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Over the weekend we will be testing the new redesign of the irishelection.com site. We are hoping to launch it early next week with some great new features included. Thanks to everyone who has been writing since the election and with two referenda next year and a Local/Euro election in 2009, there is no doubt [...]
Hi. We have recently passed the 2000 post count (at 2011) now. So we would just like to say thank you to everyone who posts. And indeed thanks to everyone who contributed to the 7,906 comments. Thanks for everything and hopefully you will all be still here when it hits 10,000 posts. Also [...]
The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that we have added some new material to the site this afternoon. From today we will be hosting the weekly podcast show “Inside Out” which airs on Dublin City Anna Livia. The show covers international affairs, Irish politics and other eclectic topics, we began the podcasting with today’s [...]
Simon and Mick are due on 18 Doughty Street around 9:00 to talk about the Irish General Election with Dan O Brien of the Economist. 18 Doughty Street is an online politics TV show with Ian Dale so you have to watch online. Check it out here. Note: David Trimble follows the interview which will [...]
Decided to put to polls on the site to gauge the national pulse polls on sidebar. First question.
Is there anything Bertie Ahern can say that will make you OK with him?
Second Question
Who has the cooler hair.
One form of electoral speculation in the Internet age — below, the fold, an outline of where some urls with relevance to the election currently go (we still have the best one here at IE of course).
Due to the Spam’s increasing ability to get past akismet, we have installed a little code box in the comments. You have to enter the random letters in order to get the comment through and hopefully that will work. If there is any problems with the comments please drop us an email and we will [...]
I’m due on Taste tonight on Newstalk (Listen live here) to discuss Sunday’s front pages. Listen in around 8:45.
I’m due to review Sunday’s Papers tonight on Newstalk (8:45), the show is Taste with Fionn Davenport. Listen in or listen online. Leave an email if you wish.
Finally the Fine Gael feed is back in the party news section. Next time lads when you update your website, put some RSS feeds on it too please.
It seems that some of the party feeds are down at the moment. One of the reasons is that Fine Gael are launching a new website, so the current one is down and not due to us. However we will try and get the others up and working soon. By the way, don’t forget to [...]
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.
