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Ciaran Cuffe sent out a link to the Green’s party political broadcast earlier, would it make you vote for the Greens? Or will you be exacting some punishment come June 5th?

We had a pretty compelling and some might say damning contribution from abuse victim and former FF councillor Michael O’Brien on Questions and Answers last night. Q&A May 25th Update: I had wanted to write something more to go with this last night but the hour was late and the spirit weak. This clip was [...]

Stephen Spillane has interesting details of the Evening Echo poll conducted by Landsdowne in Cork city and county. Fianna Fail – 9% Fine Gael – 23% Labour – 20% Green Party – 4% Sinn Fein – 6% Socialists – 0% Independent/Libertas – 16% No Party/Vote for Personality – 23% Don’t Know – 13%

Due for release tomorrow Irishelection.com has an ‘exclusive’ preview of a piece of political rap for a candidate. Don’t make the wrong choice was written by GMC (Garry McCarthy) featuring State of Jay.

Entering the second last week of the campaign and the online campaign jewels shine brightly. On Election.ie Alexia Golez spent Saturday trailing the Labour Party Leader travelling in Gilforce 1 and 2 and meeting the party’s by-election candidates. Meanwhile in Limerick, Alexia’s sister Klara spotted Labour local election candidate Tom Shortt skateboarding with his brother [...]

Over the weekend a blitz of new Eoin Ryan posters appeared throughout Dublin. Strikingly more independent than the first set of campaign offerings, the Fianna Fáil logo just visible in the right hand corner, the usual party colours are no more and it’s heavy on the Ryan. My first viewing this morning had me thinking [...]

Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence this morning had a superb roundup of the Ryan commission report and the fallout from it, with a comprehensive panel discussion (segment begins 33 minutes in).  The panel discussion made news with an apparent nod from the hierarchy that the 2002 indemnity deal will have to be reopened.  A nod that [...]

Sent to us from Mayo – the first bumper sticker and the first anti-candidate ephemera of Elections 2009.  Suppose if it was going to be any candidate it would be The Chairman.

We have had previous installments of those who are hiding their Fianna Fail logo. Brian Cowen thinks they are losers but hopes they win. Marian Farrell Moore, Fianna Fail candidate in Sligo/Leitrim is proud of her party. So proud she displays her party membership card in her posters. Thanks to TheQ47 for the snap, more [...]

Former Dublin West Socialist Party TD and Candidate in Dublin for election to the European Parliament Joe Higgins is hosting a bit of first later today.  A live online event aimed at ‘new’ media and voters with an open invite to bloggers to attend. (Full Details here). The event will be broadcast live  on his [...]

‘If it all goes terribly wrong there will always be a spot of umpiring’ or An Taoiseach visits Gaines (Europe) in Wicklow where they make premium pet treats. Other pics to be found from An Taoiseach in Gorey and Letterkenny on Fianna Fáil Flickr.

John Banville on the industrial school child abuse scandal: we all knew.

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Green Ink is on temporary insanity. No, leave.

Manix Flynn has probably cropped up on the radar in the past few days for anyone following the publication of the Ryan report. I would say we here were lamentably silent, only that I couldn’t come up with words to type. Manix was back on the campaign trail today and who should pop up to [...]

John Bracken ran in the last General Election in Laois/Offaly and came to national attention due to the musical releases which accompanied his campaign. (Ok John’s hair, posters, slogans also may have had something to do with the interest.) John also ran in the local elections in 2004. Unsuccessful on both occasions it seems John [...]