It’s election day in Donegal South West. Not that anyone cares about it anymore unfortunately. The Green Party’s decision to seek a general election early next year put paid to that. (I was going to say withdraw from government but they seem very much part of it given their support for the Four Year Plan). […]
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You didn’t miss much. Tonight Brian Cowen said that his government will call a general election after completion of the budgetary process in 2011. There are enough backbenchers calling on him to go to believe that he won’t be leading the government into that election. Brian Cowen’s statement 22/11/010
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Last nights RTE coverage of the Government press conference confirming the cabinet’s decision to take a bail out has been heavily critcised. You can read more about what happened and what the complaints concerned here and here. RTE have been responding to many complaints on the coverage today with the following replies. RTÉ ran comprehensive […]
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Fianna Fáil Ministers are in an emergency meeting about the Green Party statement this morning. Backbenchers calling on Cowen to resign. A pre Christmas election?
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But no this is Fianna Fáil, the weekend before a bye-election. Eamon O’Cuiv who is director of elections for the bye election and his party are exhorting members to phone and email their friends who live in Donegal South West. They also encourage the use of Facebook and twitter – ah FF finally using social […]