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Campaign Diary #5

September 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011

This Diary is the #Aras11 Movie Show. Get your popcorn and ice-cream ready and settle in for a while. —– The Trailer in our show is this video from Michael Fisher ex RTE reporter from Belfast who captured the seven hopefuls in a photocall before their first debate on RTE Radio 1 yesterday. (You can […]

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Panti for President

September 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011

  That didn’t take long at all. h/t Panti and Aidan 🙂

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Campaign Diary #4

September 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011

We are finally at D Day.   Campaigns are officially launched, nominations closed but most importantly debate season has begun and questions have to be asked and answered (or avoided but we’ll know what they are doing). —— In case you missed Senator Norris’s remarks at the end of his quest for nominations at Dublin City […]

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Campaign Diary #3

September 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011

Happy Super Tuesday!   ‘Super’ for two reasons. Firstly the 7 councils who are considering motions of support for independent candidates today.  The diary for the day is as follows (with the candidate who is schmoozing seeking a nomination beside them. Donegal 10am Dana Cork County 11am ? – Norris Waterford City 1pm – Both […]

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The culture of entitlement and #Aras11

September 24th, 2011 · 31 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT, Trot for the ARAS 2011

Some of the ‘clamour’ to get David Norris nominated has been nasty but I was going to ignore it whilst marvelling at the fact he was running again, getting nominations signed despite the letter, the terribly worded explanations and the poorly run campaign. While Norris himself was working behind the scenes this week seeking nominations […]

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