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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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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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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