Recovering from the use of the term ‘butt plug’ in the title of a blog post, a few links for you. (And unlike Miriam Lord I know the difference between a butt plug and a rampant rabbit but maybe she’s just given the former leader of the Labour Party a new nickname, I may never [...]
Entries from September 2010
Cementing the Butt plug
September 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession
Busy day which began with the Cement truck and ended with the Irish Times poll. In the middle was the Butt plug. One half of the duo who made this tells us more about their day here.
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Taoiseach interviews himself…almost
September 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Media
He’s not great at being interviewed by the media, he doesn’t do the pieces to camera on the FF youtube very well. So what does the Taoiseach do next? He gets his own deputy press officer from the Government Press Office to interview him instead and shies away from press conferences. Hardly any hard questions [...]
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European Parliament debate on Same Sex Partnerships
September 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · European Union, Irish Politics, LGBT
During the recent session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg a debate was held on the issues facing same sex couples in registered partnerships or marriages and the lack of transferability of these agreements when couples travel between member states. The debate can be viewed here with speeches from members both for and against European [...]
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Hard work ahead for David Norris?
September 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Elections, Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011
In the midst of all the opinion poll watching this week a question asked in the TV3/Millward poll on whom voters would vote for in the Presidential election may have been a little lost. Senator David Norris topped the poll at 20%, with those responding with his name rather than by being prompted. Fergus Finlay [...]
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McAleese refuses to marshall New York parade
September 22nd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Brendan Fay, LGBT, Queer
President Mary McAleese has turned down an invitation to act as grand marshall to the New York St. Patricks Day Parade. For nearly twenty years the organisers, the Anicent Order of Hibernians, have blocked the participation of lesbians and gay men in the parade and it seems that this is the reason for the President’s [...]
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‘Fianna Fáil – The Publican Party’
September 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics
The Satire bit from Monday night’s Frontline is on Youtube – it finally put the S in satire bit on RTE. Wonder did any phones ring in Montrose after it.
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Ronan Mullen and me on a panel
September 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blogging, Irish Media, Irish Politics, MSM, Social Media
Yes it surprised me also. Next Monday night a public debate on Politics and the Media will be held in Galway City Museum at 8 pm. Hosted by the Galway Green Party the panel will debate the relationship between old and new media and politics and given garglegate last week and #simoncoveneysfault promises to be [...]
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It’s nothing to do with Simon Coveney, bless him
September 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Uncategorized
The biggest political party in the land are in a hotel in the west and invite the media to observe and interview them – it’s a think-in, time to rebuild the country, serious work to be done, lots of men to come and talk to the politicians about what needs to be done. The Prime [...]
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The silly season is over isn’t it?
September 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Irish Politics
September 14 Chicken chasing Ministers for Justice Science ministers proposing to launch a book debunking evolution and then backing out. And the Taoiseach having to deny (yes that does link to the New York Times) that he was drunk or hungover this morning during his delayed Morning Ireland interview despite reports that he stayed up [...]
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