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The Presidential Election: The Opinion Polls On Last Weekend.

Posted on October 22, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

We are entering the final stretch of the Presidential Election Campaign. Voters go to the “real” polls on Thursday but two opinion polls for Red C and Sunday Business Post make interesting reading. I have taken the average below. Seán … Continue reading →

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Michael D Higgins…….Candidate for Presidency.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Michael D Higgins, 70 year old former Labour Party TD for Galway West. A poet, author and broadcaster and a Gaelic speaker. He has been Minister for An Gaeltacht (Gaelic speaking areas) in the Irish Cabinet. Simply known as “Michael … Continue reading →

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Dana Rosemary Scallon…….Candidate For Presidency.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

“Dana” as she is simply known is making her second bid to become President and is the rank outsider. She was born Rosemary Brown (her professional name is Dana) and grew up in Derry. She won the Eurovision Song Contest … Continue reading →

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Sean Gallagher…….Candidate For Presidency.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Surprisingly perhaps, Seán Gallagher (Independent) is at 39% in an Opinion Poll. This has surprised many, not least because it is a massive jump on previous figures. Admittedly the Poll was conducted before last week’s third Presidentia Debate and frankly … Continue reading →

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Martin McGuinness…….Candidate For Presidency.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

The Sinn Féin candidate, Martin McGuinness has stood down from his post as Norn Irons (Joint) Chief Minister in order to stand in the Presidential Election. It wasa surprise move an seen as “audacious” but his campaign seems to have … Continue reading →

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Mary Davis…….Candidate For Presidency

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Mary Davis is an Independent. And is best known as being the Chief Executive of the very honourable charity, Special Olympics Ireland. She has been basing her campaign on NOT being a politician but this has come under scrutiny because … Continue reading →

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Gay Mitchell…….Candidate For Presidency.

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Gay Mitchell is the Dublin based candidate representing the major Government party Fine Gael. Fine Gael traces its origins back to those who accepted the “partitionist” Treaty and have been involved in a sterile eighty years old feud with Fianna … Continue reading →

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Senator David Norris…….Candidate For Presidency

Posted on October 20, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Let me say something upfront about Senator David Norris, an Independent Candidate for the Presidency of Ireland (the Election is just three weeks away). I do not like David Norris. I never have liked him. And I never will. David … Continue reading →

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Jacobite Restoration Petition

Posted on October 9, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

An e-petition in support of restoring the House of Sturat to the Throne of the United Kingdom (sic) has been submitted to the British Government. Under new legislation, if the petition gets 100,000 signatures before 5th October 2012, it can … Continue reading →

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The Commission For Victims And Survivors

Posted on October 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

In a speech to the McCluskey Civil Rights Seminar in County Louth, Brendan McAllister, a Commissioner at the Commission For Victims and Survivors went public with some figures that I posted in a blog recently. There are 1.7 million people living in … Continue reading →

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