Neil Blaney, a soldier of destiny

Rafter, Kevin

Blackwater Press

<p>This book examines how election news reporting has changed over the last half century in Ireland by means of a unique dataset involving 25m words from newspapers as well as radio and television coverage. The authors examine reporting in terms of framing, tone and the distribution of coverage.They also focus on how the economy has affected election coverage as well as media reporting of leaders and personalities, gender and the effect of the commercial basis of media outlets. The findings - drawn from a machine learning computer system involving a huge content analysis study - will interest academics as well as politicians and policymakers internationally.</p>

Resilient reporting: Media coverage of Irish elections since 1969

Breen, Michael

Courtney, Michael

O’Malley, Eoin

McMenamin, Iain

Humor & Entertainment

Manchester University Press

Clann na Poblachta was formed in 1946 to offer an alternative to De Valera's Fianna Fail. With the other opposition parties divided, the Clann offered the electorate a mix of radical economic and traditional Republican policies. The party sought to appeal to those associated with the struggle for Independence and a younger generation for whom those years were a distant memory. In the 1948 election, the Clann won ten seats and entered the country's first coalition government. This Inter-Party Government was to break up over the recriminations of the Mother and Child Affair, but not before it established the IDA, eradicated TB and began the process of economic planning. A very divided Clann fought on. It supported the second Inter-Party Government from the Opposition benches. In 1957, MacBride lost his Dail seat and the party went into terminal decline. There were merger talks with Labour, but eventually with MacBride leaving Ireland, Clann na Poblachta was wound up in 1965.

The Clann: The Story of Clann Na Poblachta

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Irish Amer Book Co

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