Nice of the Indo to give a bit of credit!
A clip from last Saturdays Irish Independent …..
Now I may be wrong but I’d hazard a guess where they got it from.
So nice of them not to mention the source of the leaflet!
Oh and its not a poster!
The Original
From the 2009 Local Elections a flyer for Fianna Fail candidate John Phelan who was running in the Rathfarnham LEA.
John Phelan polled 597 votes and failed to win a seat.
His website johnphelan.eu has both recent local news and links to some youtube clips he made for his campaign.
I was looking through Labours 2007 Manifesto (as you do) and this popped up at me. A proposed scheme to allow people in employment who couldn’t afford to buy, onto the property ladder. They took a 25% stake of the home whilst the government would have a stake of 75% of your new house.
Almost as if the Government was becoming a sub-prime lender…. and who aside from the person in employment would benefit?
Those that profited from a prolonged property bubble. Investors, Solicitors, Estate Agents, Developers and Banks as the market would be inflated yet again by direct government investment in housing….
…and when the crash came we’d surely have had to have had a NAMA for these households too.
From the 2007 General Election a leaflet for Fine Gael Laois-Offaly candidate Olwyn Enright. Enright the daughter of former Fine Gael TD Tom Enright was elected to the Dail in 2002.
In 2005 she married then Fine Gael Senator , now TD for Donegal North East Joe McHugh.
In August 2010 she announced that she would not be standing at the next General Election.
A flyer from the new Party Direct Democracy Ireland. Amongst those involved are Bernard kenny, Vincent salafia and Raymond Whitehead. Whitehead stood as an Independent in Glencullen Sandyford in the Local Elections.
The Direct Democracy format is along the lines of previous candidates such as Ross O’Mullane and from 1997 Gerald Dolan.
From the 2009 Local Elections a leaflet for Fine Gael Crumlin Kimmage candidate Ruairi McGinley. McGinley was elected.
The leaflet focuses on Fine Gaels Fair Care policy.
From the 2009 Local Elections and European Elections a Leaflet for Joe Higgins running in Castleknock.
Higgins topped the poll in the Local elections and was also elected in the European Elections.
Many thanks to the sender.
Two of a series of ‘NO THANKS’ posters used by Fine Gael in the 2007 General Election Campaign.
The ‘Secret FF/PD Deals with IRA Killers?’ would have referred to the release of Pearse McAuley who had been convicted of the Killing of Garda Gerry McCabe. The backdrop of the prison was I’m sure also a reminder of McDowells Thornton Hall project.
The other dealing with stealth taxes.
First off many thanks to the sender.
A 1981 fundraising letter from Paddy Kavanagh (with post compliments of Liam Kavanagh) to Labour Party Wicklow members promoting “A Sweepstakes on the Aintree Grand National” .
From 1990 a local Newsletter produced by the Fianna Fail Sean Lemass Cumann in Deansgrange.
A lot of very local issues are covered as well as details of how to become a member and of a lot of Fianna Fails Dun Laoghaire representatives of the time.
From the 1991 Local Elections a Leaflet from Workers Party Candidates Tom Crilly and Angie Murphy running in the Pembroke Ward. Crilly polled 486 votes and Murphy polled 321 votes, neither were elected.
The leaflet is interesting in that it is very Green and in some respects ahead of the Greens at the time. For instance regarding water
“... We have campaigned for improved water catchment process, an integrated reservoir system, upgrading of mains…”
Amongst other items mentioned are Smokeless coal, Tenants rights and the lack of recycling facilities.
We also learn that ‘the average house price in Dublin is a staggering £63,000‘.
In light of his resignation, another old Ivor Callely card from 1992….
A member of Ivor Callelys Fianna Fail campaign called on you today
If you would like to Contact Ivor Callely to offer help in his election campaign, to seek his advice or assistance…
I had forgotten about this, having been kept sweet by Fianna Fail and The PDs for 5 years with a deal, Jackie Healy Rae is introduced by the MC with the words ‘Sugar Daddy is Back!’ to which the crowd responds to with chants of ‘Siucra, Siucra, Siucra…..’
From the 1997 General Election a leaflet for Labour candidates Sean Kenny and Tommy Broughan. Both had been elected in the Spring Tide of 1992 as Labour took 30% of the vote in Dublin North East. In 1997 with the Labour vote down Tommy Broughan held on to his seat whilst Sean Kenny lost out.
The main thing in this leaflet is ‘How Labour has made the Vital Difference’ with stats galore comparing the 1992-1997 period to the previous Fianna Fail/PD government.
You will also notice the Partnership Works Slogan that Labour , Fine Gael and Democratic Left had in the 1997 Election.
From the 2009 Local elections a leaflet for Fianna Fail candidate in Stillorgan Gerry Horkan.
Having initially been co-opted to replace Don Lydon in 2003, he held his seat in 2004 and again in 2009. He is one of the four Fianna Fail Councillors on Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
Many thanks to the sender.
From the 2009 Local Elections a leaflet for Labour candidate Ian McGahon running for Bray Town Council. McGahon running in the Bray West Ward polled 395 votes.
From the 2009 European Elections in the UK a flyer from the “NO2EU Yes to Democracy” grouping.
No2EU – Yes to Democracy is a left-wing electoral alliance which was initiated by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). The Alliance also included The Socialist Party, The Communist Party of Britain, Solidarity , The Alliance for Green Socialism, The Liberal Party, Socialist Resistance and The Indian Workers’ Association.
The Alliance failed to win a seat.
A press release from the group.
Many thanks to the sender.
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