RTÉ News looks at how women participating in the general election fared. The report shows women who won and lost seats. Eight women TDs (teachta dála - members of parliament) were not re-elected which means that overall there are three less women TDs in the Dáil (parliament) afte
General Election 1997 | Niamh Breathnach | Frances Gardner
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RTÉ News reports on life after losing your seat in an election. Brian Swift of Fianna Fáil and and Martin Cullen of the Progressive Democrats tell reporter Michael Ryan what losing their Dáil seats in the general election means for them.
General Election 1989 | Martin Cullen | Progressive Democrats
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Morning Ireland, June 14th 1989. One day before the general election, Richard Sinnott from UCD is in the studio with David Hanly to explain the proportional representation system.
Proportional Representation | Elections | General Election 1989
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News At One, April 27th 1989. Shane Kenny reports on the government's response to the Dáil defeat on the establishment of a special trust fund for haemophiliacs who contracted the disease from contaminated blood products provided by the state. It is the latest in a series of Dáil
Elections | Dáil Eireann | Fianna Fáil
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Morning Ireland, February 9th 1987. Donal Kelly reports on Fianna Fáil's tax policy. Fianna Fáil has accused Fine Gael of poaching elements of their policy. In Tralee, chances of supporting Fianna Fáil in the event of a hung Dáil in the next election faded as Labour leader Dick S
Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | Labour
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Morning Ireland, December 1st 1986. Jim Fahy reports on a visit by Charles Haughey and up to thirty deputies to the Aran Islands to canvas for Fianna Fáil. The Aran Islands were traditionally a Fianna Fáil stronghold, but the most popular local politician - Bobby Molloy - had rec
Elections | Charles Haughey | Fianna Fáil
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The leader of the Fine Gael party Garret Fitzgerald is shown taking a scheduled train to Cork city, appearing on local radio and greeting the people of Cork. The canvassing continues in Tralee, County Kerry where the Fine Gael members encounter Dick Spring leader of the Labour Pa
General Election November 1982 | Garret Fitzgerald | Fine Gael
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Former SDLP politician Seamus Mallon (left) and broadcaster John Bowman, during the recording of RTÉ Television's 'For the Record: Seamus Mallon' on 14 March 2013. This programme, made by the RTÉ Television Documentary Unit, was first broadcast on RTÉ One on 27 March 2014. This p
Ireland | 2010s | rte
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A wide shot of broadcaster John Bowman (right, examining photographs) during his interview with former SDLP politician Seamus Mallon for RTÉ Television's 'For the Record: Seamus Mallon', on 14 March 2013. This programme, made by the RTÉ Television Documentary Unit, was first broa
Ireland | 2010s | rte
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Broadcaster John Bowman with guest panellists, on the set of RTÉ Television's current affairs programme 'Questions and Answers' on 22 October 1990. From left to right; Labour TD Michael D Higgins, former Fine Gael Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, programme presenter John Bowman, Fian
Ireland | 1990s | rte
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Fianna Fáil politician Brian Lenihan on RTÉ Television's 'Questions and Answers' on 22 October 1990. This edition of the programme featured a discussion between Lenihan, a candidate in that year's presidential election, and former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald on whether Lenihan ha
Ireland | 1990s | politicians
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Former Fine Gael Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald on RTÉ Television's 'Questions and Answers' on 22 October 1990. This edition of the programme featured a discussion between FitzGerald and Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan, a candidate in that year's presidential election, on whether Leniha
Ireland | 1990s | politicians
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