Do the Iona Institute think the Irish public and their elected representatives are a few sultanas short of the full wedding cake? Well they must obviously with the latest line of lobbying that is underway with regard to the Civil Partnership Bill. Yesterday we heard that Iona Institute and their Director, my favourite passive aggressive, […]
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The tales of bad receptions on doorsteps and signs warning FF/Green Party canvassers to stay away continue to accelerate. Finding posters of Fianna Fail candidates from Dublin to Letterkenny today was difficult – lots of the Chairman (more about him and the way he might smile at you later) and plenty for various Sinn Fein, […]
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Marian Finucane stumbled over the B word a few weeks ago in reference to tomorrow’s Emergency Budget and Bludget seems most apt in terms of the fear that exists in some quarters. Over the weekend there was some downplaying saying it was not going to be as bad as feared – this even after the […]
Garett is running for Fianna Fáil in the forthcoming local election in the constituency of Pembroke/Rathmines. Can I make it through a post without mentioning his older brother? Well Garrett is far more web savvy than himself it seems – he still says the words ‘web blog’ with difficulty and well probably not appropriately but […]
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A few weeks ago Fianna Fáil uploaded a video of local election candidates. I only got round to watching it on Monday. The first thing that struck me – Poor Dermot Flanagan from Tallaght South – someone didn’t check the caption spelling! (Dermot was one candidate who caught my attention at the Ard Fheis, he […]