Ireland Election News

Link to Original Article“YOU’VE all been telling lies!” said the man. “I never told a lie in my life,” replied Mattie McGrath, the Fianna Fail rebel now running as an Independent in Tipperary South-West Waterford. The man, who didn’t want to be named, was the first and only angry voter Mattie met yesterday while canvassing [...]

Link to Original ArticleMICHAEL O’REGAN CONSTITUENCY PROFILE TIPPERARY SOUTH 3 SEATS MUCH HAS changed in the three-seat Tipperary South constituency since the 2007 election. Back then, against formidable odds, Mattie McGrath and Martin Mansergh won two seats for Fianna Fáil. Poll topper Tom Hayes won a seat for Fine Gael, while strong contenders, Labour’s Phil Prendergast [...]

Link to Original ArticleJAMIE SMYTH’S sideways look at Election 2011 Romantic Green candidate hoping to spread the love  THE GREEN Party’s cosy relationship with Fianna Fáil in government has left its candidates struggling to woo voters in the election campaign. But that hasn’t stopped one enterprising Green Party candidate using a lonely-heart advert to appeal to [...]

Link to Original ArticleFIANNA FÁIL MINISTER of State Martin Mansergh looks likely to lose his seat in Tipperary South, according to the results of an Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI constituency poll. The poll showed that Fine Gael TD Tom Hayes and former Independent TD Séamus Healy, now running under the United Left Alliance banner, are in the [...]

Link to Original ArticleCONOR KANE ONE OF Fianna Fils most senior politicians has admitted the party will not find it easy to win a single seat in three-seat constituencies at the forthcoming election. However, Minister for the Environment and Social Protection amon Cuv said the campaign would not be fun if it was easy. Speaking [...]

Link to Original ArticleGalway East TD Noel Treacy has become the latest Fianna Fil member to announce he will not be contesting the upcoming General Election. Treacy said he had reluctantly taken the decision on medical advice. The Galway politician had surgery last year and is still undergoing treatment. He said today, I do this [...]

Link to Original ArticleSTEVEN CARROLL Tipperary South TD Mattie McGrath has announced he will contest the general election as an independent candidate. Mr McGrath (52) said he had been forced to leave Fianna Fil, a party he had been a member of since he was 16, because it seemed intent on protecting the rich and [...]