So the websites and blog suggestions I asked for are arriving and before I try to sort them all into parties and themes and types young Simon Harris caught my eye. The youngest FG candidate (according to Simon and who am I to dispute him!) currently works for Senator Frances Fitzgerald and is a nephew […]
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The first round of judging in the Irish Blog Awards has taken place in the past week and this blog has reached the long lists of the Best Politics Blog (Sponsored by Digital Revolutionaries) and Best News and Current Affairs Blog (Sponsored by IGO people). The long lists for all the categories were announced last […]
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I went to see Milk tonight and loved it. I’m not a good reviewer of books and movies – I find myself going off on tangents – just go see it! (Tangent alert coming up!) I couldn’t help myself from getting angry though at the lack of a Milk figure or politics in operation in […]
In August Nessa Childers announced her resignation from Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council. She indicated that her resignation was due to pressure of work in her role as a psychoanalyst. She said that she would remain a member of the Green Party. Tonight a short six weeks later word reached me that she has joined the […]
We watched (make that endured) Peter Power FF Junior Minister, Joan Burton – Labour Party Finance Spokesperson, David McWilliams – Economist, Noel Whelan – Political Analyst/Barrister, and Alan Dukes – Former FG leader and Minister for Finance. Read about it here and also over at the new liveblogs.ie – the place all liveblogs go to….