Ok it’s a little bit early to be pondering the US Presidential 2012 race but there is much to keep one amused For the past month I have been researching Michele Bachmann and her claim to have visited Ireland in 2007. She even claims to have met US troops there. I have made 3 […]
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Lots of searches here yesterday for Sarah Palin and Ireland. I don’t know if they were looking for this story which is nearly 18 months old. Some searches on twitter showed people planning to move to Ireland if Palin gets elected in 2012. Now if could be people exploring her roots. More on that bit […]
From the Whitehouse website a rare insight into the holding of a cabinet meeting under Obama. I know the Irish cabinet confidentiality rule will be rolled out here to say why it couldn’t happen but I would support any insight into how politics works here from my perusal of youtube comments and facebook groups the […]
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Congratulations to Cllr Ruth Illingworth on her election as Mayor/ Cathaoirleach of Mullingar Town Council. Ruth is being described as Ireland’s first Out Mayor a tag I think she doesn’t really have much truck with. I do think she’s probably one of the first elected out lesbian councillors in the state. A member of Fine […]
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On Friday night next in the City North Hotel more Obama juice arrives to be sold to Irish politicians. This appears to be a very watered down version being sold at an expensive price. Recently local authority councillors received leaflets from a company based in Antrim called Performance Enhancement. The company announced that it was […]