Use your vote - you can make a difference

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

There is a story about The Duke of Wellington and the Connaught Rangers. It may be apocryphal, but the point behind tells us a truth about ourselves - or something that was once true.

Two Mayo candidates highlight need for an independent voice in the Dáil

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Two of Mayo’s five Independent candidates in today’s General Election have come together in issuing a joint statement to the electorate highlighting the need for an Independent candidate to be elected in Mayo.

Irish natural resources must benefit the people – Ruane

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Speaking at the launch of Sinn Fein's election proposals on natural resources, Mayo Sinn Féin election candidate Thérèse Ruane said that strong measures are required to ensure that Irish natural resources are used for the benefit of the people. Among the proposals announced today is a commitment to renegotiate existing oil and gas contracts including that held by Shell for the Corrib Gas field, to give the State a 51 per cent shareholding while increasing the levies to 48 per cent and royalties to 7.5 per cent.

Possibility of council seats to be filled after election

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

With four councillors from both county and town councils across the county running in the General Election today, the possibility exists that a vacancy will occur in one of the local authorities.

Youth voice is vital in most important election in a generation

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Mayo Fianna Fáil election candidate Lisa Chambers has urged all young people across Mayo to make sure their voice is heard in today’s General Election. Twenty-four-year-old Lisa Chambers, who is Fianna Fáil’s youngest candidate in this election, has urged everyone entitled to vote to make sure they get to the polling station.

After your first preference, where will your ballot go?

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

By the time you read this, you may have already been to the polling station and cast your vote, or you could be deciding where to mark that number one on the ballot paper later on today. Are you going to give just one preference or are you going to go right down the ballot paper from one to 15? Will it matter who you give your number two to, or your number five to? The answer is yes it can, so if you do not want someone to get elected, do not give him or her a preference, it may be a long shot but your preference down the list could come into play and help a candidate over the line.

Mayo TV to broadcast election count live

Fri, Feb 25, 2011

Mayo people at home and abroad will be able to see the 2011 election results from the Castlebar count centre as they are broadcast live to a worldwide audience on Mayo TV tomorrow. Broadcasting live over the internet, Mayotv.ie will feature regular count updates as the ballot boxes are opened, analysis and discussion on the early tally counts, interviews with the election candidates, and reaction from the parties as the outcome of the 2011 election unfolds in Mayo.

Twenty new jobs and $10 million investment at Allergan

Fri, Feb 11, 2011

One of Mayo’s biggest employers, Allergan in Westport, is to create 20 new jobs. These will be added to the almost 800 jobs already at the Westport facility when it begins manufacture of Allergan’s newest medical technology, SeriScaffold which represents a $10 million investment at the Westport site.

Daly challenges Mulherin and Calleary to debate recovery plans

Fri, Feb 11, 2011

Mayo independent election candidate Martin Daly is challenging Ballina-based candidates Minister Dara Calleary and Councillor Michelle Mulherin to a public debate on their national recovery plans and policies.

McDonnell wants the questions asked on the doorstep

Fri, Feb 11, 2011

From a physics and maths graduate, to investment banker and now independent general election candidate looking to promote renewable energy, it has been a long and winding road for Castlebar native Dermot McDonnell. While all of the attention was on the four Fine Gael candidates handing in their nomination papers on Wednesday, McDonnell also had his nomination accepted by retuning officer Fintan Murphy.

No commitment by FG to ensure farmers’ children can build on family land - Kilcoyne

Fri, Feb 11, 2011

Independent General Election candidate Michael Kilcoyne has asked: “Why have the most vulnerable in our society been targeted by the Fianna Fáil/Green Government.” Cllr Kilcoyne has also asked if the situation will be any different with “another right wing party, Fine Gael, in control”.

Ireland's disregard for UN rules on electoral rights a disgrace - Higgins

Fri, Feb 11, 2011

Jim Higgins MEP for Ireland North West said the fact that people who have emigrated to other European Union countries, and elsewhere around the world, cannot vote is a “disgrace”.

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