Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleThe Irish economy has well and truly crashed, but what about Fianna Fail, the party that has been in power since 1997, through the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger. With a new leader, Michael Martin, just how will the soldiers of destiny do in the battle for votes this time? [...]

Link to Original ArticleDr. Adrian Kavanagh is based in the Geography Department of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Over the next few days and weeks I am going to briefly review each of the forty-three Dáil constituencies and  I will relate these to what the December 2010 Newstalk prediction survey says about the different [...]

Link to Original ArticleMICHAEL O’REGAN CONSTITUENCY PROFILETHE HILLERY name is back on the ballot paper in Clare, as Fianna Fil finds itself under pressure in what was once fertile electoral territory. When one of its two outgoing TDs, former minister for defence Tony Killeen, retired on health grounds, he was replaced by Dr John Hillery, [...]

Link to Original ArticleCostello finished just five rebounds shy of the schoolsingle-game record. The Warriors, an honorable mention in Class A, led 30-18 athalftime. Ryan Haag scored 13 points for BCW, while Aaron Tithof addednine points. P.J. Walker led the Hawks with 10 points. The Warriors (12-1, 6-1 SVL) play Howell at Delta College thisafternoon. [...]

Link to Original ArticleOTHERSElection will see some politicians from main parties running as Independent candidates, writes MICHAEL O’REGAN, Parliamentary Correspondent TWO OF the eight outgoing Independent TDs, Mary Harney, formerly of the now defunct PDs, and Jackie Healy-Rae, are retiring. Healy-Raes son, Michael, has replaced him on the ticket in Kerry South, where the line-up [...]

Link to Original ArticleGORDON DEEGAN DR JOHN Hillery, the son of former president Dr Patrick Hillery, was yesterday selected by Fianna Fil to contest the four-seat Co Clare constituency in the forthcoming general election. At the partys selection convention at the West County Hotel in Ennis, Dr Hillery and incumbent Timmy Dooley TD were the [...]

Link to Original ArticleThe Clare People invites our elected TDs to outline just exactly what they have done on behalf of the county during the previous week The last seven days in Irish politics were quite farcical. How did it impact on Clare?Deputies Dooley, Carey and Breen were able tell us that they all met [...]

GORDON DEEGAN, Irish Times DR JOHN Hillery, the son of former president Dr Patrick Hillery, was yesterday selected by Fianna Fáil to contest the four-seat Co Clare constituency in the forthcoming general election. At the party’s selection convention at the West County Hotel in Ennis, Dr Hillery and incumbent Timmy Dooley TD were the only [...]