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The Disability Invisibility Cloak in #GE11

February 8th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Disability, Elections, Equality, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

There is a danger when we do get to the ‘social’ aspects of the campaign that the issue of rights and position of people who are minorities or oppressed and disadvantaged in our society will be reduced to economic units. A danger? In fact it’s a sure cert, because for the past few years the […]

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Twolicy – Twaddle

February 8th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Alexia Golez examines Fine Gael’s new almost indescribably silly campaign to spam everyone with tweets and treat people online like 5 year olds. The Money quote Instead of taking risks in content and spending less, look at the power of Coveney’s Audioboos outside a McD’s on a late-night ride home, we get Fine Gael encouraging […]

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Campaign Song #1 – John Dillon

February 7th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Finally! My first campaign song find of the campaign John Dillon is the former president of the Irish Farmers Association and is running as an independent candidate in Limerick.

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How to deal with a Fianna Fáil canvasser

February 7th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Reports of FF canvassing throughout the country are patchy – I’ve been asking about the engagement from my twitter followers and it seems there are a lot of drop cards and run attempts but few FF door knockers. That is an unscientific survey of course but I thought this document could help you prepare when […]

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Candidate Video #13 Paul O’Neil – Cork East

February 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Paul O’Neill is running as an independent candidate in Cork East ect>

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