Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleFianna Fáil election candidate in Mayo Lisa Chambers has hit out at Fine Gael’s plan to cut the jobs of 269 civil servants based in Mayo. “Fine Gael has pledged to slash by 33 per cent the number of civil servants in government departments across the country,” Ms Chambers said. “Under Fine [...]

Link to Original ArticleMichelle Mulherin repeatedly insists she’s not being “parochial” when she refers to the significance of the prospective Taoiseach coming to the west of Ireland. The Fine Gael candidate in Mayo is clearly a fan of her party leader and constituency colleague, Enda Kenny, and predicts he will bring about a “paradigm shift” [...]

Link to Original ArticleThe Fine Gael party on Mayo County Council has astonishingly shafted leading Mayo educationalist Tony Deffely for the second time in the space of a year.In a move unlikely to win the organisation plaudits as the general election campaign in the county reaches a critical stage, the members of the grouping opposed [...]

Link to Original ArticleTHE Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, says he expects the party to gain a seat in Limerick in the up coming general election.Mr Kenny was speaking as he canvassed with Deputies Michael Noonan and Kieran O’Donell in the city centre.Speaking to reporters at Arthurs Quay Shopping Centre he said “We are standing [...]

Link to Original ArticleLeader of Fine Gael Enda Kenny has ruled out the possibility of three-way televised election debates during the election campaign. Kenny said he would participate in five-way debates because he would not exclude any party. He dismissed calls from Michel Martin to have three-way debates between the leaders of Fine Gael, Labour [...]

Link to Original ArticleDara Calleary TD has welcomed the announcement of renewal of contracts for a number of services provided under the Community Services Programme in Mayo. The Minister for Social Protection Eamon OCiv TD has approved the offer of three years funding (2011-2013) from the programme to employ people on a full-time basis in [...]

Link to Original ArticleThe appointment of Michel Martin TD as achtarn Fhianna Fil marks a new era for Irish politics, according to Minister of State for Labour Affairs, Mayo TD Dara Calleary. Minister Calleary has said that Fianna Fil is united in its focus on putting aside politics as usual and concentrating on the serious [...]

Link to Original ArticleBy Colm Gannon When the nominations were put forward for the leader of Fianna Fil this week, Mayo TD and Minister of State Dep Dara Calleary was the one who proposed Dep Mchel Martin for the leadership of the party. This has led to speculation that the first term deputy could be [...]