Author Archives: Adrian Kavanagh

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About Adrian Kavanagh

Lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography. Email: adrian.p.kavanagh@mu.ie

New Irish (Non-Irish/UK nationals) candidates contesting the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 2nd January 2014 This post will attempt to list all of the “New Irish”/Non-Irish/UK nationals candidates who have been officially selected to contest this year’s local elections, or else have declared their intentions to contest these elections as … Continue reading →

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Local Election candidate selections overview

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Figure 1: Total number of candidates selected by county/local authority area as of 31st January 2014. Not surprisingly, the higher number of candidates are associated with the more urban counties and/or the larger counties. But, as Figure 1 shows, there … Continue reading →

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Past not an entirely different country? A look back at the 1985 Local Elections

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd November 2013 With little more than half a year until the 2014 Local Elections, I thought it would be useful to look back at a previous local elections contest that took place in what may well prove … Continue reading →

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How low can you go? The worst performing candidates at the 2009 Local Elections

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd November 2013 In a contest there has to be winners. And there has to be losers. Some election candidates can win big. Others can lose…badly. As the 2011 General Election results showed, for every Shane Ross or … Continue reading →

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Geography and Elections – 2013 Seanad Referendum voter turnout levels in Dublin City

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th November 2013 This post looks at voter turnout levels in the recent Seanad and Court of Appeals referendum contests, making specific reference to turnout differences at the Dail constituency level but also to turnout differences (based on … Continue reading →

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Female candidates contesting the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 30th October 2013 – post updated as and when new female candidates are added/female candidates withdraw 314 female candidates contested the 2009 City and County Council elections, accounting for 17.2% of the total number of candidates. For the 2014 … Continue reading →

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The Younger Ones: Local Elections 2014 candidates aged between 18 and 35

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th October 2013 In a similar vein to an earlier post relating to 2011 General Election candidates, this page seeks to list the names, and party affiliations, of all the local elections candidates whose ages fall in the 18-35 years age … Continue reading →

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European Election candidates: An overview

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th September 2014 Now that the new European Election constituency boundaries have been decided on, in this post, I will be detailing the names of the candidates for next year’s European Elections contests, by constituency. As new candidates … Continue reading →

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A review of the new European Election constituency boundaries

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 25th September 2013 New boundaries for Ireland’s European Election constituencies were published today, following a review that was necessitated by the loss of a European Parliament seat by Ireland after Croatia’s accession to the European Union. The new … Continue reading →

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Seanad Referendum Debate, NUI Maynooth, Monday 30th September 2013 (7.00pm)

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

“Seanad Éireann – Should It Stay or Should It Go?” 7.00pm – 8.15pm, September 30th,

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