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National Library of Ireland

Archive-It Partner Since: Sep, 2018

Organization Type: National Institutions

Organization URL: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections/web-archive   

Description:

The National Library of Ireland is the library of record for Ireland. Each year we archive hundreds of websites relating to a variety of aspects of Irish life, from education, to politics and elections, public sector, to music, sport, science and technology, the Irish language and global events.

These websites are essential to collect and preserve as a record of contemporary Irish life. We archive these materials in the public interest and make them available for the purposes of research and private study.

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By Election 2021

Archived since: Jun, 2021

Description:

A By-Election was held on the 8 July 2021 in Dublin Bay South to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Fine Gael TD Eoghan Murphy. The By-Election was won by Labour candidate Ivana Bacik. This collection includes the websites of candidates running in the election. All candidates were considered for inclusion in the collection, however, only those who had websites could be included. Social media accounts could not be included due to technical reasons. It also includes websites of online-only news websites, TheJournal.ie and Tuairisc. It also includes the website of RTE News.

Subject:   Government Government - Counties Politics & Elections Politics,  Election

Fine Gael Leadership Election 2017

Archived since: Feb, 2023

Description:

In 2017, the leader of Fine Gael, Enda Kenny, announced his departure from his position as leader of Fine Gael and therefore his position as Taoiseach. In late May and early June 2017, two senior Fine Gael TDs, Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney launched their bid for leadership. It was the first time that a new electoral procedure was used to elect a party leader. Members of the parliamentary party accounted for 65% of the vote, local members amounted to 25% and councillors amounted for 15%. From the 29th of May to the 2nd of June, over 25,000 members of the Fine Gael party cast their vote.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Government Politics & Elections,  Election ,  Politics

Sinn Féin Leadership Election 2018

Archived since: Feb, 2023

Description:

In 2018, the NLI undertook a collection to mark the change of leadership in the Sinn Fein political party. • The website of the Sinn Fein party was included, along with the constituency website of Mary Lou McDonald. • Online commentary was also represented in this collection. The websites of the Journal, Tuairisc and the Irish examiner were archived.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Politics & Elections Spontaneous Events,  Election ,  Politics

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