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Another day, another confidence motion. Well it may have been if #fgheave was not going on in the background. If you care to watch the main speeches you can watch Enda Kenny here (with James Reilly his new best friend/wannabe deputy leader sitting beside him) , Brian Cowen and him saying sorry for the government’s [...]

In tomorrows Sunday Business Post Fine Gael 33 (-2) Fianna Fáil 23 (-1) Labour 24 (+7) Green 6 (+1) Sinn Fein 6 (-4) Indepedents 8 More on leaders ratings later

The final conference in the season is taking place this weekend as the Labour Party head to Galway (Fianna Fáíl will be holding their conference later this year). Already their prescence has drawn a dig from FF’s Deputy Mayor of Galway regarding that campaign and petition of themselves they launched this week. The Labour Party [...]

In case you missed it – Brian Lenihan’s speech earlier today introducing the Motion on the Stability of the Banking System.

Today’s Wicklow Times is reporting that Senator Deirdre de Burca is packing her bags and heading for Brussels to work in the cabinet of Ireland’s new European Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn . Now you may remember the last time Senator de Burca hitched the parachute to her back and flew. This time she is going further [...]

Lots of names circling this weekend about the new Ceann Comhairle. John Drennan in the Sunday Independent says that Brendan Smith’s name has entered the running. Labour have said that they will not put forward a name from their ranks for the post. Fine Gael are not being so abstemious according to the Sunday Tribune [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve brought you news on a Bertie earner – being the recession and all I suppose times are tough for the Iar Taoiseach and the way he might scratch a few euro to make up for his pension levy losses. However news reaches us today of Bertie Ahern’s signing as [...]

In case you missed it earlier here’s the entrance of Maureen O’Sullivan TD and George Lee TD into the Dáil Chamber this afternoon.

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We’ve entered the final stretch and parties were busy yesterday with events of one sort or another. Today and tomorrow are the last days of camapaign coverage in the broadcast media. (Keep an eye to Irishelection.com on Thursday for some special ‘No Moratorium Online’ coverage!)

Good Morning – we continue to bring you the best of the web on the election or election on web. No thanks are necessary (except of course to those who send us the goodies!), consider it part of our service to the nation. The use of the Twitter by Green Party Candidates to express their [...]

Fine Gael 34 (no change) Fianna Fáil 21 – 3 Labour 18 (no change) Sinn Féin 10 + 3 Greens 4 -1 Independents 13 +1

From my inbox this morning. North Sligo saw a new poster on it’s poles yesterday. Joe Leonard is a councillor of long standing (23 years) elected to Sligo County Council. He was not selected by his local party last year to contest the election but was later added to the ticket. Describing himself in the [...]

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 [...]