Blog Archive
In Ballincollig with Cllr Martin Coughlan
Posted on March 08, 2009 by Alan Kelly
I spent much of yesterday with Cll Martin Coughlan in Ballincollig. Martin is a tru Labour man. He has huge integrity and is a really sound fella.
this was the first time I had canvassed in Ballincollig and again I have to say the reception was great. People liked the fact that I was a young candidate. They liked what I had to say about investment and jobs. They really appreciated what I was saying about education and broadband.
Permanent link | Categories: Eamon Gilmore • Martin Coughlan • Ballincollig
Continuing the Work in Limerick
Posted on March 07, 2009 by Alan Kelly
I was out again in Limerick with Jan O'Sullivan, Cllr. Tom Hannon and Cllr. Joe Leddin as well as a number of their colleagues. As the only Mid West candidate, I feel a real sense that the people of the area want to have someone from their end of the constituency representing them in Brussels. It is coming across in spades!
Permanent link | Categories: Limerick • Jan OSullivan • Mid West • Tom Hannon • Joe Leddin
New Ideas Campaign and Conferences
Posted on March 07, 2009 by Alan Kelly
Over the last couple of months I have been working on a concept to help stimulate jobs. It is time to be pro-active and I have been looking at ways to promote innovation and give people with new ideas a voice. With this in mind I developed a website called www.newideas.ie. This site is aimed at encouraging new ideas, new concepts, new thinking that will help stimulate new enterprises that will develop the Irish economy and create jobs. This site is dedicated to providing a platform for people with innovative ideas or concepts that are currently finding it very difficult to get support. It will also look at the finance and infrastructural needs of businesses that are trying to get into or compete in sectoral areas where there will be future economic growth.
Permanent link | Categories: Enterprise Trade & Employment • Finance • Limerick • New Ideas • Innovation • Jobs • Broadband
Campaigning in Waterford
Posted on March 01, 2009 by Alan Kelly
I spent last Saturday in Waterford on the campaign trail. I was joined by my colleagues Brian O'Shea T.D, Mayor Jack Walsh and Cllr. Seamus Ryan. We campaigned throughout Waterford again and and got a great reception.
The Cllrs in Waterford are excellent and very popular as is Brian O'Shea, who has been a fantastic servant to the people of Waterford. I have the height of admiration for him.
Permanent link | Categories: Education • Enterprise Trade & Employment • Health • Brian OShean • Seamus Ryan • Jack Walsh • Waterford • WIT • Health
Eamon Gilmore Visits Nenagh
Posted on March 01, 2009 by Alan Kelly
Our party leader Eamon Gilmore visited Nenagh on Friday (27th), where he was welcomed by a large selection of the party membership. He was particularly pleased to see his old trade union colleagues Frank and Ger Lewis, with who he worked for many years. It was great for the membership to meet with Eamon again and he certainly has shown his support to the constituency by the frequency of his visits.
While in Nenagh, we did a walkabout and got a great reception. He was an instant hit with the public as usual. Eamon was briefed on the issues facing the town, particularly unemployment, the future of the hospital and cutbacks in education.
Permanent link | Categories: Education • Nenagh • Gilmore • McGee • Meaney
Labour Doing Well in the Polls!
Posted on February 28, 2009 by Alan Kelly
The recent polls have been a huge boost to the Labour party. The recent MRBI poll had us at 24%, while the latest Irish Independent/Millward Brown IMS Poll has my party at 22% and this was followed by the Sunday Business Post/Red C poll, which puts Labour at 22%. All these polls are showing a huge surge of support for the Labour party - many of them in double digits. There are many reasons for this surge and chief amonsgt them has been the performance of our party leader Eamon Gilmore. He has been head and shoulders ahead of everyone else in the Dail over the last year and this is bearing fruit now. Eamon is a honest, sincere and passionate politician, who has conviction and great leadership qualities. Also, the policies adopted by my party over the last number of months have been in tune with the public, whether on the banking crisis, the budget cuts, healthcare policy, education policy or the lack of innovation from this Government in order to stop the loss of jobs and /or create new opportunities.
Permanent link | Categories: Polls • Eamon Gilmore • Lisbon
Mid West Labour Conference
Posted on February 27, 2009 by Alan Kelly
On Thursday (Feb 26th), we held a get together of Labour party members, supporters and other organisations and voluntary groups in the Mid West in the Marriott hotel in Limerick. A very large crowd attended to here myself and Jon O'Sullivan speak either side of our party leader, Eamon Gilmore.
There was a wide range of people at the meeting to here Eamon give a fantastic speech, which espoused the need for strong leadership in order to turn this country around. He also spoke of the need for the Government to take on many of Labour's economic policies (as they have been doing) in order to stimulate growth and help save jobs.
Permanent link | Categories: Enterprise Trade & Employment • Mid West. Limerick • Clare • North Tipperary • Eamon Gilmore • Jan OSullivan
Nenagh Hospital Protest
Posted on February 21, 2009 by Alan Kelly
On Saturday (Feb 21st), we had a very successful protest march in favour of maintaining the services in our local hospital.
I was particularly delighted to welcome Labour leader Eamon Gilmore to the march and rally. Also present was our health spokesperson Jan O'Sullivan and a large Labour presence as usual.
The rally went excellently and a short video of the proceedings can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2EECART6G0
Permanent link | Categories: Health • Eamon Gilmore • Jan OSullivan • Health
Campaigning in Cork
Posted on February 20, 2009 by Alan Kelly
I was recently campaigning in Cork city with my party colleagues Ciaran Lynch and Deputy Party Leader Joan Burton. We addressed a large gathering of Labour members and spent two days canvassing. The reception we got was fantastic. Joan is very well liked by the public and people really respect her work in Finance, where she communicates with everyday people about the complex economic happenings in our country in a very simple, rational and effective way.
Permanent link | Categories: Ciaran Lynch • Joan Burton • UCC
On the Canvass Trail in Newcastlewest
Posted on February 17, 2009 by Alan Kelly
I was out canvassing recently with our local election candidate in Newcastlewest, Stephen Goulding.
I go out canvassing with many local election candidates all the time, but this was different. Newcastlewest is an area that to date we have not been strong in, but the reaction towards us was absolutely fantastic.
Stephen is an exceptional candidate.
He is a teacher by profession. HE has so much energy and enthusiasm for canvassing, that it is quite infectious.
I have no doubt that he will be successful in June and he certainly has a good team behind him.
Permanent link | Categories: Newcastlewest • Limerick • Stephen Goulding
