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Brian Cowen released a statement in the last hour announcing his candidacy for the Fianna Fail leadership and succession of Bertie Ahern. It is interesting to see he was nominated by Brian Lenihan, a man widely tipped to have his eye on becoming the Brian Cowen’ to Brian Cowen and succeeding the next Taoiseach when [...]
Earlier today Damien noted that there were strong rumours that Fianna Fáil campaigners had been telling people in Dublin that the Green Party were in favour of abortion and would legalise it if they got into government.
It’s sounds slightly far-fetched that a party would spread such clear lies about another party. It’s not.
A canvasser for [...]
Any floating voters in Dublin North East may be interested in the results of my little local experiment.
The constituency is quite broad in that it extends from Howth and Sutton to Darndale and Coolock. I am in the Darndale/Coolock end of the constituency and I had hoped to be proved right that all our candidates [...]
At the least it seems Sinn Fein are hoping to pick up 6 additional seats in this election. Mary Lou McDonald reckons they can pick up seats in Donegal (not sure if one or both), Sligo-North Leitrim, Cork North Central, Waterford and Wexford. She also suggests seats in Dublin (well she would) though not specifying [...]
Round up of the news from the Local Papers. Feel free to comment on any stories.
Western PeopleO’Mahony still in election race
WITH a date set for the Fine Gael convention, the countdown for potential candidates to declare themselves is on with high profile football manager John O’Mahony still in the running.
Speculation has been rife in recent [...]
Dr Tormey being interviewed on the Late Late show suggested that families with members who engage in anti-social behaviour be put into ghettos with curfews, amoungst other things.
From Breaking News
The Fine Gael leader is playing down controversial remarks by an election candidate for the party. Enda Kenny said this afternoon that Dr Bill Tormey was [...]
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.
