This is the Eight and last in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Dublin South West
The Greens looking for the a renegotiating of the programme for government is their biggest chance ever to get their policy ideas implemented. They hold now the strongest card they will ever have over Fianna Fail and that is if they withdraw from power then FF face an election from which they may never recover. [...]
This is the Seventh in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Dun Laoghaire
From Irish Times
Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said today the Government’s poor showing in the latest opinion poll reflected widespread public angry at how the country was being run.
The latest Irish Times /TNS mrbi poll shows satisfaction with [...]
Libertas.eu the most visited political party website worldwide
Brussels, May 15th: Libertas.eu, the website of the pan European people’s movement for more democracy, accountability and transparency in the EU, had more visitors mid-week than any other political party in the world
Sorry Declan you don’t quiet have. The Indian National Congress has more (Ok they just had [...]
This is the Sixth in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Cork East
This is the fifth in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Waterford
This is the fourth in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Meath East.
Katy Sinnott makes an interesting apperance in this.( Hat-tip Braz)
From Labour Angry voters urged to check their electoral register
So should people who are not angry possibly only slighty mift not check it? Anyway. As the man says.
With the electoral register for the local elections, due to close at 5pm, Monday 18 May, it is vitally important that voters make sure that they are on it!
You [...]
This is the third in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirly my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Donegal North East
This is the second in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment.
Galway West
Many of the polls have showen a big slump in Fianna Failure and rises for Labour and Fine Gael. But if an election was called tomorrow who would lose out and who would win?
I am going to try and do a review of all the constiuencies. If people have Views on anyone please drop us [...]
From the Irish Times
FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern wants to be Dublin’s first directly elected mayor when the position comes into force in 2011, Minister for the Environment John Gormley said yesterday.
Mr Gormley said he knew Mr Ahern “has his eye” on the job.
Interesting if he is. It is well known that Bertie Ahern has his [...]
From 2002. Talking about Fine Gael increasing national debt. One news and Six One. Talking about the jiggerary pokery that does not add up.
EU comparisons are fascinating and can tell us quiet a lot about ourselves. Be it that we do not have the most generous unemployment benefit in the EU. Or be it that we do not have a high crime rate in Ireland. Or be it that we have the third highest owner occupier rate in the EU.
Councillor bound to peace for insulting fellow FG activist
A NEWLY ELECTED Fine Gael councillor has been bound to the peace for 12 months for calling a fellow party member “a f****** scab”.
Noel O’Keefe gives a frankly stunning and sickeningly honest quote to the Cork Evening Echo. Is this a view into the mind of Irish politicians, or is it just one example of the issues that need to be tackled if we are to reform our political system? If there’s one thing you read this week, make it this quote.
Green members’ conference set for July
The debate on Lisbon is underway as the Green Party look at getting their meeting out of the way on 18 July – can we expect the fireworks and close vote of last time out or will the Greens take part on the Yes side this time out?
Average public worker earns more than €50,000 a year
Grist is added to the mill of An Bord Snip nua as the CSO figures on pay are released.
Is Charlie McCreevy in the running to lead the No campaign for Lisbon II? asks Jamie Smyth of The Irish Times.
