FF changes typify 30th Dil’s fluidity
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011Link to Original ArticleThere was a constant shift in the balance of forces over 3 years, writes DEAGLN DE BRADN, Political Correspondent WHEN THE House assembled for the first time on June 14th, 2007, after the last general election, Fianna Fil held 77 seats (down four from the previous Dil), Fine Gael 51 (up 20); [...]
Former party members to swell Independent ranks
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011Link to Original ArticleOTHERSElection will see some politicians from main parties running as Independent candidates, writes MICHAEL O’REGAN, Parliamentary Correspondent TWO OF the eight outgoing Independent TDs, Mary Harney, formerly of the now defunct PDs, and Jackie Healy-Rae, are retiring. Healy-Raes son, Michael, has replaced him on the ticket in Kerry South, where the line-up [...]
Independents hit out at ‘ragbag’ jibe
Monday, January 31st, 2011Link to Original ArticleINDEPENDENT TDs and councillors have hit out at comments made by Labour TD Roisin Shorthall in which she labelled certain independent politicians as “ragbags”. On RTE’s ‘The Week in Politics’ programme, Ms Shorthall used the terms “ragbag” and “motley crew collection” to describe left-wing independents “that are offering themselves for election”. A [...]
