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31 May

SINN FÉIN - KEEP LEFT: why Sinn Féin supporters should vote labour …

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on sinnfeinkeepleft.blogspot.com

Isn't Eamon Gilmore positioning himself to enter government with Fine Gael? Surely a vote for Labour is a vote for Fine Gael? Unfortunately, the answer to these questions is yes. But, in order to strengthen the hand of those people …... Continue reading »

Gilmore predicts Laois gains - Leinster Express

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on leinsterexpress.ie/NewsFront.aspx

Gilmore predicts Laois gains - Labour party leader, Eamon Gilmore has said he is highly confident that the party would make big gains in the upcoming local elections in Laois.... Continue reading »

24 May

Political Broadcast TV « Unstranger's Blog

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on unstranger.wordpress.com

… this time I want the FF party to be eliminated and routed utterly, I have no choice but to support the opposition politicians; for now. This therefore is a youtube political broadcast from the Labour party leader Eamon Gilmore. …... Continue reading »

17 May

Stephen Spillane - FG 17 points ahead of FF

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on stephenspillane.com/blog

Brian Cowen 18% (-6); Enda Kenny 33% (+3); Eamon Gilmore 51% (+7); John Gormley 25% (-4). So while Labour support is down four points, Gilmore is up. Its strange that his satisfaction is not translating through to support for the Labour …... Continue reading »

26 Apr

Councillor Keith Martin's website: Help Keith's Campaign

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on councillorkeithmartin.blogspot.com

Things can only get better is the theme of Keith's campaign as he believes it is time to get positive and highlight what can be done to make life better in Mayo. Keith's campaign goal is to bring Eamon Gilmore's New Deal to Mayo with ... Continue reading »

25 Apr

Ocean FM » SIPTU nurses conference to get underway

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on oceanfm.ie

SIPTU’s nursing and midwifery conference gets underway in Sligo’s Southern Hotel later today. Recent developments in the health service, nurses’ hours and budget changes will be among the topics discussed. Labour leader Eamon Gilmore ... Continue reading »

Erindipity: Stagg's debate about legalising cannabis is stone mad

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on erindipityridesagain.blogspot.com

Eamon Gilmore must now clarify where his party stands on the only issue that concerns me and thousands of prospective voters today – the economy. Is Labour in favour of taxing drugs to fix it? Is that the best your party has to offer us ... Continue reading »

29 Mar

Labour Party Conference, 2009 — Liveblog.ie

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on liveblog.ie/blog

Just checking in on email right now. Eamon GIlmore out and about in Mullingar Town right now #LP09; 12:59 PM ianmcgahon - New blog post http://tinyurl.com/dacewt #LP09; 7:25 PM RebeccaMoy - Hopping mad at Jim Power’s crazy idea. ... Continue reading »

Beef to the heels « yellow roman candles

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on yellowromancandles.wordpress.com

A scheduling clash may take the wind out of the Labour Party’s environmental proposal’s sails as Eamon Gilmore televised speech at 8.30pm tomorrow evening clashes with worldwide Earth Hour, also scheduled to take place at 8.30pm ... Continue reading »

Their time to change « yellow roman candles

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on yellowromancandles.wordpress.com

Speakers against the commission were keen to stress that their opposition to Eamon Gilmore’s proposals was not an opposition to Gilmore himself. Proponents of the commission, including the final speaker Ruairi Quinn, asked the audience ... Continue reading »

Labour Conf 2009 Entry II - The Vote | Mark Coughlan

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on markcoughlan.com

Some who opposed the motion may take issue with the fact the last three speakers, all in favour were Ruairi Quinn, Prionsias DeRossa and Eamon Gilmore, the last speaker against, who spoke before the aforementioned trio was Patrick Nulty ... Continue reading »

Sense of unity carries Labour into ’21st Century’ « yellow roman …

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on yellowromancandles.wordpress.com

They produced two big guns as the final proposition speakers in Proinsias De Rossa and Ruairi Quinn, before Eamon Gilmore was invited to sumarise. All three spoke well and their popularity among the membership would have swayed many ... Continue reading »

15 Feb

Labourhome » Labour on the rise……in Ireland that is!

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on labourhome.org

This is the highest poll result in the history of the party, which has always come third (once fourth) in Irish elections, behind the two centre right parties. In particular, the current leader, Eamon Gilmore is very ... Continue reading »

13 Feb

yourfriendinthenorth: Two views of social democracy

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on yourfriendinthenorth.blogspot.com

Also intriguing to see Eamon Gilmore now has the highest satisfaction rating of any party leader. I can't say that I'm all that surprised by these developments. Clearly a lot of people down south feel the same way as good ould Eamon ... Continue reading »

The European Citizen: Labour overtakes Fianna Fáil in polls

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on theeuropeancitizen.blogspot.com

And Eamon Gilmore is now the most popular party leader by quite a margin. I knew Labour was making an inroads, but this is quite impressive. So is Ireland shifting to the Left? It's a strange thought for a country whose ... Continue reading »

Irish Labour in the North: The Future is…? « Garibaldy Blog

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on garibaldy.wordpress.com

A while back, in this post I discussed a post by Jenny of South Belfast Diary on the rejection by Eamon Gilmore of the Irish Labour Party standing in elections in the North. Jenny now has a brief account of her last meeting as a member. ... Continue reading »

26 Oct 2008

That’s Right… Worst. Taoiseach. Ever.

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on thechancer.ie

Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore argued that there was “no justification” for the Dáil not sitting next Tuesday following bank holiday Monday. “I know it has been the tradition and practice down the years that when there’sa bank ... Continue reading »

Fianna Fail dives as Fine Gael & Labour rise

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on oconallstreet.com

Labour Party Leader, Eamon Gilmore, said yesterday the party was now on election footing and the word on O’Conall St is that candidates have been asked to make preparations for a snap poll. The Taoiseach will be very reluctant to go to ... Continue reading »

28 Sep 2008

Labour report urges more power for leader

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on irishtimes.com

EXTRA POWERS should be given to the Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore and taken away from the party's currently powerful National Executive Committee (NEC), according to a key internal reform report.... Continue reading »

14 Sep 2008

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An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on flickr.com/photos/labourparty

Labour Party Leader Eamon Gilmore TD photographed with party members on his visit to Clonmel. L to R: Senator Phil Prendergast, Senator Alan Kelly, candidate for the 2009 European Election; Labour Party Leader Eamon Gilmore TD, ... Continue reading »

28 Aug 2008

Irish and Kenyan public figures at Obama lunch

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on irishtimes.com

US:MINISTERS Mary Hanafin and Noel Dempsey, Opposition leaders Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore and former president Mary Robinson were among the Irish public figures who joined Kenyan politicians in Denver yesterday to celebrate Barack ... Continue reading »

23 Aug 2008

Do oppositions also have shelf lives?

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on irishtimes.com/blogs/politics

There are times when I have looked at the Enda Kenny/Eamon Gilmore axis (and the Kenny/Rabbitte one before) and wondered how different a country Ireland might be if they had been at the helm. Would it had been all that different? ... Continue reading »

19 Aug 2008

Irish politicians to mark Obama's roots

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on irishtimes.com

UNITED STATES:MINISTERS MARY Hanafin and Noel Dempsey and opposition leaders Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore are among the Irish political figures expected to join counterparts from Kenya next week to celebrate Barack Obama's roots in both ... Continue reading »

05 Aug 2008

Gilmore invited to attend International Leadership Forum

An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on irishtimes.com

LABOUR PARTY leader Eamon Gilmore has been invited to attend the International Leadership Forum which will take place in Denver during the Democratic national convention at the end of this month.... Continue reading »


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