Morning Ireland, May 22nd 1987. Richard Crowley reports on an Irish Times opinion poll of the political parties, the first to be conducted since the general election was declared. He interviews Irish Times Chief Political Correspondent Denis Coughlan, who says that the field is v

General Election | Opinion Polls | Rainbow Coalition

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Morning Ireland, April 15th 1987. A report on the first results in the Seanad Election. Shane Ross, Mary Robinson, David Norris and Morris Manning were all elected. Fintan Drury interviews David Norris, who received a large number of votes from Dublin University. Norris pledges t

Seanad | Elections | David Norris

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During RTÉ's 1981 election results programme presented by Brian Farrell, Vincent Browne gives his reaction to the returns for Doherty after the first count in Cavan-Monaghan. Kieran Doherty died at the age of 25, having gone without food for 73 days.

General Election 1981 | Kieran Doherty | Maze Prison

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RTÉ News reports on the Taoiseach Charles Haughey leader of the Fianna Fáil party as he campaigns throughout the country in advance on the 1981 general election. In the border counties of Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan , supporters of the hunger strikers in the H Block prison attemp

General Election 1981 | Charles Haughey | Fianna Fáil

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