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Constituency Commission Report 2012 – An Overview

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 22nd June 2012 The lead up to the next general election began with a vengeance yesterday with the publication of the Constituency Commission report, recommending new constituency boundaries for the next European and Dáil elections. The main driver … Continue reading →

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Female candidacies and success levels in 2009’s local electoral contests

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 2nd February 2012 Given the day that’s in it, many will be considering the effect of gender quotas and whether increased levels of female candidates will necessarily translate into a higher level of female representatives. I would argue … Continue reading →

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Female candidacies and support levels at by-election contests, 1982-2010

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

There has been exactly two hundred candidacies across the 23 different by-election contests that took place over the past three decades (between 1982 and 2010), although this number does take account of candidates (such as Jim Tallon who has to … Continue reading →

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Gender and Voting Patterns in the 2011 General Election

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, IRCHSS scholar, Dept of Geography, NUI Maynooth  Women comprised just 15 per cent of women candidates in the 2011 general elections, but how did those that ran fare in comparison to their male colleagues in terms of voting patterns?

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Is there a ‘gender gap’ in Irish voting behaviour? Looking at GE 2011

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Claire McGing

Does gender impact on voting behaviour in the Republic of Ireland? Although historically Fianna Fáil was the most popular party with women voters (the female vote may have been crucial to their success in 1977 in particular), research on more … Continue reading →

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Anything but unusual: the use of Gender Quotas in the EU states

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, John and Pat Hume and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences scholar, Department of Geography,  NUI Maynooth Under planned new legislation, political parties will have to implement a gender quota for future general election … Continue reading →

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Gender, Candidate Selection and Constituency Size in the 2011 General Election

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Claire McGing

By Claire McGing, John and Pat Hume scholar and Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) scholar, Dept of Geography, NUI Maynooth Research suggests that the larger the constituency size (often called the ‘district magnitude’), the better … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Labour panel

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th April 2011 Fine Gael 5 seats, Fianna Fail 3 seats, Labour Party 2 seats, Sinn Fein 1 seat Elected: Fidelma Healy-Eames FG, Maire Moloney LB, David Cullinane SF, Tony Mulcahy FG, Cait Keane FG, Terry Brennan FG, Daragh O’Brien FF, Terry Leyden … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Agricultural panel

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 28th April 2011 Fine Gael 4 seats, Fianna Fail 4 seats, Labour Party 2 seats, Sinn Fein 1 seat Elected: James Heffernan LB , Paddy Burke FG, Paul Bradford FG, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh SF, Brian Ó Dohmnaill FF, Pat O’Neill FG, Michael Comiskey … Continue reading →

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Seanad 2011 results – Cultural and Educational panel

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Adrian Kavanagh

Adrian Kavanagh, 26th April 2011 Fine Gael 2 seats, Fianna Fail 2 seats, Labour Party 1 seat Elected: Deidre Clune FG, Labhras O’Murchu FF, Thomas Byrne FF, John Gilroy LB, Michael Mullins FG (Inside panel candidates underlined) With no Sinn … Continue reading →

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