Democratic Left: The Life and Death of an Irish Political Party

Democratic Left was a small political party which was organised primarily in the Irish Republic but also in Northern Ireland for just short of seven years in the 1990s. Formed out of a split in the Workers' Party in early 1992, Democratic Left was formally disbanded in January 1999 following a merger agreement with the Labour Party. The party - which was led by Proinsais De Rossa, Pat Rabbitte, Eamon Gilmore and Liz McManus - participated in the 1994-97 Rainbow coalition involving Fine Gael and Labour. This book explores the emergence of Democratic Left out of the crisis in communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall as well as continued allegations about their involvement in Official IRA criminality. Issues of ideology and identity, party organisation and political funding are examined in this major study which offers a unique and revealing insight in how politics operates in Ireland today. The book is based on access to internal Democratic Left documentation and papers, and interviews with all leading party members and other figures including Eoghan Harris, Sean Garland, John Bruton and Ruairi Quinn.

History

Rafter, Kevin

Europe

Irish Academic Press

<p>[Blaney, Neil] Rafter, Kevin. Neil Blaney - A soldier of destiny. Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1993. 21 cm. 151 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic. Neil Terence Columba Blaney (1 October 1922 – 8 November 1995) was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1948 as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) representing Donegal East. Blaney served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1957), Minister for Local Government (1957–1966) and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1966–1970). He was at one time Father of the Dáil. (Wikipedia)</p>

Neil Blaney, a soldier of destiny

Blackwater Press

Resilient reporting: Media coverage of Irish elections since 1969

<p>This book examines how election news reporting has changed over the last half century in Ireland by means of a unique dataset involving 25m words from newspapers as well as radio and television coverage. The authors examine reporting in terms of framing, tone and the distribution of coverage.They also focus on how the economy has affected election coverage as well as media reporting of leaders and personalities, gender and the effect of the commercial basis of media outlets. The findings - drawn from a machine learning computer system involving a huge content analysis study - will interest academics as well as politicians and policymakers internationally.</p>

Breen, Michael

Courtney, Michael

O’Malley, Eoin

McMenamin, Iain

Humor & Entertainment

Manchester University Press

Clann na Poblachta was formed in 1946 to offer an alternative to De Valera's Fianna Fail. With the other opposition parties divided, the Clann offered the electorate a mix of radical economic and traditional Republican policies. The party sought to appeal to those associated with the struggle for Independence and a younger generation for whom those years were a distant memory. In the 1948 election, the Clann won ten seats and entered the country's first coalition government. This Inter-Party Government was to break up over the recriminations of the Mother and Child Affair, but not before it established the IDA, eradicated TB and began the process of economic planning. A very divided Clann fought on. It supported the second Inter-Party Government from the Opposition benches. In 1957, MacBride lost his Dail seat and the party went into terminal decline. There were merger talks with Labour, but eventually with MacBride leaving Ireland, Clann na Poblachta was wound up in 1965.

The Clann: The Story of Clann Na Poblachta

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Irish Amer Book Co

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