Remember the last time Blue State Digital, who include some of the creatives behind the Obama campaign, came to Dublin? John Drennan delights (as only he can!) in telling readers of the Sunday Independent that BSD are coming back and are going to address a meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party on Tuesday night. […]
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So as expected there were politicians giving up and ‘voluntarily forgoing’ their pensions all day. Labour’s 3 ministerial pension holders went first (not before time) followed by the Fine Gael crew (not before time either) and then came Bertie (Fianna Fáil were so fed up dealing with requests from the Press for comments on Bertie […]
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Interesting footage from a protest last week by Kerry Public Sector Workers. They went to protest at the clinic of Tom McEllstrim TD, a Fianna Fáil backbencher. Tom warned them that they would face more cuts under any alternative government and he made a jibe at George Lee and also said his expenses were the […]
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With the departure of George Lee (who?) a by-election may be on the cards in Dublin South, but it’s not expected anytime soon. However one of the possible candidates looks like he has a bit more time to canvass. Shay Brennan, a vice president for corporate treasury in Anglo Irish Bank ( FF candidate and […]
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The other word of the day yesterday in addition to Twitter was Bounce Let’s turn to Maman Poulet’s political terminology dictionary (a fictional entity for the moment!) Definition: Fianna Fáil manoeuvre to get reluctant/confused junior partners into vote on sticky issue as quickly as possible before they can think for themselves Being Bounced and not […]