Post Office Candidates in Roscommon in 1991

Post Office Candidates in Roscommon in 1991

In early 1991, An Post issued details of a massive cost cutting plan which involved the closure and downgrading of various Post Offices throughout the Country as well as the introduction of roadside boxes for those whose dwellings were a distance from the road. Two 'Post Office Candidates' , Paul Beirne and Danny Burke stood in Roscommon in the Local Elections as a protest.

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Patrick Belton - Independent -September 1927

Patrick Belton - Independent -September 1927

Having been elected for Fianna Fáil in June 1927, Patrick Belton took his seat in the Dail and was expelled from Fianna Fáil for doing so. He stood as an Independent in September 1927. He later stood ...

5 Jul 202221min

Jack Murphy and The Unemployed Protest Committee

Jack Murphy and The Unemployed Protest Committee

In the 1957 General Election, Independent Unemployed Protest Committee candidate Jack Murphy caused a shock when elected to the Dail. This episode looks at Murphy and the Unemployed Protest Committee ...

21 Jun 202223min

Peadar Cowan and Vanguard

Peadar Cowan and Vanguard

A look at the Vanguard a far Left group set up by Peadar Cowan in 1944 as well as Cowan's Political career in Labour and Clann Na Poblachta.

8 Jun 202229min

"Former Captain NI Football Team" Derek Dougan 1997 Election Campaign in East Belfast

"Former Captain NI Football Team" Derek Dougan 1997 Election Campaign in East Belfast

A look at the 1997 Westminster Election Campaign of former Northern Ireland International Derek Dougan as well as a bit on his football career, time at the PFA and so on.

31 Mai 202222min

United Front Labour

United Front Labour

United Front Labour was an Alliance of The Communist Party of Ireland, Socialist Party of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Labour Party and various Trade Union groups that contested the 1936 Municip...

24 Mai 202233min

Ulster Christian Democrat Party

Ulster Christian Democrat Party

The Ulster Christian Democrat Party contested the 1996 Forum Elections.They wanted all churches to recognise the Northern Irish state, Northern Ireland to be renamed 'Ulster', to become Independent a...

18 Mai 202222min

Democratic Partnership

Democratic Partnership

Democratic Partnership was a group made up of Peace People, Peace Activists , Trade Unionists and ex Northern Ireland Labour Party members. They contested the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum Elections. Th...

11 Mai 202226min

Martin Brennan -Independent Republican -1937 General Election in Sligo

Martin Brennan -Independent Republican -1937 General Election in Sligo

In the 1937 General Election, War of Independence and Civil War veteran Martin Brennan ran as an Independent Republican in Sligo. This episode looks at that campaign and briefly looks at his War of In...

4 Mai 202220min

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