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How much do Irish political parties spend on promoting women?
By Claire McGing, Government of Ireland IRCHSS scholar and John and Pat Hume scholar, NUI Maynooth In May 2011, Phil Hogan, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, announced his intention to introduce legislation whereby political parties must ensure … Continue reading
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Seanad Elections – Part III Geographies of Voting and Representation
Adrian Kavanagh, 15 April 2011 With significantly higher numbers of eligible voters and candidates, as detailed in the previous two posts, it would be expected that a similar spatial pattern would be observed when looking at the number of votes … Continue reading
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Seanad Elections – Part II Candidates
Seanad (vocational panels) candidates by constituency, 2011 General Election Adrian Kavanagh, 15 April 2011 The last post showed that certain parts of the states and certain constituencies – mainly two-county constituencies located in mainly rural areas such as the … Continue reading
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Talk – Geographical perspective on 2011 elections, 11th April, Drumcondra
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Ministerial appointments by constituency
Adrian Kavanagh, Thursday 10th March This post will look at the recent ministerial appointments by constituency and by region and will consider whether Geography had an influence on these.
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Tally Ho! Local newspapers publishing General Election 2011 tally figures
Adrian Kavanagh, 10th March 2011 Tally figures are being/have been published in a number of local papers in the weeks after the 2011 General Election, but which ones?
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Successful Election 2011 candidates by prior elected office
Adrian Kavanagh, 30th February 2011 With a significant number of retiring TDs at this general election, added further to be significant seat loss numbers amongst Fianna Fail and Green Party incumbents (in addition to the losses by three Fine Gael … Continue reading
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Commentary on voting trends in 2011 General Election
Adrian Kavanagh, 28th February 2011 Party Support trends: The big story in this election is no doubt the extent of the swing against the government parties, with Fianna Fail and the Green Party losing a combined total of over half … Continue reading
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Turnout levels by constituency, 2007 General Election
Adrian Kavanagh, 25th February 2011 Voter turnout (%) levels by constituency, 2007 General Election
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From poll toppers to poll droppers?
Adrian Kavanagh 24th February 2011 One interesting fact to look at could be the fate of the candidates who topped the polls (i.e. won most votes, not necessarily first elected!) in the 43 different constituencies in 2007 – from what I … Continue reading
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