Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleHARRY McGEE ELECTORAL STRATEGY Even if they all won, the party does not have enough candidates to secure a Dil majority FOR THE first time since its foundation in 1926, Fianna Fil is not fielding enough candidates to win an overall majority. As of last night, 74 candidates had been selected though [...]

Link to Original ArticleGalway West TD Eamon O’Cuiv has retained the social welfare portfolio on leader Micheal Martin’s Fianna Fail front bench. The leadership challenger is named the spokesperson on social protection while fellow leadership challenger Mary Hanafin is the new deputy leader. The fourth person in last week’s leadership race Brian Lenihan retains the [...]

Link to Original ArticleSTEPHEN COLLINS FIANNA FIL has selected two Ministers to contest Dn Laoghaire-Rathdown in the forthcoming general election, despite deep misgivings in the party that the strategy could lead to a loss of both seats. Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism Mary Hanafin and Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews were selected [...]

Link to Original ArticleHOW exciting. Having risen magnificently from the opinion-poll ashes like a Cork Phoenix only days after taking on the dubious honour of leading Fianna Fail into what promises to be a torrid (and horrid) election campaign, Micheal Martin yesterday unveiled his Brave New Frontbench to the, eh, waiting world. Surely his team [...]

Link to Original ArticleLOUISE ROSEINGRAVE CORK REACTIONTHE RETURN of the Fianna Fil leadership to Cork for the first time in just over three decades was warmly welcomed in the southern capital yesterday. The wife of the late Cork Fianna Fil and later Progressive Democrats TD Pearse Wyse said she was thrilled to see the leadership [...]

Link to Original ArticleFIANNA Fails women were at war today as party Godmother Mary ORourke launched a tirade against Minister Mary Hanafin. Mrs ORourke likened the Dublin Minister to a prim aunt. The insult came as Ms Hanafin was widely criticised for bottling it in the heave against Brian Cowen. Former minister Mary O’Rourke used [...]

Link to Original ArticleMARY MINIHAN PAUL SOMMERVILLE, a former employee of financial spread-betting operation Delta Index, has said he will contest the general election as an Independent candidate in Dublin South East. Mr Sommerville (43), who has worked in financial markets in London and Tokyo, said the next Dil needed people with economic expertise and [...]

Link to Original ArticleMARY MINIHAN MINISTER FOR Tourism Mary Hanafin and Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews have both ruled out moving from the Dn Laoghaire constituency they share to contest the general election in Dublin South. Ms Hanafin said she did not know where the rumour that one of them would contest the [...]

Link to Original ArticleFianna Fil TDs mostly in their thirties have ambitions to challenge senior colleagues for the party leadership, writes MARY MINIHAN SIX NAMES have emerged as prominent in Fianna Fils so-called gra generation, a group of TDs mostly still in their 30s and elected for the first time in 2007 but now aspiring [...]

Link to Original ArticleHARRY McGEE, Political Correspondent FIANNA FIL leader Michel Martin has confirmed he will not ask either of the partys Dn Laoghaire TDs, Mary Hanafin or Barry Andrews, to transfer to the neighbouring constituency of Dublin South. Minister for Tourism Ms Hanafin became party deputy leader in the new Fianna Fil front bench [...]