Ireland Election News

Link to Original ArticleDESPITE the high profile failure of the much vaunted Democracy Now movement, the number of Independent TDs in the Dail is set to treble. The latest Irish Independent/Millward Brown Lansdowne poll puts support for Independents at 15pc. This means the 31st Dail could be home up to 25 local — and in [...]

Link 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 [...]

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 Article‘This election is turning into a proper open contest, which will also have that rarity in Irish politics — ideological polarities’ JUST when we thought the next election was in danger of becoming a mere coronation for Labour and Fine Gael, with the only question being how many seats each would get [...]

Link to Original ArticleSenator Shane Ross declared last night that he will fight the upcoming general election as an Independent candidate in South Dublin. Speaking on RTE’s The Saturday Night Show last night, Senator Ross confirmed that he would contest the volatile South Dublin constituency, which elected George Lee as a Fine Gael candidate in [...]

Link to Original ArticleThe Tallyman A wounded Fianna Fail is currently setting up for the next election campaign on two fronts Eamon Gilmore and Inda Kenny are the modern day political version of the odd couple Even though their new leader, Steve Silvermint (he really is a cool, clean hero), has been around the Cabinet [...]

Link to Original ArticleMARY MINIHAN and PAT FLYNN FINE GAEL has been attempting to persuade Independent Senator Shane Ross to contest this years general election for the party in a south Dublin constituency. Dublin South, where the party wants to run three candidates, is one of the constituencies under consideration. Fine Gaels two sitting TDs [...]

MARY MINIHAN and MARY FITZGERALD Irish Times INDEPENDENT SENATOR Shane Ross is to contest this year’s general election in the constituency of Dublin South as a non-party candidate after turning down an approach from Fine Gael. “To my own surprise I’ve decided that I’m going to run for the Dáil as an independent candidate for [...]