This Week at The Irish Election Literature Blog April 22, 2011
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From The 1977 General Election
Then continuing on the Fianna Fail Seanad theme from last week and writing a bit more about some leaflets than normal…
First off is a leaflet from Senator Jim Walsh.
What is the first thing the bold Jim writes to get your vote (not forgetting this is for councillors),
Is it Seanad Reform?… No guess again…
Is it being one of Michael Martins chosen 10? … No Guess again? ….
Is it that Jim is in with a good shot of winning a seat at the next Dail election?….
No Jims first introduction is that
“..he initiated the successful campaign to secure the representational and gratuity payments for Councillors”
further on we find out that Jim is a “Very strong pro-life and family values advocate..” who is also a member of the “International Catholic Legislators Network”…
Then… we were told that in the General Election the electorate “Voted for Change”. Well if its Change your looking for maybe this tickles your fancy from former Fianna Fail Dublin North TD Daragh O’Brien.
“Time for real change -Time for O’Brien”
Donie Cassidy doesn’t write much other than state the obvious with “I need Your Vote to win a seat”
‘Dr. Martin Mansergh’ (Nominated by The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association) wants “to help rebuild the country’s economy …” and “make Fianna Fail once more a force in Irish Politics and Government…” . He also tells the reader that he was the “Subject of a biography by Kevin Rafter“
Back to normal then as we go to the 1989 General Election, one held in the aftermath of Ray MacSharrys initial bout of cuts, with a leaflet from John Ryan of Labour running in Tipperary North.
“.. vote against these Savage Cuts and Injustices” He writes, also giving the depressing details of the issues of the day. Very similar to the present but without any big Bank Bailout.
To the present and a leaflet from Jim Gorman of the IRSP who is running in The Lower Falls for a seat on Belfast City Council.
and finally from éirígí, a “Royal Visit Special” newsletter distributed at the recent Royal beheading outside the GPO.
I do remember ’77 petrol got cheaper rates were abolished and me da had a great run on the poker table it nearly made me a lifelong soldier of destiny
Close escape there then andy…
So does Senator Jim Walsh as a member of the ‘International Catholic Legislators Network’ only pass legislation that meets Catholic values? As a non-Catholic citizen, I’d like to know from Jim or his boss in ‘New Fianna Fáil’, Mícheál Martin.
Walsh opposed the introduction of the Civil Partnership Bill, saying that it was not urgent and should be left on the back burner. When it became law, the courts granted three couples an exemption on the three-moth notice period, so for them at least, the bill was a pressing, urgent matter.