Revolutionaries stand in South Irish Elections

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HETSEN PEOPLE ber The electorale of the 28 Counties of Ireland go lo the polis on 18 June for the first general election since 1973.

The present government → a coalition of the former lascist Fine Gael Party and the Irish Labour Party — face Flanns Fail led by former prime minister Jack Lynch.

According to the opinion polls enemployment will be the major issue in the election, although the inability of either the coalicion or Fianna Fail to cut the dole queue is reflected in the lact that in one poll 20 per cent of those questioned said there would he no difference in unemployinent no matter who was clected.

One candidace who has first hand experience of unemploy ment is Joc manner, a ma of the Movement for a Socialist Republic (Irish Section of the Fourth Incernational) who ls standing in Limerick East as a candidate of Borrow Dog. = Socal trade unionists' newspaper.

Joc, who has been sacked front a number of jabs in Limerick and Shannon for trade union ac tivity, is making women's rights, the right to work, repression in the 26 Counties and Britisb occupation of ibe Six Countles the cencral features of bis campaign, which he fought under the slogan 'For A Socialise Kepub"There are a nueber of other HOLD MEAL SENIHE LAMAIC standing in the election. The Irish Kepublican Socialist Party b and two independent Labour candidates are stacking Dublin.

One is a leading figure in the Trish trade union moverbent, NatElection called for Britain to name date' for withdrawal from the North of Ireland; the other is Noel Browne, a former cahine minister and a lang time appo bent of the power of the Carholic Chunch in Ireland Both Merrigan and Browne were refused nominations by the Irish Labour Party, whose record while junior partner the present government on such is sues as wages, civil liberties and the North of Iceland makes even the British Labour Party appea progressive. * Joe Harrington and the MSE are desperately in need of fund to promote their election inter vention. All readers of Socialist Challenge are, asked to rush donations to theis campaign at:

109 O Malley Park, Southill, Limerick,

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SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 9 June 1877