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
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
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
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
Morning Ireland, November 9th 1990. Una Claffey opens a report about the newly elected Mary Robinson, the first woman to be voted President of Ireland. Roisin Duffy gets opinions from people on the street, while Anne Cadwallader talks to politicians about the election outcome.
Presidential Election | Mary Robinson | Elections
Morning Ireland, June 7th 1989. David Hanly and Fintan Drury report on the upcoming election, with an in-depth look at the manifesto released by Fianna Fáil. Reporter Kathleen O'Mara speaks to opposition party representatives about Fianna Fáil's health proposals. Anne Colley of t
General Election 1989 | Health policies | Fianna Fáil
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
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