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General Election 2011 – Are you blogging it?

January 4th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Blogging, Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

I am putting together a list of blogs for General Election 2011 – so if you are a party member who blogs, a candidate or an interested other who will be writing on the election or the politics leading up to it , please leave a comment below and I will publish and update the […]

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‘I helped pioneer election blogging’

January 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on ‘I helped pioneer election blogging’ · Blogging, Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

I did say that seemingly Web General Election had begun… This in from ‘Election blogging Pioneer’ Thomas Byrne TD (Meath East) East Meath TD Thomas Byrne has today welcomed Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny’s tentative return to the national political stage after his recent protracted leave of absence Commenting on Fine Gael’s new online gimmick, […]

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Tidings of goodwill …ummm

December 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Blogging, Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Earlier this week Lord Mayor Cllr.  Gerry Breen (FG) took the opportunity of one of the coldest days of the year to speak out against beggars in the city of Dublin. The remarks were quite  outrageous and based about his social life in Dublin 2.  He repeated them on RTE news later that day and […]

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Budget witterings

December 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Newsdump, Recession, Social Policy

While we think we know the cuts to come because of the leaks and the four year plan there will be many cuts not announced in the budget speech but in documents released shortly afterwards by government departments. I will be having a look out for these to keep an eye on the seemingly smaller […]

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Bludget 2011 – your online wakes

December 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Bludget 2011 – your online wakes · Blogging, Irish Politics, Recession

You’ll find me here later today looking at Budget 2011 from a disability and social welfare/health angle. The Irish Internet’s cup truly doth run over in terms of online coverage. If you are on twitter and following #budget11 you may not be able to keep up with the stream and may need a bit more […]

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