Mr Lenihan said the Opposition was to blame for many of the problems facing the State because it failed to prevent the Government’s mistakes. “We put our hands in the air and say we were responsible – but in fact one of the main reasons that . . . we were able to make those […]
Entries Tagged as 'General Election 2011'
The reason for many of our problems…
January 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
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What will be in the Manifestos?
January 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on What will be in the Manifestos? · Elections, Equality, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Policy
No doubt there is a lot of fevered scribbling going on amongst political parties at the moment with regards to writing their manifestos to be launched during General Election 2011. After the election during the coalition negotiations a Programme for Government will be produced with more lobbying by pressure groups and priorities slipping in the […]
Fine Gael, Brazil and Ravi Singh
January 4th, 2011 · 40 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Social Media
As we know from the last time Fine Gael launched a website things are never as they seem and techies and website developers discovered that Fine Gael had a little help for their design from a freelancer who used BBC code in the design. It is no different with the site launched today according to […]
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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 […]
‘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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