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Garrett Tubridy (the Fianna Fail Logo is now visible ) brings up an interesting point about Election Posters going up. Is there many up in your area? 

The new Fine Gael website is live with it’s very striking BBC look and similar code. Will you tune into FG TV. In his video Enda says that we can talk to Fine Gael. Which is via the Air your view Email No Sign of any blogs on there yet. They have a donate section. [...]

Another day another Labour press Release to look at. UK nuclear plans, a major worry There are still many unanswered questions about, for example, the link between the incidence of particular cancers in Co Louth Interesting statement depends on how you define the word unanswered.

leaked via Suzy the new website is currently housed at finegael.org. Minutes after Suzy leaked the url, Steph has done the background and it looks like the site is a basic cog of BBC.co.uk (which is clear if you look at the site). The CSS files hold the answers. Update Simon: The site is back [...]

The Irish Times reports that the Government is planning to backdate the doubled income levy rates to January 1st, rather than coming into play on May 1st as suggested on Budget day. According to the report PAYE workers wont be affected but a blended rate will be brought into place for those who are self-employed [...]

I think this is worth posting on the day that is in it. As micandidate and other social media ontroponooors trot out meaningless twaddle about fixing politicians up with their yoof social media market (for a small fee per month) the list of those who are getting on fine without spending hundreds on the promise [...]

In a Press Release today from Labour “Broughan demands that Coughlan and Fás facilitate SRT apprentices” Deputy Broughan said: “This is another savage breach of faith by Corporate Affairs Director Stephanie Bennett and CEO Bernd Kessler and their Middle East master, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum. Why does he highlight the origin of Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum [...]

Not a good time for it to come out that the Taoiseach was a part-time investor in property. Not with so much political heat on at the moment over developers, building loans, property prices and the tanking economy. TALKS TO end a legal dispute about a €12m property deal involving Taoiseach Brian Cowen and nearly [...]

Today we hear that no tough decision will be taken on fees until after June 5th. Perhaps it was last night’s Prime Time segment on how middle income earners would be put off university with the abolition of fees. We won’t know about the decision but we will get an idea of just what we [...]

Interesting to note over the weekend that despite their lack of Obama juice, Labour sent out an excellent email to their list complete with embedded video and a call to donate. No mega bucks on US consultants who were there on a MAC when Obama swept North Carolina but none needed. It is not about [...]

A few Years ago Fine Gael had the idea that investors in Eircom should be compensated At the time Labour’s Ruari Quinn said.    The Labour Party leader said on an interview on RTÉ Radio that the proposal had “introduced a form of auction politics that would do great damage to the body politic”. Mr Quinn [...]

So the other day I re-posted an post about the continuing ban on alcohol sales on good Friday and I got alot of comments. And I think this one sums it up.   I think it’s a disgrace that any law which prohibits any purchase or action on any day of the year because of a catholic [...]

Interesting news from the UK that the VAT rate cut of Alistar Darling worked.From the Guardian   A reduction in Value Added Tax last year has softened the impact of the recession, according to a report by a leading economics consultancy. Cutting VAT by 2.5 percentage points in the pre-budget report boosted retail turnover by £2.1bn in [...]

From Labour  Labour’s Food Spokesperson, Sean Sherlock TD, has stated that the proliferation of fast food outlets in these recessionary times will have a negative impact on the health of Irish citizens. So their solution?

Nobody – not even The Two Brians; not even The Two Brians if they were natural born blonds; not even The Two Brians if they were natural born blonds and members of an enclosed order of nuns – nobody, absolutely nobody in this country  believes that the Irish Government is capable of achieving anything at [...]

I posted this 3 years ago (Apr 13, 2006) but as it is getting a comment or two I will bump it up.  Today is probably the biggest off licence purchasing day in Ireland. As tomorrow is good Friday and by law all the bars have to close. This law is one of the last vestiges [...]