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Entries Tagged as 'April Fools'

Rock the Vote – The Advertisements

May 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments · April Fools, irishelection2007, More Money than sense, Rock the Vote, Ryan Tubridy, Social Media

It’s been a while since I checked in with the good folk at Rock the Vote. You might have noticed that the majority of those big jobs were filled by the lads – the junior positions have some female participation – nice to see they reflected the glass ceiling that exists everywhere else in society.  […]

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Apologies

April 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · April Fools, eejit.., Irish Media

I would like to apologise to listeners to Newstalk’s Taste programme. In my review of the Sunday papers last night I brought you the story from the Sunday Tribune of how Fine Gael want to change the national anthem opening line to ‘Sinne Fine Gael.’ If that doesn’t work the story says they want to […]

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Take it away there Frank

March 26th, 2007 · 8 Comments · April Fools, Irish Politics, irishelection2007, Rock the Vote, Same Sex Partnerships

That’d be the deposit that’ll be taken away because in Dublin South Central Frank McNamara does not have a hope of getting a seat for the PD’s. Flying in off his piano stool from Dunboyne, (that’s Dunboyne, Co. Meath!) Mr McNamara has spent this afternoon on Liveline defending himself. One of the last times I […]

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Rocking the Vote in Ireland from the UK

March 21st, 2007 · 5 Comments · April Fools, Irish Politics, irishelection2007

Now at this stage if you are a regular reader of Maman Poulet you’ll know that I think that Rock the Vote have a few organisiational problems – well more than a few. Now yesterday Rock the Vote went around telling everyone about Cillian Murphy – the actor – and I’m wondering if Cillian is […]

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Next April…10 Days to Next April

March 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments · April Fools, irishelection2007

Cillian Murphy has not been home to Ireland since last July according to an interview I heard with him last week. But Rock the Vote have him signed up to help get the vote out. I love the wording in the rehash of the press release – to be launched Next April – ah yes […]

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