Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleThe leader of the Green Party has criticised the influence of independents on government policy. Launching his party’s election broadcast today, Greens leader John  Gormley said if individual TDs held the balance of power it would make it more difficult for the Government to get out of the economic crisis.“We don’t need [...]

Link to Original ArticleThere has been a kind of tradition of family seats in Kerry. Fred Crowley represented Fianna Fáil in the Dáil from 1927 until his death in 1945, when he was replaced by his wife Honor (nee Boland), who represented Kerry South until her death in 1966. She was the daughter of John [...]

Link to Original ArticleMICHAEL O’REGAN CONSTITUENCY PROFILE IN ELECTORAL terms, Kerry South FF TD John O’Donoghue occupied the most enviable position as the last Dáil began its term. As ceann comhairle, he would be returned automatically in the following general election. But the coveted political prize slipped from his grasp when he resigned over a controversy [...]

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 ArticleÉANNA Ó CAOLLAÍ Several hundred students marched on Fine Gael headquarters at lunchtime today in protest at Enda Kenny’s proposal to make the Irish language optional for the Leaving Certificate. Demonstrators staged a silent sit-down protest at Dáil Éireann before making their way to the party’s headquarters on Upper Mount Street. The [...]

Link to Original ArticleWhen it comes to the galaxy of stars (and drama queens) in Kerry South the sight of Michael Gleeson heading the poll might appear to be a case of an outsider coming to town.In Kerry South, though, Gleeson is no outsider. He starts with the considerable advantage of having two All-Ireland medals [...]

Link to Original ArticleMARIE O’HALLORAN and MICHAEL O’REGAN INDEPENDENTS INDEPENDENT TDs Michael Lowry and Jackie Healy-Rae have warned that their support for the Finance Bill is “not guaranteed” and that an early election is essential. Kerry South TD Mr Healy-Rae said it was “very unlikely” he would continue to vote with the Government. “What is going [...]

Link to Original ArticleFORMER CEANN COMHAIRLE John ODonoghue has promised to offer a completely transparent expenses regime if he keeps his seat in Kerry South after the coming general election. ODonoghue was appointed Ceann Comhairle after the last election, but was forced to step down from the job which would have guaranteed him automatic re-election [...]

Link to Original ArticleFORMER CEANN COMHAIRLE John ODonoghue has promised to offer a completely transparent expenses regime if he keeps his seat in Kerry South after the coming general election. ODonoghue was appointed Ceann Comhairle after the last election, but was forced to step down from the job which would have guaranteed him automatic re-election [...]

Link to Original ArticleTanaiste Mary Coughlan last night vowed to keep going in politics for another 20 years as she was selected to contest the upcoming general election in Donegal South West. And at the Fianna Fail Kerry South convention, a jubilant former Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue pledged he was ready for battle. Tanaiste and [...]