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The Next Election

July 14, 2009
By Stephen
The Next Election

Image via Wikipedia The next nationw-wide election we are due to have in Ireland is (barring a sudden General Election) is a Presidential Election. This is due at the latest October 2010 2011, but I have a feeling President Mary McAlees will finish out her term. To run for President you need to be a citizen of the states, over 35 and nominated in one of the following ways: by 20 members of the Oireachtas by four county or...

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The European Elections – It’s Labour’s to loose?

May 26, 2009
By Stephen
The European Elections – It’s Labour’s to loose?

Image via Wikipedia I’ve been looking at Predict09′s latest predictions and from looking at the headline figures from last thursdays figures for Ireland. To me it is a case that this is election for Labour to loose. The headline figures are (in comparison to 2004 figures): Fine Gael 32% (+4.2%) 4 MEPs (-1) Fianna Fail 27% (-2.5%) 3 MEPs (-1) Labour 14% (+3.4%) 3 MEPs (+2) Green Party 6.2% (+1.9%) 0 MEP (NC) Sinn Fein 5.6% (-5.5%) 1 MEP...

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