
Many thanks to the Sender.
From the 2011 Seanad Elections a leaflet from Jim Walsh of Fianna Fail who is running for a seat on the Agricultural panel.
Considering the electorate are in the main Councillors, Walsh’s opening lines of “..he initiated the successful campaign to secure the representational and gratuity payments for Councillors” are aimed directly at the electorates pockets.
He also mentions his pro-life and pro family values stance with the word “Faith” dominating the final page of the leaflet.
From the 2011 Seanad Elections a flyer from Labour Party candidate Marie Moloney who is running for a seat on the Labour Panel. The Kerry based Moloney is currently deputy Mayor of Kerry.
From the 2011 Seanad Elections a leaflet from Donie Cassidy running for Fianna Fail on the Labour Panel.
From the 1997 General Election campaign a leaflet on “Monetary Union in the EU (EMU)” produced by The Labour Party. It gives some of the arguements for going into the Euro, what it means to various sectors and what Ireland has to do to get there.
This was a leaflet given out by Labour Youth in I think 2006 against US Military landings in Shannon. Its a clever design in that it gives instructions on how to make a paper airplane out of the leaflet.
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