Archive for the 'General Election' Category
What a day
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007I’m currently in the process of uploading (probably) my final interview for IrishElection.com and I have to say I’ve had a ball taking part in what was a somewhat hectic but very enjoyable day.
All in all the site has done very well to get some pretty high-profile candidates to speak to us and besides adding […]
On Newstalk tonight
Saturday, May 19th, 2007I’ll be on Newstalk tonight as part of their weekly ‘Lay of the Land’ feature, in which each Sunday’s newspapers are previewed before they hit the shelves.
The bit is part of the Taste programme and I go on at 8:45PM - you can catch it online, on 106-108FM, on your relevant digital TV platform or […]
Does this constitute false advertising?
Monday, April 30th, 2007I recently predicted that, on word of the 29th Dáil being dissolved, my constituency would become coated in candidate’s posters despite been quite quiet until such a time - I was right. However, something about Fianna Fail’s offerings struck me.
Sure, FF’s 2007 election campaign is centred heavily around Mr. Bertie Ahern, as Harry McGee points […]
Interview with Sen Tom Morrissey
Monday, October 23rd, 2006On Friday I spoke with Senator Tom Morrissey of the Progressive Democrats at the end of the party’s ‘A New Heart for Dublin’ conference, which detailed their idea of redeveloping Dublin Port into a residential area. Sen Morrissey is the man spear-heading the idea, and the conference was launched by Michael McDowell, where he spoke […]
Leadership race should be a matter of how, not who
Saturday, September 9th, 2006Politicos from every corner of the country are currently busy holding their collective breath as the PD leadership race sways unpredictably between being a huge personality-based civil war and a complete non-starter; by Monday afternoon the party may have already found itself a replacement for Harney but it may too have found itself at the […]
Two referenda on the way in 2007?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Today the man at the centre of the ongoing IVF case in the High Court was told that he had the right to stop his estranged wife from using their embryo’s to get pregnant; the case will now move onto the constitutional side in which the woman claims that her embryo’s have a right to […]
Fine Gael target the young but is it genuine or are they phoning it in?
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Ireland.com has information on Fine Gael’s plans to target young people over the course of the summer;
A campaign to encourage more young people to vote was launched today by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.
The Young Fine Gael (YFG) initiative will use advertising at summer music festivals to encourage voter registration.
Large billboards […]
What I think of blogging and the next election
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Following on from my earlier post and my related article in The Sunday Business Post, I feel I should give my opinion on where blogging will be in the next general election.
Generally I agree with Cian’s belief that politicians in this country are set in their ways and that they will not change too quickly […]
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