Aren’t the Blogging the Election Team all a happy bunch. (read shattered) This event does not end with a plenary – instead it ends on the blogosphere….ie. the debate and discussion continues and more events are to come. I forgot to mention Ciaran Cuffe T.D.’s op-ed piece in this mornings Irish Times, it’s a very good […]
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Down the back of the room there are laptops out and camera’s in overdrive so lots of posts and photo’s up already on the web about the Conference. Have a look at Slugger O’Toole, Irisheyes Flickr Stream and (Roger?) from Irishblogs.blogs.ie. Red Mum is busy taking pics and promising to upload them later. And Bernie is […]
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And we’re off…. Blogging the Election is underway in Dublin’s Digital Hub. Little did I think when I wondered about the possibility of a conference on blogging the election last July that I would be sitting here today watching it/making it happen. Gathered are bloggers, want to be bloggers, politicians, and media analysts and others. The […]
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There are a lot of excellent posts around the ‘sphere about Bertiegate and it’s impact on politics and the art of politics. The story is definitely not dead yet. I’m busy thinking about Saturday and the Blogging the Election conference but some quick thoughts whilst the PD’s enter the monastry that is ‘no comment’ land. […]
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In the midst of the Manchester pocketing which is causing all the palaver in Leinster House this evening, Vincent Browne asks tonight about how Bertie Ahern managed to save 50k in the years when his marriage ended when his salary was low, taxes were higher and maintenance had to be paid. The Lord Mayor of […]
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