Category Archives: Gender

Candidates for the 2016 General Election (by constituency)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh – First posted on 22nd October 2014 – this post will be updated as and when new candidates are selected/declared  As confirmed on the morning of February 3rd 2016, the next general election will take place on Friday 26th … Continue reading →

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Political Reform in Ireland and My Personal Electoral and Political Reform Agenda

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 29th September 2014 As this website reached the 500,000 views mark over the weekend, I have decided to make this by (again) revisiting my earlier post on what I would consider my political reform priorities to be. At … Continue reading →

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Political Reform in Ireland: My Personal Electoral and Political Reform Agenda

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th July 2014 Some aspects of the government’s political reform agenda have been achieved over the past three and a half years, including changes to political funding legislation, the implementation of a six-month limit for the holding of … Continue reading →

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Confirmed candidates for the Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South West by-elections

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 16th July 2014 (regularly updated) Following the elections of Luke Ming Flanagan (Midlands-North-West) and Brian Hayes (Dublin) at May’s European Parliament elections, vacancies have arisen in their two Dail constituencies of Roscommon-South Leitrim and Dublin South-West respectively. These are … Continue reading →

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Ministerial and Junior Ministerial appointments by constituency after the July 2014 Reshuffle (11th/15th July 2014)

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, Friday 11th July 2014 – updated Tuesday 15th July 2014 This post will look at ministerial appointments by constituency and by region, in the wake of today’s Cabinet reshuffle, and will consider whether Geography had an influence on these, while also contrasting … Continue reading →

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The 2014 Local Elections and Female Support/Representation levels

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 27th May 2014 (with subsequent updates)  While May 23rd 2014 was not exactly Lá de na Mná, this year’s local elections did mark an improvement on the low levels of female candidacies and representation associated with previous local election … Continue reading →

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Confirmed candidates for the Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West by-elections

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 24th April 2014 With these contests taking place on the same day as the Local and European elections of May 23rd, this post lists the names of the candidates who will be contesting the Longford-Westmeath and Dublin West by-elections on this … Continue reading →

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Sitting County/City Councillors who lost out at 2014 Local Elections selection conventions

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh 4th February 2014 This post will attempt to list all of the City/County Councillors who lost out in local election selection conventions for their respective parties (including those who were subsequently added to the candidate list by their … Continue reading →

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Retiring County/City Councillors at/ahead of the 2014 Local Elections

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh 14th January 2014 This post lists all of the City/County Councillors who are retiring at the May 23rd local elections, or who have indeed retired at an earlier date (and who have by this stage been replaced by a … 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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