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Mandatory Stance

April 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Irish Politics

It seems that some political parties believe that if caught out with hypocrisy that taking the ostrich position is the only way to go. I’ll be back over the weekend to the story of the website, the code cogging, the Russian, the denial and the guaranteed Irish campaign which went awry and the spinning machine […]

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UK blogs arrive – or UK media notice their arrival

April 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blogging

I’ve never read so many UK blogs as I’ve read this weekend.  I’ve always thought of UK politics blogs as being very aligned one way or the other and some of them of being quite a bitchfest.  I’ve a few in my google reader and sometimes there will be a post which is more thought […]

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‘My Constituency, My Party, My Country, My First Campaign Video’

April 12th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Blogging, Elections, Irish Politics, Social Media

Everywhere you look these days he’s there (except for that Late Late Show). Last weekend he sprinted for the podium in a bid to raise Enda Kenny’s hand aloft at the end of the Ard Fheis speech.  On Good Friday he was representing FG on the Six-One News.  Now Senator Paschal Donohue adds to his […]

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Bludget Week

April 6th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Recession

Marian Finucane stumbled over the B word a few weeks ago in reference to tomorrow’s Emergency Budget and Bludget seems most apt in terms of the fear that exists in some quarters. Over the weekend there was some downplaying saying it was not going to be as bad as feared – this even after the […]

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MiCandidate.eu blogger briefing

March 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Elections, Irish Politics

In case bloggers and others interested in online engagement are not aware – Monday next (30th March) sees the folk from Micandidate.eu provide tea, coffee and pastries and hopefully answers to lots of as yet unanswered questions on the new platform. It takes place at 6.30pm in the European Commission Offices in Molesworth Street. All […]

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