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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.
Writing in the Irish Daily Mail today, Richard Waghorne quotes the judge who sentenced Galway County Councillor Michael “The Stroke” Fahy to prison for 12 months on fraud charges. “You have been declared a fraud”, the judge told the disgraced councillor.
Waghorne went on to make a far more important point:
Cork South Central TD Dan Boyle led the chorus of merry Green Party members as he strummed his guitar in the wee hours at the Galway Bay Hotel and sang that famous Monkees tune: “I’m a believer. There’s not a trace of doubt in my mind.”
Any neutral observer at the Green Party national convention in Galway this weekend could easily be mistaken into thinking the general election had long passed and the Greens had been swept into government as the minority party with resounding approval.
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.
