Karen Coleman has released video footage from last Sunday morning’s radio debate on Newstalk between Prionsias De Rossa MEP and Declan Ganley before the off air incident where expletives were exchanged and Richard Boyd Barrett intervened. Did you ever see a grin like it?
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It’s probably no surprise to read that I’m a Yes voter. I voted Yes to Lisbon the last time and I’m voting Yes again – this time with a lot more passion and understanding and conviction. This time I’ve been more incensed by the lies being told by the No side, by the poor campaigns [...]
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While I was on holidays a work colleague texted me to say she had been canvassed by Cóir. The canvasser told her that if Lisbon was passed that she would be put down like a dog. My colleague has cerebral palsy. She didn’t argue back and managed to move away. I was shocked but not [...]
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I’m headed off for a holiday just as the Dáil comes back and the Referendum hots up (ok that last bit is wishful thinking.) I’ll be back well in time for the final week of the campaign but will miss Pat Kenny’s debut taking to the The Frontline. (Am sure it’ll be liveblogged!) In the [...]
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Why would I get an email from a PR Company saying that Lisbon is about to get ‘very spicy’? I’m on my way to taste Piri Piri in Portugal maybe they knew this? No I was getting a press release to tell me about the publication of a book by a staff member in a [...]
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Today Labour LGBT launches a leaflet on why LGBT people should vote yes to the Lisbon Treaty. You can see the leaflet here and here. The leaflet says that Lisbon is ‘Good for Gays’ (Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered people disappear again for the sake of alliteration) and makes three points First Ireland’s involvement in Europe [...]
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So it’s being pushed by the Yes Side – I’ve no idea when the interview was filmed but you get the picture (well the picture the Chairman wanted and the Yes side hope you see!) Assume that someone will be along shortly to say when the filming took place.
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The soon to be monikered ‘Woodward and Bernstein’ of the Irish Blogosphere, Gavin Sheridan (Of Tribunal and other corruption blasting central blog, Gavinsblog) and whippersnapper Mark Coughlan (lately of Irishelection.com) last week launched TheStory.ie … dedicated to sharing documents, combing and combining data and promoting transparency in public life: An experiment in journalism and crowdsourcing [...]
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It was a very lively passionate evening at the Feminist Open Forum debate on Women and the Lisbon Treaty. It was great to watch women speak confidently and respectfully on the issue. I had planned on blogging directly to the liveblog rather than through twitter but there was not room to do so comfortably due [...]
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The round ups on Irish Election during the Lisbon Referendum campaign will begin in earnest in the next few days but for the moment I spotted this which I think is worth a mention. Generation Yes as you may know by now is a campaign group aimed at young people and students and aims to [...]
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