Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleBARRY ROCHE ON THE CANVASS Locals extend a warm welcome to passionate activist Mick Barry, ‘a pyrotechnic politician’ A SPECTRE is haunting Cork North Central – the ghost of socialism, and tonight he’s wearing a Beanie cap and navy waterproofs. Socialist Party candidate Councillor Mick Barry is taking no chances with the [...]

Link to Original ArticleThe ghost of one of the victims of the Troubles in Northern Ireland has come back to haunt Gerry Adams with just six days to go in the Irish Republic’s general election campaign. Relatives of Jean McConville – the mother of ten whom the IRA kidnapped, murdered and buried in secret in [...]

Link to Original ArticleMARIE O’HALLORAN All political parties with the possible exception of Sinn Féin have “sold out to a European secular agenda”, according to the Christian Solidarity Party (CSP) which has unveiled its eight election candidates, seven men and one woman. Party president Richard Greene said it intended to “promote Christian policies that increase [...]

Link to Original ArticleOnly three and a half years ago Fianna F�il won just under 42% of the vote but now they are hovering around 16%. Their coalition ‘mudguard’ – the Greens – are floating anywhere from 3% to 1% in the polls. The Socialist Party has nine of the 20 United Left Alliance (ULA) [...]

Link to Original ArticleDEAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent Replacing Fás with a national employment service is among the proposals in a Labour policy document unveiled at the party’s election headquarters in Dublin this morning. “Labour’s Plan for Jobseekers” was announced by the party’s education spokesman and director of elections Ruairí Quinn and Social Protection spokeswoman [...]

Link to Original ArticleSTEPHEN COLLINS, Political Editor Fianna Fáil’s chances of clinging on to a seat hinge on big turnout of its dwindling support THE MASSIVE drop in support for Fianna Fáil in Cork North Central in today’s Irish Time s/Ipsos MRBI poll mirrors the trend shown in national polls and confirms the party is in [...]

Link to Original ArticleThey’re off! Irish General Election is finally called Fianna Fail’s nationwide election problems have been highlighted in an Irish Times poll which indicates the party could be wiped out in the Cork North Central constituency. Sitting TD and Minister for State Billy Kelleher is in grave danger of losing his seat despite [...]

Link to Original ArticleELAINE EDWARDS The billions in funding being used to bail out the banks should instead be used to create jobs and to develop infrastructure, the Socialist Party said today. The party, which is running nine candidates in the general election under the United Left Alliance umbrella, published a manifesto that it described [...]

Link to Original ArticleFianna Fail Longford/Westmeath TD Peter Kelly last night laughed off suggestions he may follow Cork North Central counterpart, Noel O’Flynn in stepping aside at the forthcoming election as new leader Micheal Martin looks to safeguard the party’s electoral future.The experienced politician, who is preparing to embark on his third election campaign, said [...]

Link to Original ArticleNOEL WHELAN Consistent poll results suggest race outcome is predetermined at this stage bar a major upset FOLLOWING THE hectic intensity of the weeks immediately prior to the dissolution of the Dil, the election campaign itself may actually turn out to be quite dull. Notwithstanding the extraordinary context in which the campaign [...]