Archive for the 'General Election' Category
Ahern to stay on as TD until next general election (Irish Times - 6th May 2008)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Page 7 of today’s Irish Times has an article by myself and Deaglán De Bréadún on Ahern’s apparent plans following his resignation as Taoiseach today. The article is based on a letter sent to constituents, which I mentioned in a previous post here.
The first five paragraphs or so are my own with the rest of […]
A tale of two Berties
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008With Bertie Ahern’s lap of honour entering its final week I came across something quite interesting that I felt I had to share with the wider world (or at least the tiny portion of the wider world that might wander by here).
I had a relative who lived in Ahern’s constituency of Dublin Central for most […]
Cock the vote
Friday, April 11th, 2008Young Fine Gael have just launched their poster campaign for the Lisbon Treaty and its vaguely risqué nature is causing quite a stir… well, not really, but a few people are talking about it.
Young Fine Gael’s press release on the campaign states that the organisation aims to “Excite Electorate on Lisbon Treaty” however as Damien […]
Web designer needed for Dáil30
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007With the election now over and the 30th Dáil only days away from commencing, things over at Dáil30 are going to be picking up significantly.
At the moment the behind-the-scenes work is the central priority - it’s crucial that all 166 TDs are on board and committed as early as possible. But once there’s momentum in […]
Blurring the truth with a little help from YouTube (SBP - 27th May 2007)
Monday, May 28th, 2007An article of mine in this week’s Media & Marketing section of The Sunday Business Post:
The popularity of online video sites has blurred the line between television and the internet, but the increasing use of the medium by large organisations and political parties may also blur the line between facts and propaganda.
Sites such as YouTube.com […]
Dublin South West: ‘Change-mode’ confuses Rabbitte (SBP - 27th May 2007)
Monday, May 28th, 2007My article as part of the Sunday Business Post’s Election 2007 coverage:
It was over before it began in Dublin South West, with outgoing Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe conceding defeat before the first count.
In a result that reflected the national trend, Sinn Fe¤ in bore the brunt of the Fine Gael jump, rather than Fianna […]
On Newstalk at 8:45 tonight
Saturday, May 26th, 2007Heading over to Newstalk for a special election edition of Lay of The Land on Taste. It’ll probably consist mainly of a post-mortem of the general election but I won’t be alone in the discussion and that should make it all the more interesting.
Tune in at around 8:45 - you can do so online, on […]
Blame being leveled at the media
Saturday, May 26th, 2007There’s a bizarre bit of finger-pointing going on towards the Irish media for its failure to “reflect” the public opinion on Fianna Fail which is now obvious in light of their electoral success.
The thing that’s off-putting about this idea is the automatic acceptance built into it that the media does and should pander to what’s […]
Covering the count in Dublin South West
Friday, May 25th, 2007Things are likely to be a bit quiet here between now and Sunday as I’m about to head off to cover the Dublin South West count in Tallaght for The Sunday Business Post.
Depending on how things go there’s every chance of it running on into Saturday but we’ll have to wait and see I guess.
Not […]
Discussion on Rock The Vote available for download
Thursday, May 24th, 2007The Last Word podcast for this evening’s show is now available and I’ve cut out the discussion between Paddy Cosgrave (from Rock The Vote) and myself - all six minutes is available for it to download here (right click, save etc.).
In the excitement of the discussion the six minutes went by quite quickly, but there […]
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