The 2004 Irish presidential election was scheduled for Friday,22 October 2004. However,nominations closed at noon on 1 October and the incumbent president,Mary McAleese,who had nominated herself in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution,was the only candidate nominated. Accordingly,she was re-elected for a second seven-year term of office without the need to hold an election. This was the third time a president was returned unopposed,following Seán T. O'Kelly in 1952,and Patrick Hillery in 1983. McAleese was inaugurated for her second term on Thursday,11 November 2004.
Seamus Frederick Mallon was an Irish politician who served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2001 and Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 1979 to 2001. He also sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1986 to 2005.
Micheál Martin is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who is serving as Tánaiste,Minister for Foreign Affairs,and Minister for Defence since December 2022. He served as Taoiseach from 2020 to 2022 and has been Leader of Fianna Fáil since January 2011. He has been a TD for Cork South-Central since 1989. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2020 and held various Cabinet offices under Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen.
Noel Dempsey is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister for Transport from 2007 to 2011,Minister for Communications,Marine and Natural Resources from 2004 to 2007,Minister for Education and Science from 2002 to 2004,Minister for the Environment and Local Government from 1997 to 2002,Minister of State at the Department of Finance from 1993 to 1994,Minister of State at the Department of Defence and Government Chief Whip from 1992 to 1994. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1987 to 2011.
Jim Higgins is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. He served as a member of Seanad Éireann,Dáil Éireann,and was a European People's Party Member of the European Parliament for the North-West constituency from 2004 to 2014.
Paul Connaughton Snr is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for Land Structure and Development from 1982 to 1987. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency from 1981 to 2011. He also served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1977 to 1981.
Joe McHugh is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Chair of the Committee on European Union Affairs since September 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since 2016,and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2018 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2014 to 2018,including as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2018. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 and 2007.
Castlefin,sometimes spelt Castlefinn,is a market town and townland in the Finn Valley of County Donegal in Ulster,the northern province in Ireland. It is located between Ballybofey and Lifford in East Donegal and,as of 2016,the population was 705. The River Finn flows by the town. The town is located in along the main N15 national primary road,which runs from Bundoran to Lifford. The town lies 6 miles from Lifford and 8 miles from the twin towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar. It has close links to Letterkenny,to the twin towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar,and to West Tyrone in Northern Ireland,especially with the towns of Strabane and Castlederg.
The 23rd Seanad was in office from 2007 to 2011. An election to Seanad Éireann,the Senate of the Oireachtas,followed the 2007 general election to the 30th Dáil on 24 May. There are 60 seats in the Seanad:43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians;6 were elected in two university constituencies;and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach. Under the Constitution of Ireland,a general election for the Seanad was required within 90 days of the dissolution of the 29th Dáil on 30 April 2007. Polls closed on 24 July 2007,and the Taoiseach's nominees were announced by Bertie Ahern on 3 August 2007. The 23rd Seanad first met at Leinster House on 13 September 2007. The term of the 23rd Seanad was from 13 September 2007 to 20 April 2011,remaining in session until the close of poll for the 24th Seanad.
Events from the year 2009 in Ireland.
This is a summary of 2010 in Ireland.
The 2012 All-Ireland Football Final,the 125th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,was played at Croke Park,Dublin,on 23 September 2012. Donegal and Mayo,widely considered "one of the most novel final pairings of all time",met to decide the destination of the Sam Maguire Cup,with Donegal ultimately emerging victorious as Mayo were yet again undone by "the curse".
Events during the year 2012 in Ireland.
Ian McGarvey is a former association footballer and former politician. He was a member of Donegal County Council,representing the Letterkenny electoral area.
Ciaran Brogan is an Irish businessman and Fianna Fáil politician from County Donegal. He is a member of Donegal County Council,representing the Letterkenny Electoral Area,and was a member of Letterkenny Town Council. He topped the poll in elections in 2004 and 2009.
The 2014 All-Ireland Football Final,the culmination of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 21 September 2014. Ulster champions Donegal,last champions in 2012 took on Munster champions Kerry,last champions in 2009.
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into 5 local electoral areas to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). In addition,the town councils of Ballyshannon,Bundoran and Letterkenny were all abolished.
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Donegal Daily is a news website based in County Donegal,north-west Ireland. The sports editor is Chris McNulty,who also edits the related Donegal Sport Hub website.
