An interesting event taking place in Dublin tomorrow night (Wednesday 25th – 6 p.m. in the Camden Court Hotel) – if you ever wanted to find out about the intricacies of how and why Obama did campaigning online you’ll have the chance at a seminar hosted by Strawberry Media. Registration details at the end. Strawberry [...]
Tags:Barack Obama presidential campaign 2008·Blue State Digital·Joe Rospars·New media·Political campaign·Politics
You will remember the announcement of a election/candidate blog round up project in this election year. Many thanks for the suggestions of candidate blogs, facebook profiles, twitter accounts etc. Keep them coming! Simon Harris is becoming the candidate who keeps on giving in my quest to document candidates online in 2009. Earlier this month I [...]
It’s still a bit surreal and sinking in what happened in Cork on Saturday. I’m very happy and still very humbled by the results. I blog for fun, for anger, for stress relief from my day job, as a source of pain relief (you wouldn’t believe the nerve endings that can be numbed by a [...]
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I’ll have a more substantial (and less hung over) post later but thank you for all the emails, twitters, facebook msgs and texts. It was really great to win the Best News and Current Affairs category again this year. I am completely blown away however to win the Grand Prix as it’s being called (very [...]
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Good Afternoon from Cork where despite the best efforts of some still slightly mysterious illness that has me out of work and going slowly doolally, I’ve made it to Cork International Airport Hotel – the most original, coolest, kitchest hotel in Cork Ireland. I’ve also heard that I’ve joined 19 others in a feature in [...]
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While it seems that everyone in office and university land is googleing ‘anglo irish golden circle’ and arriving here or another blog (one visitor a minute earlier today!) and lists are being made and crossed off, many people are wondering what has happened to Fianna Fáil. Yes I think many are wondering what’s happening to [...]
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News continues to emerge about rents dropping throughout the state which is not a bad thing for those seeking private rented accomodation following years of high rents and crazy landlords (otherwise knowns as the market!) However Fine Gael’s Social Welfare Spokesperson, Olwyn Enright TD., thinks that rent allowance needs to be reduced now also in [...]
Tags:Business and Economy·Fine Gael·Rent Allowance·Social And Family Affairs·Social Welfare
Bord Gáis Energy launched yesterday with their entry into the residential electricity market known as the Big Switch. There was lots of coverage on mainstream media outlets including quizzing of the electricity regulator (a man you never hear on the radio except for obligatory appearance when price rises are announced!) on News at One with [...]
Tags:Bord Gáis·Consumer Rights·customerservice·Electricity Supply Board·Energy·Marketing·The Big Switch·Utilities·Virtual community
I’ve been offline today but listening to the radio and it seems Enda Kenny has a bone from digging or perhaps a sabre in a satchel. Word from Leinster House and outside is that a Government Minister who facilitated a circle or partook in another manner – though Enda is not quite saying that but [...]
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