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Info on Irish parties or Politicians

  • 18-06-2010 6:51pm
    #1
    teleboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭


    OK,so,I turned 18 recently and so now I can vote

    but I don't really know much about polotics and and the parties(except fianna fail and sinn fein)

    if anyone has any info or important points they would like to share about because I really don't want to make a stupid descision when I'm voting

    any info?thanks!


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  • #2
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    The Politics of the Republic of Ireland article on Wikipedia would probably be a good place to start.

    There's also the Political Parties in the Republic article.

    :)


  • #3
    teleboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭teleboy


    Eliot Rosewater wrote: »
    The Politics of the Republic of Ireland article on Wikipedia would probably be a good place to start.

    There's also the Political Parties in the Republic article.

    :)

    Brilliant!


  • #4
    Ostrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ostrom


    Try electionsireland.org to get a sense of how your constituency votes, what parties, individuals or families are most prominent, and what your options might be in the coming elections. And dont let it influence you too much! Browse around other counties too to see how our voting system works - and maybe take note of independents, see what it is they do that sets them apart from parties in the polls.


  • #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Is there any specific questions you have?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #6
    teleboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭teleboy


    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    Is there any specific questions you have?

    not really,I dint have any fundamental grasp on the parties,just trying to suss out thier main goals,and pick a favourite one


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  • #7
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,143 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    we need a party policy by issue comparison chart the guardian i think did for the 2010 elections, of course they only did the 3 main parties which kinda defeated the point.


  • #8
    Duffy7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Duffy7


    This site isn't too bad although a lot of the stuff on it is old.

    http://irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com/

    There is also http://www.manifestos.ie/ which has old Manifestos.


  • #9
    paddyredmond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭paddyredmond


    no political action on irish life scam ther whole of life policys if the word review is in any irish life policy they will increase your premium substanially by anything from eighty to two hundered percent over time dont say you havent been warned my advise is cancel any of ther policys with review in it


  • #10
    paddyredmond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭paddyredmond


    iwould advise anyone buying a house do not take out irish life policys


  • #11
    paddyredmond
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭paddyredmond


    irish life policys are not been regulated properly the unsupecting public are not told all the penal charges the review of your policy by irish life means


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  • #12
    anymore
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,672 ✭✭✭anymore


    I suggest that reading Alice in Wonderland would be a good starting point to understanding Irish Politics. Follow that up with Animal Farm by George Orwell and perhaps a quick read of Synge's Playboy of the Western World to appreciate some of the peculiarly Irish political traits that have been on display in recent years.
    For a quick understanding of the Principles of Irish Political Leadership and Crisis Management, this short 3 minute You Tube video would be invaluable.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bmkUlXp5sk&feature=related
    If you are still interested, then reading Dermot Ferriter's ' The Transformation of Ireland: 1900-2000' will provide excellent background material.


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