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Yes, we all know that politicians regard their election promises as little more than discardable suggestions, so I don’t mean those promises. No, I mean I promise I made about the election. Early last month, Daithí called on
interested parties (interested being those (bloggers or not) with an interest in the legal and policy elements of [...]
Ahh Michael what are you doing to me. What happened the intelligent well thought out points of old. Now you are reduced to this crapola. As he unveiled the latests contestant in I am a celebrity get me a PD nominiation. From Ireland.com
A “flight of capital” from the State will occur if Fianna Fail and [...]
Oh it is going to get ugly. Hippies attacking hippies. Oh I can see the organic cheese and sandals flying. The opening salvo you ask.
Fianna Fáil Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick says she’s the Greenest candidate!
How dare she I hear the collect Green Party shout. As they rally to think the high ground. Here is a [...]
Another one slipping below today’s radar is the Radio na Gaeltachta Poll on Galway West. See below the fold for results and bottom of post for link to .xls of results.
Remember the poll
Fine Gael today launched a “Broken Promises” online poll. The poll has identified a series of Government broken promises over the last five years and gives the public a chance to go online and vote for their worst broken promise. The public can log on to www.finegael.ie and follow the link to the [...]
Missed this earlier this morning, it appears senior handlers in Fianna Fail are worried about a possible split in the party in West Cork. The NEC have finalised the Fianna Fail candidates to go forward in Cork South West however they decided a convention was surplus to requirements.
This morning the Progressive Democrats added to their cache of high-profile candidates with the announcement that Frank McNamara is to contest the election for them in Dublin South Central. This means the party is running two candidates in the five seater, with local activist Ben Doyle on the ticket also. There is likely to [...]
Green Party Education Spokesman Paul Gogerty TD with Limerick East candidate Patricia Forde Brennan at at the launch of the Green party’s policy on physical education, which was held at the Pery hotel in Limerick this morning. Picture: limerickblogger.org
Report from the Irish Independent
IRELAND is one of the wealthiest nations in the world but 15pc of our children are experiencing “food poverty” due to parents being too busy to provide proper meals.A new report has found that children from middle-class families are suffering food poverty, while 16pc of all Irish children under the [...]
From Fine Gael
“The first step in Fianna Fáil’s election campaign has been undermined by their trademark ineptitude around technology. It’s fairly off-putting that their invitation to take the next steps with them directs you to a website you can’t access. But I suppose that isn’t really that surprising from the party that brought us e-voting.
Basically [...]
Did Tayto Ahern get his grasp of economics from Peter Ridsdale?
Currently lying bottom of the championship, heading for relegation to the third division (I just can’t get used to the new-fangled names), Leeds FC were once one of the top teams in the Premiership.
In a feature in today’s Daily Mail, Nicola Byrne interviews locals in fraudster Michael ‘The Stroke’ Fahy’s home town of Adrahan, Co.Galway, to see if his conviction has changed locals’ perceptions of him.
Unsurprisingly, it hasn’t.
Fianna Fail are seemingly in trouble for playing a song that is about drugs at their ard feis speech. From Breaking News.ie
One of the feelgood tunes used to inspire delegates at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis contains references to illegal drug-taking, it emerged today.
The Chelsea Dagger track by Scottish band The Fratellis was blasted out [...]
Tomorrow’s Business Post/Red C Poll.
Fianna Fail 36 % (-2)
Fine Gael 23% (+1)
Labour 12% (-2)
Sinn Fein 10% (+3)
Greens 8% (–)
PDs 3% (-1)
Independents 8% (+1)
Well auction politics or poker politics, it is all academic. He saw the opposition, by equalling commitments on the standard rate (down to 18% - originally Labour), the pension (€300 over the five years of government - originally PDs), lower the higher rate of tax (down to 40% - not as much as the PDs).
And [...]
When Labours Pat Rabbitte promised a cut of 2 percent to 18 percent for the lower bracket tax payer, he was being accused of getting involved in auction politics by those in government.
It is ironic then that Bertie Ahern, in his Ard Feis speech, should not only offer the same, but add a 1 percent [...]
techPresident – The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game
Irish Parties looking at learning online and database lessons from Obama could do worse than bear this post in mind. Almost as soon as the election is over, improvements and evolution are making some parts redundant and others essential. Get your campaign an i-phone for everyone? Might be better than printing flyers, it goes to show how parties, if they take it seriously, need to keep ahead of the wave - not just follow.
Colman at the EuroTrib give his reasoning on why Lisbon is dead. The Government's incapable handling of the budget cuts are the nail in the coffin.
Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar offers his view on how the SBP Opinion Poll would translate in an election.
Think tank: Time for democracy to click into place
Dan Sullivan gets himself into The Sunday Times, calling for the internet to connect citizens to a more meaningful democracy. Its an argument I agree with wholeheartedly myself. Have a read and let him know what you think.
Colm Burke MEP reckons that we need to get honest and tell people we will be holding a second Lisbon Vote in Oct 2009 with protocols desigend to secure a yes vote.
