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Amidst the plethora of “2006-in-review” articles populating today’s papers, there is one very interesting piece in the Tribune. The way our electoral system works makes polls slightly unhelpful—ignoring particularity within constituencies and also the nature of transfers—but the Tribune have taken a look across the most contested constituencies to attempt to predict the likely election [...]

Dominic Hannigan’s blog Dominic Hannigan has started a blog. No doubt as part of Labour’s online strategy (read more here). It’s good. In a strange way. Sprinklings of how great Hannigan is in striving to clean up housing estates and get grants are interspersed with tales of war with County Council Officials.

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 [...]

Sorry for the delay in bring this but I blame a certain team in red. Donegal Democrat Solicitor Makes Sensational Cash Payment Claim A LETTERKENNY solicitor issued a strongly worded statement last night in which he claims an attempt was made to pass on a substantial cash payment to his client, Donegal T.D. Niall Blaney.

From The Meath Chronicle “The party’s TD Shane McEntee is expected to be selected to contest the general election with two others bidding for the second nomination, Co Meath VEC parent representative Ellen Cogavin, Dunboyne, and business woman Regina Doherty, Ratoath, Meath East FG constituency treasurer. \Candidates will be contesting for three Dail seats in [...]

Taoiseach’s ‘hypocrisy’ on heritage – Meath Chronicle This is an excellent letter in the Meath Chronicle. It is word reading the whole thing (it’s free but you have to register). Despite the Taoiseach’s words the realities are far different and many of the social problems that the government is trying to fix are created by [...]

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 [...]

‘Good and accessible’ childcare to bind communities – Ahern – Meath Chronicle Bertie Ahern attended a Fianna Fail Rally in the area this week. At the invite-only event held in the Europa Hotel the Taoiseach launched the FF campaign in Meath East vowing to win two out of three seats with newly promoted Junior Minister [...]

Meath Cronicle reports that Bertie was in town for Mary Wallace and Thomas Byrne’s Meath East campaign launch. Unsurprisingly there was talk of childcare, the topic which every single poll done in the region suggested was the major swing issue. So Bertie talked up the Government’s credentials with their new budget provisions for childcare etc.

FF election candidate for Meath East was savaged in this issue of Village Magazine. Dubbed the “Laziest TD in the Dail” by Village who analysed the sitting Meath TDs contribution to the Dail. She has spoken on only one occasion, welcoming Shane MacEntee to the Dail and has tabled less than ten questions for written [...]

First, a little history. Meath has just been converted from one 5 seat constituency into two 3 seat constituencies. The distribution used to be (eons ago) 2, 2, 1 (i.e 2 FF, 2 FG, 1 Labour). It then changed to 3, 2, (3 FF, 2 FG) and how Labour would love their seat back. The [...]