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Labour’s Cllr Dermot Lacey notes over on his blog that Dublin City Council have started their voter registration drive for the new electoral register. Nice posters, which include messages in English, Irish, Chinese and what is presumably Polish, are up in Smithfield and other areas with high numbers of people who don’t have English as [...]
Bord Pleanala has laid a bed of nails for Minister Gormley. They have granted permission for the Poolbeg incinerator to go ahead with a capacity of 600,000. The inspector report recommended that the incinerator should only have a capacity of 500,00 tonnes at the most but DCC want the 600,000 to make up the shortfall [...]
I see today that the Berkeley Court and Jury’s Ballsbridge have closed for renovations. When I mean renovations, I mean they are going to be completely knocked down and a large complex of apartments are going to be built there.
The original plans were pretty massive and were vetoed by the council. I was [...]
Psychologists today warned of the dire consequences if the near-toxic levels of schadenfreude caused by the PD’s demise continue.
For many socialists, liberals, libertarians and plain old democrats, the PD meltdown was a hidden diamond in the race to the centre-right that was election 07.
The removal from office of so many hubristic, egotistical demagogues in one [...]
Extremely Inspired by Hag of Beara
Mr McD
Friends, Romans, running dogs of the leftist media, lend me your ears.
I want to take this opportunity to let the people of Dublin South East thank me for the honour and privilege I have bestowed upon them by choosing to represent them as their TD, as a Minister and [...]
Andrews 6175
Creighton 6071
Doolan 1447
Gormley 4477
Hearne 563
Ivory 81
McDowell 4312
O’Callaghan 3058
O’Gara 25
O’Sullivan 39
Quinn 5318
Tierney 112
Uzell 529
It’s John Versus Mick for the last seat, with John to pick up the transfers!
Tipp Nth - FF 37.7% FG 15.4% LAB 10.1% Lowry expected to top and exceed quota
Tipp Sth - FF 45.9% FG 21.1% LAB 8.7%
Update: As boxes move away from city centre, latest figures: andrews 23% quinn 18% Gormley 14.5 creighton 13% Doolan 8.4% Mcdowell 7.9
Very early doors in Dublin South East but the tally has Andrews on 25% and Quinn on 17% Gormley on 16% Creighton (12.3%) and Doolan (11.2%) with McDowell on 4.5%
Hard to believe [...]
Just into us, it seems Ruairi might be safe. John Gormley reckons: “Over the last number of weeks the experts have predicted the outcome of Dublin south east. They usually conclude that both I and Michael McDowell are ’safe’. This is not the case, and these expert predictions have in fact influenced voter behaviour to [...]
A word before we begin to publish these interviews. It is a matter for parties and candidates who gets put up here. We contacted all parties, asked for two people. Sometimes we went to candidates with a web presence and doubly asked. The result is likely to be a mixed picture on parties (likely reflecting [...]
Welcome to the fourth edition for Green Party Global Warming. This is Hot or Not but for Green Party candidates.
It’s studmuffin day today. Who will it be?
Eamon Ryan, Green Candidate for Dublin South.
John Gormley, Green Candidate in Dublin South East.
Will it be well-dressed, well-spoken, well-tanned Cassanova Ryan or will it be the Silver Fox himself, [...]
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 [...]
The PD’s have always relied on the fact that they are strong in certain constituencies and not in others. But to their credit they avoided overtly being Jackie Healy Rae sticking to their free market credentials. Alas with McDowell pulling a Healy Rae over the Poolbeg incinerator are they any different?
In a prime piece of silliness, Dublin South East candidate Lucinda Creighton has attacked Fiona O’Malley for ‘racist language’:
Fine Gael Dáil candidate in Dublin South East, Cllr. Lucinda Creighton, has today (Friday) condemned the statement made by Progressive Democrat Energy spokesperson, Fiona O’Malley TD, that she wants to make Irish people the “Wind Arabs of [...]
Q: What do these two things have in common?
A: They’re both in the news today for the same reason.
Two short quotes. The first one is from the list of motions for the Progressive Democrats‘ national conference today:
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.
