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Entries from June 2009

Sarkozy’s offer of ‘help’ and Wallstrom’s online townhall in Ballymun

June 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Irish Politics, Lisbon

Yesterday French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would come to Ireland to help campaign for the Lisbon Treaty to be accepted by Irish voters. ‘Mrs Merkel and I will do everything we can to help the Irish make the choice for Lisbon,’ he told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris. [...]

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So that was interesting

June 8th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Blogging, Declan Ganley, Elections, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Uncategorized

Understatement! I’ll let other people talk about the liveblog and the results. The weekend was stunning on a personal note and it was brilliant to work with Cian, Alexia, Mark, and Damien over Saturday and Sunday in bringing it all to life and have inputs from so many others around the country. Thanks again to [...]

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Irish Bloggers Election Coverage

June 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Elections, Irish Politics

This weekend is like Christmas for some (ok me) – tallying and watching transfers and predicting and the like. At IrishElection.com we’re running a liveblog which will collate information as we can get it from counts around the country. More coverage on the election will also be found on the the blog including links to [...]

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Cuffe promises Civil Unions Bill by July

June 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Marriage Equality, Same Sex Partnerships

A Tweet sent by Green TD Ciaran Cuffe last night in reaction to another US state legalising same sex marriage. So we have a whiff of a date for the publication of legislation on civil unions in Ireland. And we hear about it a day before the local and European Elections. Of course all the [...]

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