Local Elections: Big spenders in Rathmines
I was not surprised to learn that some of the highest spending local election candidates in the Dublin City Council area were in the Rathmines ward. Tony Williams of the PDs spent over €18,000, and Brian Gillen (FG) spent more than €16,000. Jim O’Callaghan (FF) also spent almost €13,000. Of these three, only Gillen was elected.
These figures only account for spending in the last four weeks of the election campaign. The corresponding figure for my campaign was approximately €3,500, most of which was spent on election posters.
This week’s Sunday Business Post ran two stories on the spending figures: Big spenders fall flat at local elections, Council candidates spent €800,000.
October 28th, 2004 at 11:33 pm
Whatever happened to the good old days when a huge spend guaranteed election? Watch out, those democrats are on the march
February 8th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
How much did the two Labour candidates end up spending?
February 8th, 2005 at 9:49 pm
I know that Oisín Quinn declared about €9,000 for the four weeks leading up to the election, although we know he spent a great deal more than that beforehand. I don’t know the figure for Mary Freehill. I may try to get my hands on the full documentation from the City Council.