Every area tells a different story

Sun, Feb 09, 2020

Every area tells it's own story when it comes to an election - we took a look at where the votes went across the different areas that the county was broken up to and the tally results. 

Conway Walsh can feel the appetite for change out there

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

Going out and putting forward an alternative message to the people of Mayo is something that Senator Rose Conway Walsh has been doing for a long time now; she first contested the local elections in 2004, taking over 12 per cent of the first preference votes in the Belmullet area - but missed out on the seat. In 2009, she once again put herself before the people, this time taking a seat, after increasing her vote share to 15 per cent and getting elected on the sixth and final count.

McHugh is ready to raise the greens flag in Mayo

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

The Green Party in Mayo have never really made a dent when the votes have been counted up in general elections in the past; going back over the past five general elections in the county the party have been able to muster a total of just 3,082 first preference votes - the single best performance by a candidate for the party in those elections came back in 1997 when Ann Crowley got 938 number ones or 1.5 per cent of the total.

Trees not paper for Uddin

Fri, Feb 07, 2020

If you've had Labour Party candidate Kamal Uddin come knocking on your door over the past few weeks you won't have been handed another leaflet to tell you about his campaign pledges, because Uddin is doing things a bit differently than other candidates.

Chambers is eager to keep working for Mayo

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

General Election 2020 will mark the third time that Lisa Chambers has put herself before the people of Mayo in a general election - yet it all still feels very new to her, Chambers told the Mayo Advertiser this week: "I suppose, going back it was just 11 years ago when I joined Fianna Fáil and we were just talking about it with my team and I still feel very new, even though I am the best part of ten years in politics - I contested my first election in 2011 - you are learning all the time."

After a quarter of a century Ring is still hungry to keep going

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

Last June Michael Ring celebrated a quarter of a century in Dáil Eireann - looking back to winning the 1994 Mayo West bye-election win where he saw off Beverly Flynn to win the seat that had been held by her father before he was appointed as EU Commissioner, he still finds it hard to believe how far he has come since then, he told the Mayo Advertiser.

Dillon ready to make his mark in a new game

Fri, Jan 31, 2020

He's used to excelling on the football field, but for Alan Dillon, Saturday week will be a whole new ball game.

People are ready for change - believes Calleary

Fri, Jan 24, 2020

The embers had barely started glowing on the general election campaign when the Mayo Advertiser met up in recent days with Fianna Fáil deputy leader Dara Calleary in his office in Ballina.

Talking to people and learning is key to Mulherin's press for election

Fri, Jan 24, 2020

Once the votes were counted up last time around and all was said and done, Fine Gael's Michelle Mulherin was the last one out and ended up losing the seat she had won as part of a Fine Gael wave that swept the country in 2011.

It's about showing people there is an alternative - Daly

Fri, Jan 24, 2020

"We know what we are up against, but it is about getting our message out there and building for the future and showing people there is an alternative out there - this is a process, it won't happen overnight, we want to get the message out there that there is an alternative for people and we don't have to just take the narrative that is constantly spun that only helps a small number in society. It is a hard slog to build it, but we are determined to do it", said People Before Profit Mayo candidate Joe Daly, explaining to the Mayo Advertiser this week why he is out knocking on doors and looking for people's votes

Merging of Bangor and Glenamoy GP surgeries must ensure continuity of service – Calleary

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

Fianna Fáil deputy leader and TD for Mayo, Dara Calleary, has warned the HSE that any merging of GP surgeries in Bangor and Glenamoy will only succeed if the nurses and secretaries at the clinics are retained.

Daly calls for protest to stop pension age Increase

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

Next year the age at which a person qualifies for a state pension will increase to 67. Each year’s increase in the pension age costs a worker €12,911 a year. So, next year, the Irish state will save €25,822 for every worker in the country.

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