Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleIrish citizens resident in offshore islands will cast their votes in the General Election today. Although the main ballot is not taken until Friday, those living on five Donegal islands and three Mayo islands, must vote today. Altogether that means about 960 people will have cast their votes in the General Election [...]

Link to Original ArticleA BROWSE through the odds offered by Paddy Power on the general election results tells you at least one thing you already knew. The generosity of bookmakers is boundless, especially when it comes to unusual propositions. At the races, you can usually get something half decent at 6/4. Not so the runners [...]

Link to Original ArticleDespite rumours to the contrary, the Fine Gael county councillor, Dermot Sheehan, has announced that he will not be standing as an independent candidate in Cork South West.The Clonakilty-based county councillor, Jim Daly, and the Castletownbere-based county councillor, Noel Harrington, were chosen at the Fine Gael selection convention on January 2nd last, [...]

Link to Original ArticleAlmost 2,600 residents on the islands off the Irish coast will be entitled to vote in the general election, with some casting their ballots two days earlier than the rest of the country. The Department of the Environment today published the polling dates for the outlying islands, including the Aran Islands off [...]

Link to Original ArticleMICHAEL McCarthy’s campaign to become a TD was interrupted by more important matters yesterday when he had to pay a visit to Cork University Maternity Hospital. The Labour Party senator, from Dunmanway, Co Cork, was visiting his wife Nollagh and his as yet unnamed baby boy — born at 1201pm on St [...]

Link to Original ArticleFIONA GARTLAND FÍS NUA A NEW political party, Fís Nua, has promised to remove corruption from public and political life. At the launch of its campaign, on Saturday the party, officially registered on February 4th, confirmed it would run six candidates. The Fís Nua candidates include Wicklow town councillor Pat Kavanagh, Dr Ben [...]

Link to Original ArticleKNOWING the voters’ suspicion of single-party governments, Fine Gael strategists are staying away from predicting an overall majority in the 2011 general election. But Enda Kenny’s party knows that on 38pc in the latest opinion poll, entering government on its own has to be a legitimate target. Getting 35pc of the national [...]

Link to Original ArticleIS Cork South West the only constituency in the country not to field a female candidate?That is the question voters were asking on Wednesday, after the returning officer for Cork South West confirmed that there are thirteen male candidates seeking election in the three-seater constituency.Fine Gaels Mary Hegarty who allowed her name [...]

Link to Original ArticleBARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent CONSTITUENCY PROFILECORK SOUTH West last time out provided an example of what Fine Gael does so well excellent vote- management by veteran TDs Jim OKeeffe and PJ Sheehan to snatch back a seat from Fianna Fil and wind up with two of the three seats on 36 per [...]

Link to Original ArticleLOUISE ROSEINGRAVE A CO Cork woman who drew international attention after calling for a boycott of Sunday Mass is to contest the election for the Green Party. Jennifer Sleeman (81), from Clonakilty, will run as a Green candidate having accepted an invitation to represent the party in Cork South West. A member [...]