Just in from from Senator Dan Boyle on twitter. Seanad business has been re-organised. Civil Partnership debate to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week (July 7th/8th). Momentum being used to get it done with? Afraid of letting it fester until the 13th? Whatever the reason it’s good that it will be sorted […]
Entries Tagged as 'Dan Boyle'
Seanad Debate on Civil Partnership Bill brought forward
July 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
Tags:Civil Partnership·Civil Partnership Bill·Dan Boyle·Seanad Eireann
The Letters
February 23rd, 2010 · 7 Comments · Green Party, Irish Politics
Leaving aside Sargent’s error in writing the letter. This is not rocket science. Help me out here. There are maybe three general groupings that the letters could have come from (and it could have been from one or more of them) Trevor Sargent’s Office The Gardai, or sources close to the Gardai, DPP’s office or […]
Form an orderly queue there
February 18th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics, MSM, Social Media
Thats to all the political correspondents and hacks running to join twitter and talk about it expertly. It was not long ago you were laughing at it and those of us who use it and read it. Now its ‘the twitter that did it’ and ‘tweeted out of office’. So was Dan Boyle’s tweet planned […]
Watching the Seanad
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on Watching the Seanad · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Recession, Seanad Eireann
The Seanad is debating the NAMA Bill and Alexia began a live blog of the debate yesterday which for this injured chicken was a delightful way of continuing my recuperation! Some intriguing questions – Where was Shane Ross during the debate – ‘Business Regulation Expert’ too busy promoting the book? Or too wary of speaking […]
Tags:Dan Boyle·David Norris·Frances Fitzgerald·Jerry Buttimer·Joe O'Toole·Seanad·Shane Ross