tion war was marked All the major Charles Haughey leader of Fianna Fail (translated: Soldiers of Destiny) asked the electorate to give his party a clear overall majority that he 'raise morale', 'provide leadership', 'harness talent', and 'There is a better way' promised the posters.
Newspapers and television found it hard to drum up enthusiasm for the four week campaign caused hy the final break up of the Fine GaelLabour coalition.
At last, said a Channel 4 commentator atter the showing of televised two main party leaders, Irish election has an issue' The issue was not the Angio Irish Accord, which establishment had agreed should not be sue in une the shock discovery that in their allotted four minutes to deal with the matter, the absentminded protessor.
Garret FitzGerald had managed to wrong-foot Wheeler-dealer, Mr Fix-it, Charles Haughey.
Issues This was not an election without issues, but an without answers.
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general determined to keep the-cuff answers that Charlie Haughey can normally deal out like there was no tomorrow.
The County economy is in debt to the tulic £23.1 billion Ulc of the highest per capita national debts in the Unemployment stands at a ot a million per cent.
46,000 youngsters are on training schemes. . 40 per cent of the ovulaliul some kind of welfare.
Dublin is watching the rise of the money lender specialising term high-interest loans that reduce the poor to the the homeless walk theory that since condoms promote (SO says the Pope, then they must also promote the spread of AIDS. Charlie Haughey said he was going lake advice the doctors.
But thev al. agreed it would be much better to tion.
the (cal has reduced 'advanced' capitalist poverty, as CYCLY know, to the crusade Charlie nalutev embassy in was burning.
But partition was hardly an issue for an election either.
That Fianna Fail consider the Anglo Irish deal to be contrary to the Constitution does not necessarily mean that the scale taken at his word when he says going renegotiate it.
After all, Fianna Fail is the arty of the people and if the opinion polls seem to indicate that the Coalition government has managed to package and sell the dea successfully, it might be better sectarian bullets, Well, parties.
Democrats the British Dessie breaking of Fianna income tax Put like SCOL quite The working vole.
attacks, plastic searching, be Progressivi for the Social Their leader most mould. the and Fine the Civil the Anglo CuL' didn't so mouldTransport Workers' tions their rate The Workers Fine the PDs probably the letter first „vote tol tion raising ment precedented levels slashing This is the party that had participated in coalition government raising taxes, allowing unemployment rise to unprecedented levels alle slashing public expenditure.
As if to compensate for the peculiar logic of this proposal, the union went on to counsel workers to give their lowest preference to Fine Gael or Progressive Democrat candidates and suggested that: 'Candidates trom other socialist parties are worthy of consideration (after next highest preferences' Since (by the process of elimination) this must Sinn Fein, the Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act denies.
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