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| 7 December 2009 |
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TDs cannot guarantee support
Two TDs who have supported the Government so far have announced that their support can no longer be relied on.
Dr James McDaid had the Fianna Fáil whip withdrawn from him over a year ago, but while remaining a member of the party, recent events in his Donegal North East constituency have, according to this RTE News article on 30 November 2009, changed his position.
On 4 December newly independent Galway West TD Noel Grealish indicated in an Irish Independent article he expected to negotiate a deal similar to those for other independent TDs supporting the Government. |
| 30 November 2009 |
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End of Progressive Democrats
A notice in Iris Oifigiúil on 20 November 2009 announced the cancellation of the registration of the Progressive Democrats as a political party. |
| 23 October 2009 |
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Proposal to reduce Dáil to 146 seats
What might the current Dáil look like if it had been elected with only 146 TDs instead of 166? What difference would Enda Kenny's proposal make to a government's majority and constituency boundaries? Click here for further details. |
| 3 October 2009 |
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Lisbon II Referendum
The 28th Amendment to the Constitution has been ACCEPTED YES 67.13% - NO 32.87% - Turnout 59.00% Final Referendum results available now. Compared with the 2008 referendum there was a swing of 20.53% from No to Yes. An attempt to keep up with the Latest Tallies is here.
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| 5 August 2009 |
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Two FF TDs resign whip over cancer services
Sligo Leitrim North TDs Jimmy Devins and Eamon Scanlon have resigned the Fianna Fáil whip in protest at the transfer of breast cancer services from Sligo to Galway. This move reduces the Government majority to two, assuming the two Sligo TDs vote with the Opposition, although this was not immediately clear. |
| 16 July 2009 |
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"An Bord Snip Nua" on local government changes
The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes has proposed (§3.8 on page 49) the abolition of Town Councils and the reduction in the number of single tier local authorities from the current 34 to just 22. However, no details of how this amalgamation might be achieved are contained in the 80 page report or its 200 page appendices (see Detailed Paper 8, page 100).
See Department of Finance Press Release (includes links to report and its appendices) |
| 8 July 2009 |
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Second Lisbon Referendum
Friday 2 October 2009 has been announced as the date for the second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. A Commission was established on 7 July 2009 by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government under the Chairmanship of Mr Justice Frank Clarke. |
| 6 June 2009 |
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Important message about results coverage
Please note that anything like real-time coverage of the local election results is way beyond the resources of ElectionsIreland.org. We aim to get the results of the Dublin By Elections online quickly, and we hope to be prompt with the Euro Election results as they are announced. Over the weekend, the best we are likely to be able to do for the locals is to indicate which candidates have been successful. We will get the full results online as soon as possible, but this is a mammoth task. We should manage it more quickly than the Department of the Environment, who typically take more than a year to produce the official results! |
| 1 June 2009 |
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Link exchange with KildareStreet.com
ElectionsIreland.org and KildareStreet.com now link directly to current TD and Senator profiles on each other's site. This brings a wealth of additional information just a mouse click away for users of both sites. |
| 1 June 2009 |
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Donations via PayPal are now even easier!
The button for making a donation via PayPal is now included in the footer of more pages. Please consider making a small donation at this time to help support the site - we are encouraged by the increase in traffic ahead of the coming elections, but this also adds to our costs and stretches our resources. Thank you to the people who have supported ElectionsIreland.org in this way. The average contribution is about €10 - every little helps. |
| 25 April 2009 |
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Follow ElectionsIreland.org on Twitter
Latest updates, breaking news, website developments are now available via Twitter. Click here to follow ElectionsIreland.org on Twitter. |
| 10 February 2009 |
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Date confirmed for Local and European Elections
Polling for Local and European elections in the Republic of Ireland will take place on Friday 5 June 2009. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley TD, made the announcement last Friday (5 February 2009). Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm. Votes in the 258 local electoral areas will be counted on Saturday, but as most of Europe will vote on Sunday, votes in the four euro constituencies won't be counted until the following Monday. |
| 2 January 2009 |
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Independent TD Tony Gregory dies
The death has been announced of Dublin Central TD Tony Gregory after a long illness. Click for more information from RTÉ... |
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