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-Legislative, 2002 The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Ireland This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ...
The Republic of Ireland is a sovereign, independent state. ...
The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Council of State (Irish: Comhairle Stáit) is an organ established by the Constitution of Ireland to advise the President of Ireland in the exercise of many of her discretionary, reserve powers. ...
The Oireachtas is the National Parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
The Taoiseach (plural: Taoisigh) or, more formally, An Taoiseach, is the head of government of the Republic of Ireland and the leader of the Irish cabinet1. ...
The Tánaiste (plural: Tánaistithe), or more formally An Tánaiste, is the deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
The Supreme Court (Irish: Chúirt Uachtarach) is the highest judicial authority in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The High Court of the Republic of Ireland is a court which deals at first instance with the most serious and important civil and criminal cases, and also acts as a court of appeal for civil cases in the Circuit Court. ...
The courts system in the Republic of Ireland consists of the Supreme Court, the High Court and a number of lower courts. ...
An amendment may be made to any part of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the constitution of the Republic of Ireland, but only by referendum. ...
There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ...
Elections in the Republic of Ireland gives information on election and election results in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ...
| The date for Ireland's presidential election was set for 22 October 2004. However, nominations closed at noon on 1 October and the incumbent president, Mary McAleese, who had nominated herself in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, was the only person nominated. Accordingly she was re-elected for a second seven-year term of office without the need to hold a contest. This is the third time a president has been returned unopposed, following President O'Kelly in 1952 and President Hillery in 1983. President McAleese's re-inauguration took place on 11 November. October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...
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The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Mary Patricia McAleese (born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland. ...
Sean Thomas OKelly ( Ir: Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh, pronounced Shaun Tho-mass O Kealla) ( August 25, 1882 - November 23, 1966) was the second President of Ireland (1945-1959). ...
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Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) was the sixth President of Ireland (1976-1990). ...
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Party positions
Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil supported its former candidate President McAleese in her bid for a second term. Technically, however, President McAleese nominated herself rather than seek a nomination from Fianna Fáil. Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
Fine Gael Fine Gael also supported President McAleese's bid for a second term.
Labour In early 2003 the Labour Party said that irrespective of the attitudes of other parties, and even in the event of President McAleese seeking a second term, the party would run a candidate. But party leader Pat Rabbitte appeared less committed in a television interview in November 2003, pointing out that all its attentions were focused on the two Irish elections already guaranteed in 2004, the European elections and the local elections to be held on 11 June. Following the significant losses of the ruling Fianna Fáil party in these elections, Labour sources have suggested the presidential election should not be contested, if it were to allow a decisive Fianna Fáil victory so soon after earlier election woes. Possible options were: The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Pat Rabbitte (born June 18, 1949) is a senior Irish politician, who has been the leader of the Labour Party since 2002. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The European Parliament Election, 2004 was the Republic of Ireland component of the European Parliament Election, 2004. ...
Local elections were held in all the counties and county boroughs of Ireland on June 11, 2004, on the same day as the European elections. ...
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On 16 September, the party's Parliamentary Party recommended against running a candidate. The final decision was taken by the party's executive body, the National Executive, on 17 September 2004. In a surprisingly tight vote, the party's executive decided against running Higgins by a majority of one, even though the party leader and parliamentary party had come out strongly against running a candidate. The Gaeltacht, also called An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is officially the major language, i. ...
Michael D. Higgins, known in Irish as Micheál D. Ó hUigínn, (April 18, 1941), is an Irish Labour Party politician. ...
The Tánaiste (plural: Tánaistithe), or more formally An Tánaiste, is the deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
Richard (Dick) Spring (born August 29, 1950 in Tralee County Kerry), is a businessman and former senior Irish politician. ...
Ruairi Quinn (born 1946) is an Irish politician. ...
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The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ...
Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ...
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Sinn Féin Sinn Féin also supported President McAleese's bid for a second term.
Others The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas asked some of the independent TDs and/or senators to support Eamon Ryan as a presidential candidate. Alternatively the Independents could have nominated an independent candidate, although they would have difficulty securing the support of the necessary twenty TDs and/or senators. Possible further candidates included: The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas) was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ...
Eamon Ryan is an Irish Green Party politician. ...
- Senator David Norris - who did not receive a Labour nomination;
- Kevin Lee - former emigrant who had a campaign and contacted local councillors;
- Dana, Rosemary Scallon - family rights campaigner, candidate in 1997, and former MEP;
- Mary Robinson (president: 1990-97) - a former president who has not served two terms may nominate themselves for election at any stage.
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Dana Rosemary Scallon, formerly Dana (born August 30, 1951), is a successful former singer turned Irish politician. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
Mary Robinson (born 21 May 1944) was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. ...
Independent candidacy Following her defeat in the European Parliament election of June 2004, 1997 candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon indicated that she might also run as an independent presidential candidate on a platform of opposition to the adoption of the proposed European Union constitution. She initially attempted to repeat her 1997 strategy of seeking nominations from four county councils, and approached all the county councils in the country but was rebuffed. Shortly before the close of nominations she turned her attention to attempting to obtain nomination by 20 members of the Oireachtas, but was similarly unsuccessful. Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, formerly Dana (born August 30, 1951), is a successful former singer turned Irish politician. ...
The Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe is a proposed constitutional treaty for the European Union. ...
1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
Past history of electoral contests The electoral wins in contested polls are as follows - Fianna Fáil: 1945, 1959, 1966, 1973, 1997
- Fine Gael: none
- independent supported by Labour: 1990
Only one contest took place involving a sitting president. In 1966 President Eamon de Valera defeated Fine Gael's Tom O'Higgins by less than 1%. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
Eamon de Valera[1] (born Edward George de Valera, Irish name Éamonn de Bhailéara (October 14, 1882 – August 29, 1975), was an Irish politician, best known as a leader of Irelands struggle for independence from Britain in the early 20th Century, and the Republican opposition in the ensuing Irish...
Tom OHiggins ( 1916- 2003), was an Irish Fine Gael politician, barrister, and judge. ...
McAleese was always the likely but not certain victor in the presidential election. Given the near defeat of a legendary nationalist figure like Eamon de Valera, President McAleese could not be certain of victory. In an electoral contest under the Single Transferable Vote (in effect instant-runoff voting since only one person can win), the greater the number of candidates, the greater the likelihood that an incumbent could be beaten, if all other candidates transfer their preferences to each other. McAleese, according to opinion polls, would have gone into the election with a popularity level in excess of 80%. The current electoral unpopularity of Fianna Fáil might have hindered her electability, but with her popularity so high, it would have been extremely difficult, though not impossible, to beat her. The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preference voting system designed to minimise wasted votes in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. ...
When the single transferable vote voting system is applied to a single-winner election it is sometimes called instant-runoff voting (IRV), as it is much like holding a series of runoff elections in which the lowest polling candidate is eliminated in each round until someone receives majority vote. ...
Criticism of the election In the event of a public vote, it is likely that some of the public would have voted against the incumbent, although there is no firm guideline as to how much support would have remained for McAleese, as this would have depended on what other candidates were presented. (As mentioned earlier, McAleese's support was however, exceedingly high). For those who desired a public vote, the main culprits in defeating efforts to nominate other candidates were the main parties, who blocked any support from county councils. In particular, Fine Gael's alliance with Fianna Fáil was instrumental in blocking candidates such as Dana. Critics of the system argue that this "agreed election" called into question the need for a supposedly non-political office where only politicians can nominate a candidate, with few powers, that is detached from the people, and to which elections take place only every 14 years.
See also
Elections in the Republic of Ireland gives information on election and election results in the Republic of Ireland. ...
| Irish Presidential Elections Irish presidential elections elect the President of Ireland: the Republic of Irelands head of state. ...
| | 1938 | 1945 | 1952 | 1959 | 1966 | 1973 | 1974 | 1976 | 1983 | 1990 | 1997 | 2004 The Irish presidential election in 1938 was the first Irish presidential election, held to fill the new office of President of Ireland. ...
The Irish presidential election in 1945 was Éires first contested presidential election. ...
In the Irish presidential election in 1952, the first held since the creation of the Republic of Ireland in 1949, the outgoing president, Sean T. OKelly decided to seek a second term. ...
In the Irish presidential election in 1959 Fianna Fáils founder and longterm leader and Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera under party pressure decided to leave active party politics and seek the presidency. ...
In the Irish presidential election in 1966 President de Valera reluctantly agreed under Fianna Fáil party pressure to seek a second term. ...
In the Irish presidential election in 1973 with President de Valera constitutionally barred from seeking a third term, Fianna Fáil sought to get former Tánaiste Frank Aiken to run for the presidency. ...
The Irish presidential election in 1974 resulted from the sudden death in office of President Childers. ...
The 1976 Irish presidential election was precipitated by the sudden resignation of President Ó Dálaigh in October 1976, following an attack on him by Paddy Donegan, the Irish Minister for Defence in which the Minister called the President a thundering disgrace and implied he was disloyal to the state. ...
In the Irish presidential election in 1983 outgoing President Hillery agreed under enormous political pressure to seek a second term. ...
In the Irish presidential election in 1990 the Irish Labour Party let it be known that it would for the first time run a candidate. ...
The Irish presidential election in 1997 was due in any case but it was brought forward slightly by the decision of President Robinson to resign slightly earlier to take up her position as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. ...
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