‘God, if I hear John McCain utter the words ‘yes my friends’ again…I’ll…’ Charlie Bird blogging from the US presidential election. He’s only got one post so far but I have high hopes! (I could say that anything would will be better than George Hamilton’s culinary tour of China but I’ll hold my tounge!) Mark […]
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Your licence fee at work in the USA
November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Irish Media, US Election 2008
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Mary Hanafin and Batt O’Keefe’s ‘Dirty Cuts’
October 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Blogging, Irish Politics, Recession
Cuts in government spending are being announced quietly this evening – I’ve not counted them up yet but it’s more than the dozen – seven so far in social welfare alone- it’s been announced (not in a speech in the Dáil) that there are to be a number of changes to the entitlements to Jobseekers […]
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Organise, Activate, Influence – conference report
October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Irish Politics, MSM, Social Media
Myself and over 80 others attended Saturday’s conference on Social Activism Online in Ireland. Hosted by the EU Commission Representation in Ireland staff, the conference was also organised by Cian O’Flaherty from Irishelection.com. It was well worth a Saturday! Some lovely photos from the day are available here courtesy of Red Mum. It was a […]
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Questions and Answers October 6th 2008
October 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Questions and Answers October 6th 2008 · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Recession
We watched (make that endured) Peter Power FF Junior Minister, Joan Burton – Labour Party Finance Spokesperson, David McWilliams – Economist, Noel Whelan – Political Analyst/Barrister, and Alan Dukes – Former FG leader and Minister for Finance. Read about it here and also over at the new liveblogs.ie – the place all liveblogs go to….
Liveblogging the Palin vs. Biden Debate
October 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Blogging, Live Blogging, US Election 2008
If you are an Irish blogger who’s mad enough to be staying up tonight/this morning – come and join others over here – you should also see the liveblog take place in the window below.
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