Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleMARY MINIHAN FINE GAELFINE GAEL finance spokesman Michael Noonan committed his party to balancing the current budget in 2016 and confirmed a change in its strategy of a three to one ratio of cuts to taxation. Mr Noonan said Fine Gael would reveal its full fiscal and banking policies tomorrow, but said [...]

Link to Original ArticlePARTY STRATEGIESThey say it will be an election like no other, but for campaign teams itll be a familiar slog, writes KATHY SHERIDAN THE FLAG is raised; ladies and gentlemen, its . . . No.Its definitely not showtime. More grim, feverish parish hall production. There wont be any razzmatazz . . . [...]

Link to Original ArticleFRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor AN ESTIMATE that taxpayers could be exposed to penalties as high as 350 million over 25 years for the proposed Poolbeg incinerator has been described as hypothetical by Dublin City Council. The four Dublin local authorities are satisfied that, even after maximum recycling, there will be sufficient waste [...]

Link to Original ArticleFROM his robust dealings with him at a local level, Micheal Martin ought to have known Batt O’Keeffe would defend his patch to the hilt. Mr O’Keeffe’s master-minding of the leadership defence strategy of his close friend, Taoiseach Brian Cowen, was a victory over Mr Martin in a quarter of a century [...]

Link to Original ArticleTWO of the country’s best-known TDs are fighting for political survival as voters look to take out their frustration on the outgoing government. Fianna Fail won three seats out of five in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency in 2007, with Fine Gael and the Greens sharing the other two. But a new poll shows [...]

Link to Original ArticleWITH Fianna Fail almost certain to be mangled in the upcoming election, Fine Gael and Labour are odds-on to lead the next government. But who will be the key influencers and who will have the ear of the new political powerhouses? Rogue solicitor Thomas Byrne, the Walkinstown lawyer whose practice was shut [...]

Link to Original ArticleIT could be arrogance, it could be hubris or it could be stating the obvious. Pat Deering, Fine Gael’s new hope in Carlow-Kilkenny, says it is a “given” the party will win a second seat in the five-seat constituency and will be fighting for a third. Mr Deering, a distant cousin of [...]

By Fiach Kelly Political Correspondent, Irish Independent Wednesday January 12 2011 IT could be arrogance, it could be hubris or it could be stating the obvious. Pat Deering, Fine Gael’s new hope in Carlow-Kilkenny, says it is a “given” the party will win a second seat in the five-seat constituency and will be fighting for [...]