From the 2002 Abortion Referendum, a poster from the Labour Party urging a No vote with the slogan “Let’s Trust Women, Protect Women’s Right to Life”.
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“Let’s Trust Women …Vote No” -Labour poster from the 2002 Abortion Referendum January 22, 2013
“Ag cur dallamullóg orainn atá siad – Ná Géill don Bhagairt ón Aontas Eorpaigh! ” -Vótáil No – thefuture Initiative May 16, 2012
Numbers 7, 8 and 9 out of the series of 12 posters issued by thefuture Initiative in opposition to the Fiscal ‘Stability’ Treaty.
For those of you (like myself) without great Irish the three posters translate as follows.
Ag cur dallamullóg orainn atá siad – Ná Géill don Bhagairt ón Aontas Eorpaigh! -They are deceiving us – don’t yield to the threat of the European Union!
Ná géill don bhulaíocht! Easpa daonlathais atá taobh thiar den Conradh -Don’t yield to bullying! Lack of democracy is what is behind the Treaty
Tá cursaí eacnamaíochta na tíre scriosta acu cheanna – Is malartú slí atá ag teastáil! – They have already destroyed our economy – We need a change in direction!
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“The Straight Vote is Simple, Fair, Democratic” -Fianna Fail Poster from the 1968 Referendum on the change of voting system August 12, 2010
Almost topical given the current debate on political and electoral reform. From the 1968 Referendum on Change in Voting System, which was defeated, a Fianna Fail poster in favour of the measure.
“The Straight Vote is Simple, Fair, Democratic” said the Fianna Fail Poster. The Labour Party Posters against the measure was “The Straight Vote in Crooked”
Fianna Fail proposed changing the voting system to that similar to the UK
The Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1968, proposes
To substitute for the present system of voting at Dáil elections the “straight vote” system in single-member constituencies;
“To establish a Commission to determine constituencies, subject to the right of the Dáil to amend the constituencies as so determined; and
To provide that whenever the Dáil is dissolved the outgoing Ceann Comhairle may be returned, without a contest, as a second deputy for a constituency chosen by him which consists of, or includes a part of, the constituency he represented before the dissolution.”
Labour Party -Vote No Posters – 1968 Referendum on Change in Voting System February 6, 2010
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From the 1968 Referendum on Change in Voting System, two Labour Party ‘Vote No’ Posters
‘The Straight Vote is Crooked’ Vote NO!
Fianna Fail proposed changing the voting system to that similar to the UK
The Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1968, proposes
To substitute for the present system of voting at Dáil elections the “straight vote” system in single-member constituencies;
To establish a Commission to determine constituencies, subject to the right of the Dáil to amend the constituencies as so determined; and
To provide that whenever the Dáil is dissolved the outgoing Ceann Comhairle may be returned, without a contest, as a second deputy for a constituency chosen by him which consists of, or includes a part of, the constituency he represented before the dissolution.
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