Real sense of renewal in Fianna Fail, claims Cassells
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Link to Original ArticleCllr Shane Cassells congratulates the new Fianna Fail leader, Michael Martin, at last weeks meeting of the partys national executive. Fianna Fail Meath West candidate Shane Cassells has claimed there is now a sense of renewal among the membership of the party following the election of Michel Martin as leader of FF [...]
Bookie says money going on FG, Labour
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Link to Original ArticlePrint Email Election betting is in full swing already and bookmakers Paddy Power are laying long odds on Fine Gael favourites in both Meath constituencies. Outgoing TD Shane McEntee is 1/28 to hold his seat in Meath East while at 1/20, his party colleague, Damien English, looks likely to retain his Meath [...]
Cowen gives passionate defence of record as Meath FF picks four
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011Link to Original Articleby John Donohoe Comments (1) Print Email Taoiseach Brian Cowen with Meath West candidates Johnny Brady TD, and Cllr Shane Cassells. Two members of Meath County Council have been selected to join sitting TDs Thomas Byrne and Johnny Brady on the Fianna Fail tickets in the Meath constituencies in the 2011 general [...]
Golden likely to declare in Trim as FF prepares for conventions
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011Link to Original Articleby John Donohoe Comments The chairman of Trim Town Council, Cllr Trevor Golden, looks likely to announce his candidature in the general election in the coming days, as politicians and parties prepare for an anticipated March polling date. Cllr Golden will stand as an independent candidate in the election in the Meath [...]
FF rocked as another senior TD calls it a day
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011Link to Original Articleby John Donohoe Deputy Mary Wallace has been a TD since 1989. Fianna Fail is heading into its two selection conventions in Meath over the next week without its leading vote-getters following the shock decision of Meath East TD Mary Wallace not to contest the general election. Her decision, just weeks after [...]
Dail needs injection of young blood now more than ever
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Fionnan Sheahan Independent.ie WHEN the meltdown struck Fine Gael in 2002, the only bright spot for the party was the election of three young TDs. Call it a coincidence, but all three were based in Leinster. Paul Kehoe in Wexford, Olwyn Enright in Laois-Offaly, and Damien English in Meath came through the electoral massacre on [...]
