Fine Gaelers are in overdrive on the video front, I assume that we’ll see lots of candidate videos from other parties in the weeks to come. Some of these videos are great showreels for TV presenter jobs in case they don’t get elected! Today we start with Senator Ciaran Cannon, ex PD leader who joined […]
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Candidate Video #11 – Ciaran Cannon
January 30th, 2011 · Comments Off on Candidate Video #11 – Ciaran Cannon · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Video blogging the campaign – Paschal Donohue
January 29th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video blogging the campaign – Paschal Donohue · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Social Media
Senator Paschal Donohue is by now an old hand at this social media stuff having blogged his bye-election run in Dublin Central in 2009 and to his credit continuing to blog and engage online throughout the past eighteen months. He’s trying video blogging now (His youtube channel if you want to keep an eye on […]
Candidate Video #9 John McGuirk
January 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
John McGuirk formerly Fine Gael, formerly Libertas, fomerly National Forum and sometime commenter on Maman Poulet. Now an independent candidate for Cavan Monaghan and by the sounds of it he’s aligned to the Independent Alliance for Change (aka Profit Before People) He’s ‘no oil painting’, I nearly needed a tissue! Not sure where the website […]
Pravda in Mount Street
January 28th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Social Media
I’ve been keeping a list of twitter accounts established by candidates in the General Election. It’s interesting to watch campaigns take shape and candidates find their feet online. Some use it to react to voters and national election/political issues, others talk about the feelings/opinions of voters that they are experiencing on the canvass. Many FG […]
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Candidate Video #8 Mary Lou McDonald
January 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Candidate Video #8 Mary Lou McDonald · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
The videos are coming thick and fast and you can expect a bumper DVD giveway with this weekend Maman Poulet. For the moment have a look at Mary Lou McDonald who is contesting the Dublin Central Consitituency in Dublin Central for Sinn Féin. Mary Lou has launched her new website and made the video to […]