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This whole Wallpapergate thing is totally obscuring the real scandal of this election: Vampiregate.

I set out tonight to focus in on blogs from left-wing candiates, but first a quick mention of Thomas Byrne, FF candidate for Meath East, who got into a bit of a tizz with Mary Hanafin over the issue of education and autism. His comments were reported in the Drogheda Indo, while Thomas gets to [...]

While I never received a reply to my email from last week it seems that the Leaders Blogs on Rock the Vote can now be commented on. Does this herald a new era of spontaneous spinless dialogue between party leaders and voters? Well, you have to be a registered user to comment. How very Blogorrah.

[originally posted to Comin's 'N Goin's] Cork South West is the heartland of Fine Gael and has always one of the most predictable constituencies in the country.

[originally posted to Comin's 'n Goin's] The people want a change of government! Yes! Revolution is in the air!

I sincerely hope David McCleverclogs won’t mind my adapting his turn of phrase for my title. I also hope Paige A Harrison won’t mind my sharing her bemused reaction to the country’s sudden cardboard infestation. Just what are these posters saying to you? The following is what I hear.

Calls for Taoiseach to issue public statement Ahern denies ‘prior knowledge’ General Election on 24 May – Official

First sod turned for M3 motorway

They’ve announced it. The general election is set to be held on May 24th. I won’t be voting. This is not because of apathy. This is not because the difference between the two possible coalitions is minimal. This will be because of what one angry disenfranchised voted called Temporal Gerrymandering.

These leaders’ blogs aren’t blogs. Blogs allow readers to comment on content. Blogs are a two way street. You can come onto my blog and let me know I’m a twat. You might influence me, you might not. But I’ll let you say it. This is just top-down press release style pointlessness. You’re supposed to [...]

Lack of e-voting a disgrace, says Ahern

One form of electoral speculation in the Internet age — below, the fold, an outline of where some urls with relevance to the election currently go (we still have the best one here at IE of course).

If Sinn Féin wanted my vote, they would blowup the Toll booths on all the Irish toll roads. Particularly after NTR boosted the rate for autos to 1.70 Euro just before the Easter Bank weekend. After only 6 months in operation on the M7, this would make a 6% increase, and if that were to [...]

Light bulb levy, higher VRT in climate plan Desperate DeJa Vu with latest FF/PD attempt to ‘Greenwash’ dire environmental record – O’Dowd New Climate Change Strategy far too little too late

How many years does it take to provide ‘a few more hospital beds’. Today Bertie used that line, while explaining why his government is giving away billions of Euros in Public lands to private hospital developers. His government has been in power for 12 years, and now he is planning to supply a few more [...]