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

Voting patterns and turnout levels in Referendum elections in the Republic of Ireland, 1937-2013

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 12th September 2013 After 4th October, there will have been thirty seven different referendum contests held in the history of the state, but some of these contests have taken place on the same date, while the same issue … Continue reading →

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The Fate of Fine Gael’s Unsuccessful 2002 General Election candidates

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 4th September 2013 In a previous post, as a means of teasing out potential Fianna Fail 2014 Local Elections candidates, I listed the unsuccessful Fianna Fail candidates at the last (2011) general election and noted that there had … Continue reading →

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Review of Submissions to 2013 Review of European Parliament boundaries

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 3rd September 2013 The public submissions phase of the current review of European Parliament election constituency boundaries concluded at 5.00pm last Friday (30th August). In all, 24 submissions were made to the Constituency Commission in relation to this … Continue reading →

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My Priorities for Electoral and Political Reform in Ireland

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

As the adriankavanaghelections.org website nears its 100,000th hit, I have decided to mark the occasion with a post detailing what would be the issues that I would most like to see being prioritised in relation to the areas of electoral … Continue reading →

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My submission for the European Parliament constituency boundary review

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st August 2013 The process for reviewing Ireland’s European Parliament constituency boundaries has now commenced, following on the loss of one European Parliament seat by the State after Croatia joined the European Union some months ago. The Constituency … Continue reading →

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Predicting 2014 Local Election seat numbers on the basis of national opinion polls employing a constituency-level analysis

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 23 July 2013  This post will attempt to ascertain what different political parties/groupings’ seat levels might be following next year’s City and County Council elections on the basis of national support figures associated with recent opinion polls, along … Continue reading →

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2014 Local Elections candidates for the “Other” political parties/groupings

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 15th July 2013 with updates as new candidate nominations announced  The post focuses on the candidate selections for the different parties and groupings that were not running a sufficiently large enough number of candidates to warrant a separate … Continue reading →

Posted in Candidates, Candidates Local Elections 2014, local elections, Local Elections 2014 | Tagged , , , , , | 38 Comments

Labour Party Local Area Representatives – and potential local election candidates?

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh,  First posted 4th July 2013 with updates as new details included Just like Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, the Labour Party too has its own group of Local Area Representatives – mainly unelected party members that act as representatives of the … Continue reading →

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Potential Fianna Fail Local Elections 2014 candidates? TDs who lost seats at 2011 General Election and other unsuccessful general election candidates

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, initially posted on 2nd July 2013 With less than eleven months to go until next year’s local elections, the preparations for these have been significantly ramped up following the recent publication of the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report … Continue reading →

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Labour Party candidates for the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, First posted 2nd July 2013 with updates as new candidate nominations announced  The seventh of my rolling blog posts in which I detailed the latest information as to candidate selections relating to the different political parties and grouping and/or … Continue reading →

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