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What happened in GE2020 and where do we go from here?

Steve Byrne Feb 13, 2020 0

It is difficult to overstate how dramatic and transformative the results of GE2020 have turned out to be. Ireland's version of the two-party system has been broken. We likely will have a Taoiseach who doesn't come from the two parties that…

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Sing For Your Vote | A History of Irish Political Campaign Ballads

Pauline Murphy Jan 21, 2020 0

In 1918 a campaign song was written by an anonymous author for the General Election of that year. 'The Sinn Feiners Election Song' appeared on a ballad sheet which sold for a penny on the streets of Dublin. With the same air as 'The Boys of…