Referendum public information meeting to be held in Ballina

Fri, May 04, 2012

A number of prominent local and national speakers have been lined up for a public information meeting on tonight (Friday May 4) at 8pm in the Hotel Ballina, Foxford Road, Ballina, on the EU Stability Treaty.

No to posters on ESB electricity poles

Fri, May 04, 2012

ESB Networks is warning against the placing of posters on electricity poles/structures during the forthcoming referendum campaign.

Ballina gets second Dáil TD, while Castlebar drops to one

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

While Enda Kenny swept the boards across the county as Fine Gael surged to picking up four seats in Mayo, there was also a shift in the power base of TDs in the county last weekend. For the first time in a number of years, Ballina has the largest number of TDs in the county. The election of both Fine Gael’s Michelle Mulherin and the return of Fianna Fáil’s Dara Calleary has seen Ballina overtake Castlebar in the number of TDs.

Fine Gael now look to fill vacant county and town council seats

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

Fresh from celebrating the election of Michelle Mulherin to the Dáil the members of the Ballina district of the Fine Gael party will have to get voting again very soon. Because of her election, the party now has vacancies to fill on both Mayo County Council and Ballina Town Council. Ordinarily a vacant seat is filled by co-opting a Fine Gael candidate who missed out on getting elected to the county council last time. However the Fine Gael vote managment in the 2009 local elections was so good that all their candidates in the Ballina electoral area were elected to the county council.

Ring helping Ireland to get ‘up and running’

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

Having received 13,180 first preference votes, Michael Ring gallantly walked into the 31st Dáil. Back working in his constituency office after a victorious weekend, Michael Ring took time out to speak to the Mayo Advertiser about what he, as part of the Mayo Fine Gael four, will endeavour to work for on behalf of his constituents.

Four years is a long time in politics

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

“A week is a long time in politics,” former British prime minister Harold Wilson famously said. Four years even longer and in Mayo the change was a lot more dramatic than most would have expected from the last time they stood in the count centre in the Royal Theatre for a general election count. The blue surge over the country turned into a tidal wave in Mayo, with four of the five seats going to Fine Gael. The four Fine Gael candidates took 58.96 per cent of the first preference vote in the county, which translates into 48,170 first preference votes. That is an increase of 5.13 per cent from 2007 or 9,924 votes.

MEP calls meeting to tackle ‘Independent Deficit’ in Seanad

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

Ireland North West MEP Marian Harkin will this Saturday host a meeting of Independent politicians to discuss a strategy for returning Independent candidates in the forthcoming Seanad election.

Mayo still has a core Fianna Fáil vote despite national drubbing

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

Despite an absolute wipeout of the Fianna Fáil party on a national level, and Mayo only returning one Fianna Fáil TD to the 31st Dáil, there still exists a core Fianna Fáil vote in Mayo.

Fine Gael strategy led to historic result

Fri, Mar 04, 2011

The Fine Gael election strategists in Mayo can revel in tremendous success after all four candidates secured four out of five seats — an unprecedented result in the history of Irish politics. “It was a dream campaign,” chairman of the strategy campaign, former county councillor Paddy McGuinness, told the Mayo Advertiser.

Campaigning has come a long way from standing on a barrel outside churches

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

This election will be like no other for a number of reasons. But one of the major reasons has been the explosion of social media since we last went to the ballot boxes in a general election in 2007. While Facebook is something that has become part of the social fabric of communication world wide, it was only in its infancy as a world-wide communication tool four years ago. But even Facebook has been usurped as a instant communication tool by the evolution of Twitter.

Return to core principles will renew our party — Calleary

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Mayo Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has welcomed Mícheál Martin’s speech in Navan where he signalled his determination to renew the Fianna Fáil party and ensure it once again becomes a positive force for the nation.

Fine Gael will protect the frontline, modernise public services and ensure pay is not hit

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Fine Gael’s 5 Point Plan will get Ireland working and will modernise public services, protect the frontline, ensure public sector pay is not hit, and support the taxpayer according to Fine Gael’s John O’Mahony.

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