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Entries Tagged as 'General Election 2011'

The politics and reporting of attack

February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Still two weeks to go and as the polls make people jumpy I expect that the attack politics will continue and as the majority of policies have been unveiled it’s going to get far more personal.  The three leader debates to come in the next ten days will also focus people on personal issues and […]

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Fine Gael’s obsession with bad taste and the implications

February 13th, 2011 · 18 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

I can’t put words to blog post regarding the latest stunt. Just want to show what I got this evening which shows how it can be abused. From Leo Varadkar’s email address addressing me as Lez (as in short for lesbian which is what I am by the way in case you are new to […]

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Declan Bree to join United Left Alliance

February 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Cllr Declan Bree a former Labour Party TD will join the United Left Alliance later today. Bree is running as an independent candidate in Sligo – North Leitrim and will be unveiled at a ULA press conference in Dublin. The ULA comprises the Socialist Party, the People Before Profit Alliance and the Workers and Unemployed […]

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Saturday’s links are full of

February 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, linkiness

Harry McGee has a very interesting post on the realities in the election including the positioning and freewheeling of Ruairi Quinn and Pat Rabbitte on policy matters. Glad to know others are noticing it. Pass Level Politics guides us to a good canvass (He’s a Labour Party canvasser but the advice applies well to all!) […]

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Green Party achievements video

February 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics

In addition to the infographic that they released at the time the government collapsed today the Green Party showed a video at the start of their press conference launching their manifesto. The interview with the male couple who were the first to have their relationship recognised by the state is of note.

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