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Beverly is back in court today to finish up her proceedings with RTE. The court is due to strike out her proceedings with RTE following the repayment of the debts and costs. Speculation in the Sunday newspapers over her return to Fianna Fail even managed to suggest that she will be back in the party [...]
Indymedia is all alight with people cheering on the efforts of protesters who stormed the refinery (one commenter has likened it to 1916 which of course like this was a peaceful protest). With news that a person has be arrested for assaulting a Garda. I have talked in favour of the governments policy before thus [...]
Things have gone a bit quiet here at IE in the last few days, which could be despite or because of the fact that political life has reverted to form so quickly. Nonetheless, it’s been a strange week for the Government even set against the apparently high standards of tolerance shown by the electorate, so [...]
Flynn: ‘I never believed I did anything wrong’
Insight into the people of Mayo’s strange dependence on the Flynn can be found in the following film.
In news that removes one minor headache for the Government, Beverly Flynn (artist’s rendition) announced in Castlebar last night that she has settled her debts to RTE arising from her libel action against them. RTE won’t comment, presumably because the matter has not yet been finalised by a court. But having rejected an earlier offer [...]
When Bertie Ahern made overtures to the effect that Beverly Flynn could be in line for a junior ministry position, some on this site pointed out how unfair many of the less infamous FF back-benchers might find the whole situation.
Now it looks like Fianna Fáil’s own man in Mayo, Dara Callarey, is trying to pour [...]
She will vote in favour of Bertie Ahern this afternoon after reaching agreement this morning. No comment on whether she will return to Fianna Fail, though Noel Whelan on RTE thinks she will.
Bertie now has 78 (FF)+ 2 (PD) + 6 (green) +4 (Ind) = 90
It bears reminding that the Mahon tribunal resumes tomorrow. Examine the witness list for a sense of the potential landmines lurking within this evidence. Even if one takes the view that the 42 percent FF vote didn’t care about the underlying issues, other voters care and so do potential coalition partners. So [...]
John O’Mahony and Beverly Flynn elected. FG 3, FF1, FF Gene Pool Independent waiting on a phone call 1
Eamon O’Cuiv Elected on first count current top 6
O’Cuiv (FF)
Fahey (FF)
Michael D (lab)
Grealish (PD)
P McCorrmick (FG)
Crowe (FF)
Mayo top 6
E Kenny (FG)
M Ring (FG)
Calleary (FF)
Mahoney (FG)
B Flynn (Ind)
J Carty (FF)
Dublin North Central
Richard Burton Elected on first count
Haughey will take seat 2.
Welcome to the third edition of Green Party Global Warming. This is Hot or Not but for Green Party candidates.
It’s Battle of the hair day today. We have two candidates with hair. Special hair. Who’s hottest?
Peter Enright from Mayo
JJ Dwyer, Green Candidate in Kildare South.
So will it be Peter, [...]
Whilst looking for something completely different on Google news, I came across this:
Cllr Frank Chambers, Fianna Fail candidate, said that Mayo students in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway would struggle to make it home.
They are now in “limbo land” over their chances of getting home to vote, he said, and “every effort should be made [...]
A while back the Corrib Gas was a big topic here and here. But is it going to come back? Frank Little of the Ceder Lounge brings the topic back with response to a story in the Tribune that Statoil is looking at a new field in Mayo possibly bigger then Corrib. For such a [...]
More than the other speeches so far, the clear emphasis is that Fine Gael are pushing Enday Kenny’s conviction politics. His image as conviction politician was the focus of the start of the speech “as leader I didnt just make a bond with Fine Gael but a bond with the Irish people”. While the start [...]
Amidst the plethora of “2006-in-review” articles populating today’s papers, there is one very interesting piece in the Tribune. The way our electoral system works makes polls slightly unhelpful—ignoring particularity within constituencies and also the nature of transfers—but the Tribune have taken a look across the most contested constituencies to attempt to predict the likely election [...]
Originally posted at Plain of Pillars
The killing of John Ward has dominated conversation in Mayo for sometime. Yesterday, Padraig Nally, the confessed killer of John “Frog” Murphy walked free from court, having been acquitted of manslaughter.
At first glance, the verdict seems repugnant. Pavee Point has already decided that the verdict reflects the prejudiced nature of [...]
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.
