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Excuse for the mistakes of the future

February 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Excuse for the mistakes of the future · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Exhausted, debated out fed up of the catchphrases? Catch them all here in a the Apres Summary of the election as shown on The Eleventh Hour. Tonight it’s a takeaway in front of the final debate where a group of men will again probably not be asked about society or rights.

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Manifesto Watch – Equality and Human Rights

February 22nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Elections, Equality, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

The Equality and Rights Alliance have reviewed the party manifestos regarding their commitments and intentions on the matters of equality and rights infrastructure. The have a quick reference guide and a more indepth analysis also. Mairead Enright on Humanrights.ie has also reviewed the party manifestos on Human Rights commitments. And to put a hole in […]

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Taxi for Joe!

February 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Not a campaign video but a passionate supporter!? Travel Sickness tablets anyone?

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The Labour Election Boys

February 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Uncategorized

Jerry Crowley, Labour Candidate for Mayo, with Michael D Higgins and Mick Lavelle with ‘The Dáil Song’ (this is a folk song and not a campaign song! I now sound like a musicologist!)

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The state of independents shall be

February 20th, 2011 · 24 Comments · General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Much has been said about independents in this campaign, although many of them have been complaining about the lack of coverage of their campaigns by RTE and others. Some have said the type of independent that is running is different to previous elections. We’ve been told that we have grown up and there are no […]

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