Alan Kinsella
@electionlit.bsky.social
Collector of political ephemera, Shamrock Rovers fan
Leaflet from John O'Connell, Michael O'Leary, Jane Dillon-Byrne - Labour - Dublin -1979 European Elections
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Leaflet from John O’Connell, Michael O’Leary, Jane Dillon-Byrne – Labour – Dublin -1979 European Elections
From the 1979 European Elections a leaflet for John O’Connell, Michael O’Leary and Jane Dillon-Byrne who were running for Labour in Dublin. O’Connell and O’Leary were electe…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Leaflet from John O'Connell, Michael O'Leary, Jane Dillon-Byrne - Labour - Dublin -1979 European Elections
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If you live in Ireland, remember that in recent memory a single rugby-loving bank CEO cost the taxpayer more than every single welfare recipient in the state COMBINED. #SpeirGorm
I would rather 50 people got benefits they didn't need than 1 went without food or shelter.
Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you live in Ireland, remember that in recent memory a single rugby-loving bank CEO cost the taxpayer more than every single welfare recipient in the state COMBINED. #SpeirGorm
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Look who came in for a visit✊
They wont silence Bob Vylan, and they won't silence the movement around the world against genocide, apartheid, and imperialism!
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free🇵🇸
They wont silence Bob Vylan, and they won't silence the movement around the world against genocide, apartheid, and imperialism!
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free🇵🇸
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Look who came in for a visit✊
They wont silence Bob Vylan, and they won't silence the movement around the world against genocide, apartheid, and imperialism!
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free🇵🇸
They wont silence Bob Vylan, and they won't silence the movement around the world against genocide, apartheid, and imperialism!
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free🇵🇸
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1956 Dublin North East By-Election leaflet from Charles Haughey
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Leaflet from Charles Haughey – Fianna Fáil -1956 Dublin North East By-Election
From the 1956 Dublin North East By-Election (caused by the death of Alfie Byrne) a leaflet from Charles Haughey running for Fianna Fáil. He polled 13,950 votes losing out to Alfie Byrnes son Patric…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
1956 Dublin North East By-Election leaflet from Charles Haughey
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Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Christmas cards available now and shipping here and abroad, featuring a choice of either a traditional Irish Christmas fireplace, or an Cailleach, the ancient Irish bringer of winter ❄️
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Traditional Irish Christmas: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
An Cailleach: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
From Mary O'Rourke in the 1992 General Election in Westmeath where she topped the poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
From Mary O'Rourke in the 1992 General Election in Westmeath where she topped the poll.
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As always, the West will dismantle itself for Israel's genocide. Now the UK is openly replacing impartial judges days before important Palestine cases wrap up, without any explanation or clarification. Any pretense of fairness in the legal system is gone.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
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November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
As always, the West will dismantle itself for Israel's genocide. Now the UK is openly replacing impartial judges days before important Palestine cases wrap up, without any explanation or clarification. Any pretense of fairness in the legal system is gone.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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#OnThisDay 26th November 2022, a Raise the Roof housing march was held in Dublin.
Documents from the march in the Snapshots of Political Action collection (with @electionlit.bsky.social): www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio...
Documents from the march in the Snapshots of Political Action collection (with @electionlit.bsky.social): www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio...
Political Material from: Raise the Roof March, 26th November 2022
These documents were collected at a Raise the Roof march that was held in Dublin on Saturday 26th November 2022.
www.leftarchive.ie
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
#OnThisDay 26th November 2022, a Raise the Roof housing march was held in Dublin.
Documents from the march in the Snapshots of Political Action collection (with @electionlit.bsky.social): www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio...
Documents from the march in the Snapshots of Political Action collection (with @electionlit.bsky.social): www.leftarchive.ie/demonstratio...
From the 1973 General Election. Charles Haughey and Eugene Timmons were elected.
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
From the 1973 General Election. Charles Haughey and Eugene Timmons were elected.
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This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
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Offer not applicable to women of Palestine.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Offer not applicable to women of Palestine.
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Many thanks to Conor Pope for featuring us in this list of 100 Irish websites to shop with this Christmas. He has all avenues covered with Irish retailers listed for clothes, toys, food and drink, beauty, jewellery and more in this brilliant guide. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Many thanks to Conor Pope for featuring us in this list of 100 Irish websites to shop with this Christmas. He has all avenues covered with Irish retailers listed for clothes, toys, food and drink, beauty, jewellery and more in this brilliant guide. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
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In Ireland, there are 122 landlords with 101+ tenancies. A further 130 with 50-101 tenancies. There is quite literally no need for anyone to own that much property.
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In Ireland, there are 122 landlords with 101+ tenancies. A further 130 with 50-101 tenancies. There is quite literally no need for anyone to own that much property.
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Ex rugby ref Owen Doyle: "It’s madness, unattractive, boring and a danger to the brain health of players. it seems nobody cares. Once upon a time, rugby was a game of contact and evasion; on Saturday ..attritional brutality, poisonous stuff, with not a single ounce of love lost." Ireland V S Africa
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ex rugby ref Owen Doyle: "It’s madness, unattractive, boring and a danger to the brain health of players. it seems nobody cares. Once upon a time, rugby was a game of contact and evasion; on Saturday ..attritional brutality, poisonous stuff, with not a single ounce of love lost." Ireland V S Africa
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An account of Nan Joyce’s election candidacy and the background of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers can be heard on the excellent The Others podcast by Alan Kinsella (@electionlit.bsky.social): theothersthealankinsellapodcast.wordpress.com/2021/03/24/n...
Nan Joyce -The first member of the Travelling Community to run for the Dáil.
Visit the post for more.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
An account of Nan Joyce’s election candidacy and the background of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers can be heard on the excellent The Others podcast by Alan Kinsella (@electionlit.bsky.social): theothersthealankinsellapodcast.wordpress.com/2021/03/24/n...
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#OnThisDay 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.
Joyce was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers, which had been formed earlier that year.
www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/
#IrishTravellers #IrishElections
Joyce was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers, which had been formed earlier that year.
www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/
#IrishTravellers #IrishElections
Traveller Activism in the 1980s: The Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Mincéir Misli
From Aonrud. The Committee for the Rights of Travellers was formed in 1982 in response to anti-Traveller protests in Dublin with the aim of exposing mistreatment of Travellers by the state and anti-Tr...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#OnThisDay 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.
Joyce was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers, which had been formed earlier that year.
www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/
#IrishTravellers #IrishElections
Joyce was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers, which had been formed earlier that year.
www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/
#IrishTravellers #IrishElections
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On this day in 1995, Ireland narrowly voted to end its 70-year constitutional ban on divorce, with 50.28% in favour and 49.72% against. The referendum's close result, decided by a margin of just over 9,000 votes, reflected deep societal divisions on the issue.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
On this day in 1995, Ireland narrowly voted to end its 70-year constitutional ban on divorce, with 50.28% in favour and 49.72% against. The referendum's close result, decided by a margin of just over 9,000 votes, reflected deep societal divisions on the issue.
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When putting yourself forward as an election candidate, it’s generally a good idea to get the name of the constituency right 🤦♀️ #speirghorm
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When putting yourself forward as an election candidate, it’s generally a good idea to get the name of the constituency right 🤦♀️ #speirghorm
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
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Airstrikes don’t “test” a ceasefire. They break a ceasefire. Language isn’t that hard, media. Neither is professionalism and bravery.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Airstrikes don’t “test” a ceasefire. They break a ceasefire. Language isn’t that hard, media. Neither is professionalism and bravery.
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During Israel's Gaza genocide, @Reebok became sponsor of the Israel Football Assoc, which includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements and has a league for Israeli soldiers.
Join 367 Palestinian teams demanding Reebok end its sponsorship. #BoycottReebok
Join 367 Palestinian teams demanding Reebok end its sponsorship. #BoycottReebok
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
During Israel's Gaza genocide, @Reebok became sponsor of the Israel Football Assoc, which includes teams in illegal Israeli settlements and has a league for Israeli soldiers.
Join 367 Palestinian teams demanding Reebok end its sponsorship. #BoycottReebok
Join 367 Palestinian teams demanding Reebok end its sponsorship. #BoycottReebok
Wonder would they take the scrum option away when awarded a penalty. Would make for a much better spectacle.
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wonder would they take the scrum option away when awarded a penalty. Would make for a much better spectacle.
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If below 12 ref can call off the game
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If below 12 ref can call off the game