The Booklet for the 2013 Young Fine Gael Annual Conference which was held in Waterford that year. Contains candidate profiles for internal elections, motions, a History of Young Fine Gael and more.
Young Fine Gael Recruitment poster from 2005 November 19, 2017
A Young Fine Gael Recruitment poster from 2005 .
May 2006 edition of YFG newsletter “The Informer” November 15, 2017
The May 2006 edition of the Young Fine Gael newsletter “The Informer”. It contains profiles of founder members of YFG , pieces by Charlie Flanagan and Neale Richmond, profiles of the new YFG National Executive and more .. It’s available in pdf format here
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Young Fine Gael 2000 Conference Programme -Leo Varadkar, Patrick O’Donovan and many more September 26, 2017
The Programme for the 16th National Conference of Young Fine Gael. Contains a message from Leo Varadkar, Patrick O’Donovan and more. It also has motions as well as profiles of candidates for various posts including Leo Varadkar , Lucinda Creigton and Elaine Byrne where we find out all sorts from their “favourite chat up lines” to their “claim to fame”. I’ve scanned and uploaded it in pdf format here
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From Leo Varadkar in 2001 The Young Fine Gael National Executive Report May 19, 2017
From the 2001 Young Fine Gael National Conference a two page article by Leo Varadkar on The performance of The National Executive I’ve uploaded it in pdf here
“A Restless Society ..Developing a Sense of Community” Young Fine Gael mid 1980’s December 5, 2016
From the mid 1980’s “A Restless Society ..Developing a Sense of Community” a large policy document produced by Young Fine Gael I’ve uploaded it in pdf format here or click on the image to launch
October 1984 Edition of Young Fine Gael Newsletter “Futureline” November 6, 2016
From October 1984 an edition of the Young Fine Gael newsletter “Futureline”. It contains an interview with then Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald, some criticism of the Fine Gael /Labour government , pieces on Taxation as well as some YFG news and other pieces. I’ve uploaded it in pdf format here
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1985 profile of “Cllr Mark Mortell” from Young Fine Gael Paper ‘Futureline’ January 20, 2015
From the December 1985 edition of the Young Fine Gael paper ‘Futureline’ a profile of then Councillor Mark Mortell.
“Bring Them Down To Earth With A ….” leaflet from Young Fine Gael circa 1988 September 8, 2014
A Young Fine Gael leaflet from circa 1988 with pictures of the main party leaders Dick Spring, Charles Haughey, Alan Dukes, Dessie O’Malley and Tomas MacGiolla with the slogan “Bring Them Down To Earth With A …. Bang”
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“Job Creation ,Youth Unemployment” 1985 leaflet from Dublin North Central Young Fine Gael July 4, 2014
From 1985 a leaflet from the Dublin North Central branch of Young Fine Gael giving details of the various agencies available to Young People to help them find employment.
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From the 1986 Fine Gael Ard Fheis a leaflet advertising a meeting on ‘Basic Income’ from Young Fine Gael. June 25, 2014
From I think the 1986 Fine Gael Ard Fheis a leaflet advertising a meeting on ‘Basic Income’ from Young Fine Gael. The Basic Income was an idea also put forward by The Green Party at the time. Although it doesn’t directly mention it, there were many theories at the time regarding ‘The Leisure Age’, how as our jobs were replaced by machines we would have more time on our hands and the concept of employment would change.
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“I am a Catholic First and Foremost” -1984 Alice Glenn Interview from Young Fine Gael Magazine ‘Futureline’ June 10, 2014
From the June 1984 edition of Young Fine Gael magazine ‘Futureline’ an interview with then Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central Alice Glenn. Among the topics covered are Divorce, Contraception and Children “Born Out of Wedlock”. A fascinating insight to the views of the time.
“Change The Law -Give Him An Equal Chance” 1980 Young Fine Gael campaign to give rights to ‘illegitimate’ children November 11, 2013
From April 1980 “Change The Law -Give Him An Equal Chance” a Young Fine Gael campaign to give rights to ‘illegitimate’ children.
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More candidate profiles (including Brendan Griffin) from the 2001 Young Fine Gael Conference August 27, 2013
Another set of candidate profiles from the brochure for the 2001 Young Fine Gael National Conference (previous lot of profiles including Lucinda Creigton) . This time we have amongst others answering who they would like to be stuck in a lift with, their favourite chat up lines ….. we have Kerry South TD Brendan Griffin. The other profiles are of Cian Kelly, Kevin Callan, Mark Finan, Alan Hayes, David Garrahy and Róisín Kelly.
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From 2001 Young Fine Gael Conference -Profiles of candidates (includes Lucinda Creightons favourite Chat up line!)
From the brochure for the 2001 Young Fine Gael National Conference held in The Abbey Court Hotel in Nenagh, profiles of the candidates for the various positions in the party. The questions are fairly ‘Youth politicsish’ so we get to read what candidates favpourite chat up lines are, who they’d like to be stuck in a lift with and so on…
Candidates were Lucinda Creighton, Sean McKiernan, Jarleth Munnelly, Gerry O’Connell, Michael Moriarty, Georgina Robinson and Tomas Ponsonby.
There’s another 2 pages of candidates, including another TD, Which I’ve posted here.
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(ps I presume this will end up in the Indo uncredited)
Some pics from the Young Fine Gael pages of the 1999 Fine Gael Ard Fheis Booklet June 25, 2013
From the 1999 Booklet for the Fine Gael Ard Fheis, the photos from the Young fine Gael pages. Amongst others pictured is a young Leo Varadkar. Theres also a group in fancy dress with Nora Owen ‘Launching their passion for Europe Campaign’ for the Amsterdam Treaty .(The leaflets caused some controversy). Would love to know if there were any future TDs lurking in that fancy dress picture.
I’ve also included a picture related to the ‘Touts Out’ campaign mentioned in the text under the Leo Picture.
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1992 Abortion Referendums leaflet from the “Alliance for Choice” November 16, 2012
From the 1992 Abortion Referendum Campaign a leaflet from the “Alliance for Choice”. The leaflet urges a No vote on the Abortion Referendum, and a Yes vote for the right to travel and a Yes vote for the right to information.
Labour Youth and Young Fine Gael were amongst the members of the Alliance.
Brian Hayes pictured at the 1992 Young Fine Gael Summer Bar-B-Que September 4, 2012
From an edition of Futureline from Young Fine Gael, pictures from the 1992 Young Fine Gael Summer Bar-B-Que. Amongst those attending a young Brian Hayes (pictured top left)
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