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Entries Tagged as 'Donegal South West'

And it’s a Round Up! By-Election Special

November 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

It wouldn’t be an election if there wasn’t one of those round ups I was told. So voila – the latest online from the Donegal South West By-Election. This one is also assisted by a pile of local newspapers I received yesterday evening  from the Rooster who went up home for the weekend.  There are […]

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Donegal South West – a female candidate enters the race

November 11th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

Meet Anne Sweeney from the New Island Party who entered the Donegal South West bye-election race today as an independent candidate. Anne is running an internet campaign. She runs a small hotel in Dunfanaghy. Someone explain the oil wells? Or are the water pumps?

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Bye-Election video #1

November 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

First up in the Donegal South West Bye-Election is Cllr Barry O’Neill for Fine Gael.  Barry is a sports reporter/produce for RTE (Radio). The man who wears a suit while walking the beach.

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Donegal South West step up

November 4th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

Your time is now! Finally thanks to Pearse Doherty and Sinn Fein taking and winning a case that other political parties were to busy to do (or hadn’t thought it up themselves) the Government have been forced into moving the writ for a bye-election after 16 months. For the next three weeks you will be […]

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The Sky might fall down!

May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics

A private members debate concluded tonight with the Government defeating a Fine Gael proposal to compel that by-elections to be held within six months of a vacancy arising. There are currently 3 vacancies to be filled in Donegal South West, Dublin South and Waterford. The Donegal vacancy is nearly a year old with the resignation […]

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