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Interesting developments, or rather non developments in the Fianna Fail Donegal North East story. According to Highland Radio there were ructions at a constituency meeting on Sunday night when the co-option of Niall Blaney, and the Independent Fianna Fail organisation into the mainstream party. A planned press conference for Blaney yesterday was cancelled, presumably because [...]
Despite the several valedictories written on behalf of disgraced former minister Jim McDaid it looks like he is facing pressure to stand again for Fianna Fail in the Donegal North East. Concern within the party arises over the possibilty of Independent Fianna Fail TD Niall Blaney joining the party in advance of the election. This [...]
Damien Blake is Mayor of Letterkenny for Fianna Fail and has his own personal blog here.
The subject of the disgraceful condition of the Electoral Register has received much press coverage recently. So too have the comments of some senior FF ministers regarding the register, and its alleged abuse.
The electoral register is a vital [...]
Round up of the News from the Local papers. Not all the the unison Papers are online at the minute so I may have missed some inportant news. As always if there is a piece you have seen in your local paper. Tell us in the comments.
The Kingdom
Queen in terror plot:
In an alarming statement issued [...]
Jim McDaid has confirmed the not entirely surprising news that he will not seek the nomination to retain his Donegal North East seat at the selection convention next month. RTE story here and Ireland.com (subs. req’d) here. While he’s hardly the first TD who would have been on the ballot with legal problems in his [...]
Donegal is probably the best chance Sinn Fein has to gain seats. From this weeks Donegal Democrat “Sinn Fein Vice President, Pat Doherty, has said that Donegal North East and Donegal South West are among the 15 constituencies which his party harbour real hopes of securing a seat in the next general election.” They are [...]
How to “cull” banking executives: the UK Financial Services Authority is getting ready to do it.
Gardai inquest evidence dismissed as bollocks’ | The Irish Sentinel
just found this site, no idea if I am late to the party on this one. check it out - bit of fun
Here’s the Dept of Finance statement issued late last evening about the Minister’s discussion with the banks. I think we know why some banks didn’t want to be in the guarantee scheme: those in the scheme can be made an offer they can’t refuse: to merge.
Mary Harney’s expensive trip to Houston and Phoenix.
The FAS/Florida row is not the only time the issue of her travel costs has arisen.
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.
