IrishElection has announced it’s plans to hold Ireland’s first Blog Conference next month, all in association with Mick Fealty, Damien Mulley and Suzy Byrne.
Here in Ireland the discussion over the potential blogging has in political terms has been going on for some time. Next year sees Ireland’s first General Election where bloggers exists in any serious capacity and quantity; already the IrishElection.com blog has created interesting discussion and highlighted different schools of thought although it remains to be seen if bloggers here will really make a difference.
This conference will be the first real get-together that is dedicated to political bloggers in Ireland, a section that takes up a pretty substantial portion of the community. Of course it’s not just political bloggers that are welcome; press, politicians, readers and complete novices are invited to discuss blogging, the political issues that matter to them and the media they can use to highlight and resolve said issues.
With the latest Dáil term on its way and the general acceptance that this will signify the starting pistol in the electoral marathon, this is no better time for Irish bloggers to sit down together and discuss the potential they have to do something, no matter how small, to change the way people vote and politicians act.
I don’t know about you, but it’s not something I plan on missing.
Read more at Slugger, TCAL, Mulley.netÂ