Cllr Declan Bree a former Labour Party TD will join the United Left Alliance later today. Bree is running as an independent candidate in Sligo – North Leitrim and will be unveiled at a ULA press conference in Dublin. The ULA comprises the Socialist Party, the People Before Profit Alliance and the Workers and Unemployed […]
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Declan Bree to join United Left Alliance
February 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Saturday’s links are full of
February 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, linkiness
Harry McGee has a very interesting post on the realities in the election including the positioning and freewheeling of Ruairi Quinn and Pat Rabbitte on policy matters. Glad to know others are noticing it. Pass Level Politics guides us to a good canvass (He’s a Labour Party canvasser but the advice applies well to all!) […]
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Green Party achievements video
February 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics
In addition to the infographic that they released at the time the government collapsed today the Green Party showed a video at the start of their press conference launching their manifesto. The interview with the male couple who were the first to have their relationship recognised by the state is of note.
Manifesto Watch – Disability
February 11th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Disability, Elections, Equality, General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics
The Disability invisibility cloak is being lifted on the General Election. Now lets see if the parties and their representatives can talk about it! The Labour Party launched their manifesto today The section on Disability A fair deal for people with disabilities Labour remains committed to an approach to disability in Ireland based on rights, […]
Take Back the Country
February 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Uncategorized
Are you one of the 233 independent/smaller party candidates who have chosen to run in the General Election? Feeling excluded by the national broadcaster? Don’t worry one of your kind has taken to the Youtube to design you a video template so that you can ‘take back the country’. Love the bit about saving the […]