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So Brian Cowen continues to slowly dismantle the Bertie Ahern machine (on which note, anyone see a Fianna Fail ‘Yes’ poster with Cowen’s face on it?). The announcement that the construction industry wont be dining in Ballybrit will be greeted with delight in the offices of the Green Party and Finian McGrath as a potential [...]
Niall O Brolchain took up some of the comments made in the Business Post attributed to Seamus Brennan on Sunday and called for a review of the whole Galway Races tent. Certainly it smacks of pretty uncomfortable symbolism but it would be an equally big win for the Green party if it got concessions on [...]
Ulick Burke in on Paul Connaughton’s surplus.
As Mick notes in the comments here, we have three siblings to join the brother-in-law/sister-in-law, husband/wife combinations elected to Dáil Eireann. Tom Kitt, Michael Kitt and Aine Brady (nee Kitt) are all elected to the 30th Dáil.
Galway East 130 out of 149 boxes opened (87%)
1. Kitt 6780
2. Treacy 6503
3. Callanan 5504
4. Connaughton 5187
5. Burke [...]
A curious item from the RTE News website today:
Minister of State Noel Treacy will appear before the Mahon Tribunal next Wednesday to answer questions about the leaking of information about payments to the Taoiseach.
The Galway East TD is attached to the Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
If there is any story we have missed please let us know. Feel free to comment on any story.
Galway Advertiser
Sinn Fein to run two candidates in Galway West
Sinn Féin will repeat its 2002 election strategy by running two candidates - one in the city and the other in Connemara - during the 2007 General Election, [...]
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 [...]
Those selected to run were Minister Noel Treacy TD, Senator Micheál Kitt and Deputy Joe Callanan TD.
2002 Result
2007 Candidates so far
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.
