Written by Dr. Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of Fine Gael – titled ‘Let’s Get Ireland Working – can be found at http://www.finegael.ie/upload/docs/Manifesto.pdf. The document is lengthy and detailed, covering the whole range of government Departments and public sector activity. As the title indicates, there is a strong concentration ...

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Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of the Workers’ Party can be found at http://www.workerspartyireland.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wpmanifesto.pdf. The document is fairly brief, and concentrates very heavily on economic policy. However, one section will be of interest to those with a secular perspective. Part of the discussion on political reform ...

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Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of the Workers’ Party can be found at http://www.workerspartyireland.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wpmanifesto.pdf. The document is fairly brief, and concentrates very heavily on economic policy. However, one section will be of interest to those with a secular perspective. Part of the discussion on political reform ...

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Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Green Party manifesto – titled ‘Renewing Ireland’ – is available at http://vote.greenparty.ie/downloads/manifesto.pdf. The document covers the full range of government Departments, though doesn’t get into a huge amount of detail in many areas – banking reform, for instance, is dealt with in 5 ...

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Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Labour Party manifesto – titled ‘One Ireland: Jobs, Reform, Fairness’ – is available at their website here. This is a lengthy and detailed manifesto, which covers the whole range of policy areas and government activity. It proposes many specific actions on economic recovery, ...

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