general Election Ireland 2002

Genial Kenny will find being Mr Nice is a sure winner with voters
14th Jun 2002 - But experience has shown that affable blokes are usually winners, particularly in public life. >> more

Primal scream therapy cues Requiem for Ruairi
13th Jun 2002 - IF he was Sicilian and superstitious, a dead fish wrapped in an old newspaper would be delivered to Ruairi Quinn's door. >> more

Heave against Quinn will solve nothing for Labour
13th Jun 2002 - IT WOULD not be quite accurate to say that the knives came out for Ruairi Quinn in the wake of a poor general election result for the Labour Party. The knives have been out for him for years. >> more

Pulling the strings on the Cabinet merry-go-round
10th Jun 2002 - BERTIE Ahern should be the unlikeliest victim of a confidence crisis in the entire country. >> more

Headless chicks rule the Fine Gael roost
9th Jun 2002 - SINCE the electorate cut its head off, FG has looked terribly similar to the chicken which suffered a similar fate. Sadly even when the 'stupids' managed to elect a leader last week their luck was out. >> more

Tempers fray as fight between Fox and Kelly continues
24th May 2002 - THE battle for the last seat in the Wicklow constituency was still under way late last night with candidates Mildred Fox and Nicky Kelly only five votes apart. >> more

Dennehy elected as six votes keep out Sinnott
23rd May 2002 - DISABLED rights campaigner Kathy Sinnott suffered a second heartbreak at the hands of Fianna Fail last night after she lost her Dail seat. >> more

Heartbreak for brave Kathy in six-vote thriller
23rd May 2002 - CORK broke with electoral tradition last night by insisting defeated disabled rights campaigner Kathy Sinnott be allowed an emotional address to a formal Dail declaration ceremony after a marathon five-day election count. >> more

Fox-Kelly recount to decide final seat
23rd May 2002 - THE LAST count in the general election gets under way in Co Wicklow this morning, where the sitting Independent TD Mildred Fox and Labour councillor Nicky Kelly are battling it out for the final seat, with just five votes between them. >> more

Experts vet the long count votes
22nd May 2002 - THE long count in Cork South Central continued late into the night. Legal experts re-examined hundreds of votes in a desperate bid to settle the photo-finish between John Dennehy and Kathy Sinnott. >> more