No post yesterday due to flooding related connection problems and well that was a good thing given the state I was left after chequegate.

The Irish Times are cranking up the video podcasts from their politics team and in this video Harry McGee analyses the debate.

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The Green Party have been busy asking questions of the candidates. Only 4 have replied so far. They invite you to make up your mind.

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Malachy Browne writes about Social Media in this election and shows how the Gallagher campaign have ‘harnessed’ it. More about this ad nauseum after polling day. Gurus a gogo.

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Eoin O’Dell writes about the Judicial Pay Referendum and why he will be voting no.

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Rotten BlueShirt (this is his own description before my favourite blueshirt teddybear commenter Jim Walsh FG arrives to mock me!) Paul Duggan guest blogs about the campaign and electile dysfunction. He wonders about Enda’s position as Taoiseach if Gay loses his deposit. Not on yer nelly Paul, safe as houses… oh just lets say safe so.

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I have been looking for some blogging politicians regarding the referenda and noticed that Cllr Catherine Connolly from Galway has written about her intentions.

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Referendumdumdums

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Tonight Senator David Norris is taking questions on Facebook video.

Here he thanks his supporters.

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No doubt there will be online campaigning by others when the moratorium kicks in. Sean Gallagher will be in a pub in Dundalk tomorrow night. Well that’s the plan until he changes it like he did his schedule yesterday. His facebook page was very quiet after the Six One news last night, nobody from his team answering questions, that’s interesting harnessing.

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Gay Mitchell’s Presidential Election Broadcast which might have got lost in the debate. Then this might not be a bad thing, I found it badly edited and it didn’t do Gay justice at all. (Bear with…) He was breathless, his hair was flying everywhere and the scene outside the GPO was mauled in the cutting room. Or was that artistic?

I look forward to Mitchell’s analysis of the campaign and his ideas on controlling social media – he started talking about this on the Newstalk debate on Monday. Locking up facebookers and tweeters is it? How about turning off the internet during election campaigns altogether? On Monday night it was the wrong sort of questions from the media.

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It’s all about Thursday (No I’ve no idea why there is some computer voice reading Dana’s or the supporters words out either)

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Claire sent me this and asked me why I had not posted some of Michael D’s poetry during this campaign. My apologies.

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PS thanks for the emails and feedback on the diary – anything else for the non moratorium online please send it to tipsATmamanpoulet.com

1995, Dublin, a piece for Eurotrash. (That’s the fabulous Peach Carbolic she did a duet with – Peach always did a brilliant All Kinds of Everything). With many thanks to Kylie O’Reilly for unearthing this gem who tells me I have to mention that Linda Martin offered to lend Deanna the dress she wore when she won the Eurovision.

More of the Presidential Election Broadcasts if you have recovered from Sean Gallagher’s.

Mary Davis

Michael D Higgins

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Conor Hunt likes fonts. A lot. Here he is on Presidential Election fonts.
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All sorted for Halloween? The David Norris campaign office have the last of the pumpkins by artist Mark McNamara.

There is an informal run for Norris in Boston this weekend.
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Brian Bolger an Erasmus student in Sweden blogs about the election for the Lund Association of Foreign Affairs.

(PS there are foreign journalists very interested in this shenanigans, they are coming over to visit… Put a Eurovision winner, a dragon and a former IRA man in an election and the world takes notice, possibly not for the right reasons!)

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Speaking of Foreign journalists Niall O’Dowd, (he who nearly ran himself but must be counting his blessings), writes for the Huffington Post on the soap opera. ‘Dallas at its height would have nothing on this race!’ Umm Niall I think you need to broaden your TV watching or maybe you yourself are planning on coming out of the shower?
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Over at Studentnews.ie Catriona Burns looks at the xfactorisation of the election.
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Martin McGuinness canvassing in Laois earlier this week.

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Political blogger (and Fine Gaeler) Stephen Spillane on why he’s support Mary Davis.

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On the Dublin West Bye-Election, Phoenix FM are hosting a debate with all the candidates tomorrow night (Thursday 20th) from 7.30pm. You can tune in online.
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Datbeardyman writes about the Oireachtas Inquiry Referenda.

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Ballotbox.ie are running a symbolic online vote on the Presidential Election for Irish people living outside of Ireland.

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Never Felt Better is voting no in both referenda.
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Is anyone voting yes??