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Entries from April 2007

Why go to Madrid when one can go to Cork?

April 30th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Lesbian

Manual beseeches his lady lesbian readers to go to Madrid and report back to him on the lesbian festival taking place there. Much as I would love to be in Madrid I am very happy next weekend to be enjoying the company of many lesbians in Cork for the Cork Women’s Weekend. This fine event [...]

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Changing a few bits and pieces

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Blogging, irishelection2007, linkiness

For the election you’ll find me ‘hanging out’ at Irishelection.com. I’ll still be blogging here though! My Link blog which you will find here is a list of items I have read today and everyday and have found interesting – it’ll be a mishmash of election and political and queer stuff over the next few [...]

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Thoughts I want to send

April 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Disability

I can’t help but think that if this poor guy was able bodied someone would have checked a bit harder to make sure he was really dead…now I’ve read that again and that sounds like I mean that they could have made sure he did not live – but hey they sent him to the [...]

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Who needs television to catch up on the latest election news?

April 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, irishelection2007, Social Media

This is a guy I’d like to have a pint with.  He mentions the S word and you know he means it and that he has used it before for years and is no parachute candidate.  Eric has also had a long standing commitment to lesbian and gay equality and is not just a newcomer [...]

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The GayVote.ie

April 24th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Blogging, gayvote.ie, Irish Politics, irishelection2007, KAL Case, LGBT, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships

Lots of coverage for this new initiative launched yesterday outside Leinster House. I note that the site has a blog and a heavy concentration on civil union issues and ‘how your politician voted’ in the recent private members debate on the Labour Party’s Civil Union Bill. I’ll give lots of link love to any reader [...]

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Fact Checking O’Reilly’s ‘facts’ about Media Matters and other issues

April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · MSM, Social Media

Read all about Bill O’Reilly’s recent appearance on the Late Late Show and what he said about Media Matters and what a load of rubbish it was. Pat Kenny let him off a bit easy but what’s new in that!

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Cleraun Centre/Opus Dei do blogging

April 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Social Media

I see Richard Delevan is hanging out with the lads from Opus Dei tomorrow night. Now you might not know it was Opus Dei that are behind the meeting on the vexed (yawn) question of ‘Blogging and traditional media: do the same standards of professional integrity apply? ’. A little closer examination of the Cleraun [...]

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You have to vote for him cos he’s deadly…

April 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Irish Politics, irishelection2007, Uncategorized

Dominic Hannigan gets two new best friends in Meath…Love it! So AJ and Tommy match that! * Meath East is the most blogged/vlogged constituency by candidates so far in Ireland – it’s been fun so far, it can only get better!

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Eoin is a lovely man (and other Barcamp gossip)

April 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments · Blogging, irishelection2007, Social Media

That’s what I learnt at Barcamp in Dublin today. Even if Eoin wasn’t a great speaker and expert on the law I’d still say he is a lovely man because if I said he wasn’t and it was a lie then I would be in trouble. See – I now know a bit more about [...]

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Links for the weekend.

April 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics, irishelection2007, linkiness, Uncategorized

Thanks to the Guardian News Blog for their simple guide to the French Election. Time to get the burgundy and brie out for Sunday Night in front of the telly dragging up my aul French! The Zimmers do the Who….The single is being released next month. The programme which inspired the music goes out in [...]

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