National media reported last Wednesday that a senior official from Wicklow County Council was arrested in connection with an investigation into the deaths of two fire fighters in the county in 2007. It was some senior official – and it took the local press to report that the person arrested was in fact the County […]
Leo Varadkar T.D. has been talking to the press again – this time it’s to Hot Press. You think he’s getting ready for higher office or a heave or something with all the media he’s doing these days? The bit about the gays below for your information. What’s your opinion on same–sex marriage? I have […]
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. […]
Tags:Blue State Digital·Fianna Fáil·Ireland·Parties·Politics
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 […]
Tags:Brian Cowen·Fianna Fáil·Ireland·Jim McDaid·Liam Aylward·Michael Woods·Politics
The Dáil is on holiers and I am not. Excuse the lightness on the blogging as the day job keeps me occupied and tired. However you could peruse the programme for Stranger than Fiction – this is a documentary film festival taking place in the Irish Film Institute this weekend. Of note besides Pyjama Girls, […]
Tags:Documentary film·Fawcett Society·Film festival·Ireland·LGBT·Oliver Stone·Tom Shakespeare·Youth