Archive for the 'Irish Election Blog' Category
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 […]
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 […]
Moratorium-free podcasting at IrishElection.com
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007IrishElection.com have just posted the first in their series of candidate interview’s running all day today.
The concept behind the podcasts is to give voters one last chance to hear from the parties and give the candidates one last chance to put themselves out there on the only medium that will allow it - the internet.
Cian […]
Lazy web suggestion: The People’s Ard Fheis
Thursday, January 18th, 2007I was speaking with Damien about this a minute ago and figured there was no harm in putting the idea out there as a “lazy web” suggestion.
We in Ireland are about to be bombarded with a near constant stream of party Ard Fheiseanna, as all parties try to turn heads and get noticed in an […]
There’s no logic in laptops (simulpost from IrishElection.com)
Monday, November 27th, 2006Fine Gael recently announced their “radical” proposals for the education system, putting forward a 7-part plan which they claim will future-proof our place as leaders of knowledge. Without dissecting the plan completely, one idea of their’s (and, I think, Labour’s) caught my eye - the provision of laptops to every secondary school pupil. As part […]
Got a suggestion for a good political read?
Monday, November 27th, 2006Then please head over to this thread on IrishElection.com and throw it into the mix!
Thanks
There in spirit
Saturday, October 7th, 2006I had planned on going to the blog conference today. I had registered my interest as soon as it was possible (I had also registered my disgust with Damien for having the conference on a Saturday!) and I was even set to suggest I attend in some kind of official capacity for the Business Post, […]
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 […]
The blog conference
Friday, September 8th, 2006IrishElection 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 […]
The Irish Times Blogging article (21st March)
Friday, March 24th, 2006Apologies for the delay in putting this piece up, I’ve been knocked for six over the last few days and am just getting myself back on track.
Below is my piece which featured in The Irish Times on Tuesday 21st of March; it is an interview with Cian O’Flaherty of Irishelection.com. The article was teamed with […]
Blogs elsewhere
