A video of the majority of the supplementary bludget speech from Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan to Dáil Eireann yesterday. The row at the beginning over the press getting the speech first is very interesting! I’ve not watched it all through again (once is enough for anyone!) but if you notice anything startling leave a […]
Tags:Brian Lenihan·Dáil Éireann·Ireland·Minister for Finance·Speech
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 […]
The final party to host their annual conference this season is Fine Gael. The Ard Fheis is being held in City West this weekend and a number of bloggers have been accredited to attend including members of the party who blog. The event is being live streamed on the Fine Gael Website and bloggers have […]
Tags:#fgaf·Annual Conference·Ardfheis·Fine Gael·Ireland·Politics
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 […]
Tags:Ballsbridge·Blog·Fianna Fáil·Gareth Tubridy·Ireland·Politics
Maman Poulet’s inbox is a treasure trove some days. Tonight’s jewel is a leak of the new Fine Gael logo due to be launched at the Fine Gael Ard Fheis next week. Lots of leaflets were printed for local election candidates with the old logo but instead of a new leader as many would like […]
Tags:Ardfheis·Fine Gael·Fine Gael Ard Fheis·Ireland·Politics·Society and Culture