The Standards in Public Office Commission published the 2011 General Election expenses from all registered political parties and candidates last month. It is interesting to see how the war chests are spent and how many companies earn from elections being held. Election Mall (based in the USA) were paid €149,435 by Fine Gael for publicity […]
On the night of the election of Michael D Higgins to be President Elect of Ireland the last thing I want to be writing about is the problem of a tweet. I love politics, elections and current affairs, it is why I write about them. Yet I found myself pigeon-holed into commentary on social media […]
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Final videos from some of the campaigns appearing yesterday. First up is Stand up and be Counted from Senator David Norris. David Norris for President from Toastie Television Productions on Vimeo. Sean Gallagher found time to make this video when he wasn’t looking for a charger for his phone so he could honour local radio […]
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No post yesterday due to flooding related connection problems and well that was a good thing given the state I was left after chequegate. The Irish Times are cranking up the video podcasts from their politics team and in this video Harry McGee analyses the debate. —– The Green Party have been busy asking questions […]
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We’re nearly there… polling day I mean. Sean Gallagher’s New National Anthem —– If you can bear another debate Newstalk and Google are working together on a debate today. The livestream will be available from 12 pm – 1.30 pm. —– If you are going to a count on Friday you might need a tag […]