On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:24:50PM +0100, Christian van den Bosch wrote:
> Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
>> >>Is there any easy way of finding out, online if possible, who all the
> >>candidates are for each post (each local/national constituency as well
> >>as European elections), and how to contact them?
> >
> >It's incredibly easy, just pick up a phonebook and ring your local
> >authority's franchise section. It has nothing to do with the Oireachtas!
>> ...yet for some reason oireachtas.ie lists current TDs, senators etc,
Basics of Irish Politics 101:
TD's and senators are members of the Oireachtas, MEP's and Councillors
are not.
:)
> but in very few cases does it give any contact details. Googling for
> individual names seems to yield the best results so far...
Phonebook has everyone :)
> Useful to know. How does one find stuff like this out?
That came from Oireachtas.ie :)
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