From the 2010 Donegal South West By-Election a leaflet from Independent / New Island Party candidate Ann Sweeney.
The Donegal hotelier has performed well in her TV appearances to date.
The Party Logo is more akin to something for a Caribbean Island than Ireland.
The party site is newislandparty.me
From the 2010 Donegal South West by-election a flyer (or part of it) from Independent candidate Thomas Pringle.
Killybegs based Pringle is a long time councillor. His website is thomaspringle.ie. There is also a Vote Thomas Pringle Facebook Page.
From the 2010 Donegal South West By-Election a Sorry I missed you card from Fine Gael candidate Barry O’Neill.
On the reverse is a profile of the candidate. O’Neill, a producer with RTÉ Sport, was first elected as a Councillor in 2004.
Many Thanks to the Sender.
From the 2009 Local elections a Sorry I Missed You card from Fianna Fail candidate Dermot Flanagan. He polled 396 votes and failed to win a seat.
From the 2004 Local Elections a leaflet for Socialist Party candidate Susan Fitzgerald running in Castleknock. She polled 661 votes and failed to win a seat.
The Statement agreed at the foundation of the United Left Alliance. It comprises seven main points.
The United Left Alliance currently comprises of The Socialist Party, People Before Profit, The Tipperary Workers and Unemployed Group, and Cllr Declan Bree and his local group in Sligo.
The Alliance will be publicly launched at a rally in the Ashling Hotel , Dublin on Friday 26 November 2010.
From the 2010 Donegal South West By-Election a Newsletter “Donegal South West Nuacht” from Fianna Fail candidate Brian Ó Domhnaill. The newsletter concentrates totally on local issues, with mostly good news stories of Government Achievements in Donegal. How Fianna Fail Delivered for Donegal South West and so on. Not a peep about the economic crisis.
One of the beauties of candidates using the Internet to campaign is a constant flow of videos. Heres one from Fine Gael candidate in the Donegal South West By Election Barry O’Neill.
From the 1985 Local Elections a leaflet for Independent Socialist Candidate Paul Dolan running for Cavan UDC. Paul Dolan had previously stood for the Socialist Labour Party.
Many thanks to the sender who notes..
“He was elected in 85 and served 9 years declining to run again. He joined Labour in 1991 and ran for Cavan county council (Cavan area) in the same year failing to take a seat with 340 votes, a feat which the local Anglo Celt newspaper described as outstanding for Labour.He declined to renew his membership of Labour around 95. He was also involved in the local H Block/Armagh group and the Gralton Labour History Committee.”
The Leaflet gives a taste of the times ….
From the 2010 Donegal South West By-election a leaflet for Labour candidate Frank McBrearty.
McBrearty, elected to the Council in 2009 is seen as having an outside chance of winning the seat.
From 2006 a Fianna Fail membership form with the slogan “Together … let’s create something great…”
There is a nice message from Bertie as well as the perks of membership detailed.
A video from Ann Sweeney of the New Island Party who is running in the 2010 Donegal South West By-Election. The party is also looking for candidates to run in the Dublin South and Waterford by-elections (should they take place).
The party site is newislandparty.me
*I hopefully will have some leaflets from them soon.
From the 2010 Donegal South West By-Election a flyer for Fianna Fail candidate Brian Ó Domhnaill.
In the main, it flirts away from National issues and focuses on the Candidate.
A leaflet on Climate change from the Youth wing of the Socialist Party, Socialist Youth. It mentions amongst other things Al Gores “An Inconvenient Truth”.
From the February 1982 General Election an Ad for Fianna Fail and its Galway West candidates Bobby Molloy, Maire Geoghegan Quinn, Frank Fahey, Nicholas O’Connor and Mark Killilea. Running five candidates Fianna Fail won three seats.
Taken from the Galway Advertiser site.
From the 1991 Local Elections a leaflet from Labour candidate Niamh Bhreathnach running in the Blackrock Ward where she was elected.
The focus of the leaflet is on Environmental issues such as Booterstown Marsh.
It was at this time that ‘Environmental Issues started taking a bigger role in election leaflets , in part to do with the potential rise in the Green Party vote.
From the 2004 local elections a newsletter, ‘South Central News’, from Fine Gael Crumlin Kimmage candidates Anne Marie Martin and Ruairi McGinley. Issues covered include Crime, housing and a message from Gay Mitchell.
Anne Marie Martin was elected, she later resigned her seat and Ruairi McGinley was co opted to replace her.
From the 1992 General Election a leaflet for Democratic Left candidate Jim Allen running in Dublin South East. Allen polled 874 votes. A year earlier he had polled 1113 votes (outpolling amongst others, Mary Hanafin and Maurice Manning) when running for The Workers Party in Rathmines.
Irish Election Literature 
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