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Part 1. Eric Byrne is a Labour Councillor and Candidate for Dublin South Central in 2007. He blogs here. IE.com: Eric, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. First of all, your running in Dublin South Central next year, how do you fancy your chances? Is there a better platform for Labour success [...]

Irish Election has just finished doing an interview with Cllr Eric Byrne, Labour candidate for 2007 in Dublin South Central. It’s going to be posted in three parts on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week once I get some time to do the editing.

I have conducted an interview with independent Senator Joe O’Toole who represents the NUI constituency. The interview touches on a number of issues including day-to-day life as a Senator as well as Mr O’Toole’s thoughts on Seanad reform. The interview can be read here.

Given the influence that events in the UK tend to have on Irish politics (and isn’t Mary Harney probably carefully studying Patricia Hewitt as an example of how not to comment on the health service?), today’s news brings another potentially relevant issue onto the Irish agenda — compulsory voting.  As it happens, Frank had interviewed [...]

I have conducted an interview with the Polish Ambassador to Ireland Witold Sobkow which discusses how Poles are experiencing life in Ireland as well as the impact immigration will come to have on Ireland. The interview can be read here.

“The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.” Edward R. Murrow “The media serve the interests of state and corporate power, which are closely interlinked, framing their reporting and analysis in a [...]

United Irelander has an interview with Green TD Ciarán Cuffe. Interesting responses to Questions about McDowell, United Ireland, European Union and many more questions. Check it out.

Coffee with Killian Killian Forde (SF) Talks Globalisation with IrishElection.com Frank — Killian, you’ve praised ‘the coming together of the broad left in Europe’ against the Services Directive, and you said the global left has been ‘ideologically drifting, defensive and struggling to articulate a credible alternative’. You expressed satisfaction with the defeat of right-wing MEPs [...]