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Entries from May 2009

Oireachtas Envelopes and Campaign Tactics

May 7th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

I received a letter last week in an Seanad Envelope. Being one of the over privileged voters on the Dublin University Electoral Register I thought maybe on the the Senators – David, Shane or Ivana were communicating with me about something (haven’t heard a word from any of them since they were elected!) However what [...]

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Good Luck

May 6th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Elections, Irish Politics

Before getting really stuck in with regards to candidates, campaigns, issues and the like I do want to wish the best to anyone who decides to run in the forthcoming elections and those who support them.  I may not support your causes (a list of those who’ve caught my eye is being made) but I’m [...]

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‘You can’t believe everything you read in a blog’

May 5th, 2009 · 60 Comments · Blogging

A knock on the door tonight was very odd – we never get anyone actually knocking on the apartment door. I answered it and two women smiled at me. I thought Jehovahs Witnesses but I then spied a little book with the name Victoria Jackson on it. I said Oh I’d heard of it – [...]

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Caption that!

May 4th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

Don’t know who Daddy or baby are – it was taken last week at a reception for Labour Party candidates and supporters in Dublin – wonder if we can get baby kissing pics of all the party leaders? I think Eamon Gilmore was in Kilarney over the weekend – did Kieran from Ice Cream Ireland [...]

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A little plug

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

Image by Darren Hester via Flickr My first official election campaign round up is up on Irishelection.com. (My way of saying that you might keep an eye to IrishElection for the next month if you’ve got out of the habit.) I’ll still be providing election coverage and quips here – plenty to go around!

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Election Diary/Coverage Kick off

May 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

I’ve got a new toy – a Kodak Zi6. It’s going to be in my handbag charged and ready for anything and we’ll see if it proves useful. If I’m well enough to be out and about during the election campaigns in Dublin (and that currently is a big if given the last six months) [...]

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Roll up Roll up – MiCandidate.eu Pro going cheap

May 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

Phonecalls are being made this week to local election candidates offering a huge reduction in the sign up fee to MiCandidate.eu (the Obama tools ‘PRO’ part) – remember it was going for €250 euro plus €35 a month – well now it’s being touted around for €99. If I were a candidate who paid €250 [...]

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So who is a Junior Minister answerable to?

May 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Irish Politics

Adrian Weckler from the Sunday Business Post received a phonecall from Conor Lenihan after writing a column last weekend critical of ministerial appointments and the manner of appointment of junior ministers. (Another example of FF ministers not taking well to press criticism and handling things … well you’ll see!) Go read the blog post about [...]

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