Hello 2013. The laptop has been turned off since December 21. It still works and I have remembered how to type! I’ve been saying a lot to myself in my head in the weeks that have passed. It’s better staying there than here to be honest. However do go read DoctorFive on Cedar Lounge for [...]
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Hello from the Fine Gael Ard Fheis. This will be my doodle post for the day with my commentary and other bits and pieces I find of interest. You can comment by hitting that button up the left corner.
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The National Lesbian and Gay Federation GALAS were held last night. I am delighted to have won the Blogger/Website of the year award and thanks again to the NLGF and category sponsor Dublin Pride. It was great to see Emma Donoghue winning Person of the Year and making a very bold speech. More of that [...]
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I know I invite people to email me and I do welcome emails, information, invitations, publications, reports etc. However I’m not interested in receiving slander or crude defamatory rubbish about candidates in the Presidential election. There are lots of reasons to vote or not vote for people in elections and I’m sure I’ll be busy [...]
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It’s never the silly season here. If anyone has a guest post on an issue of interest or campaign in the next month I would welcome publishing it. You know what sort of thing I’m into and that readers might be interested in. (If you don’t just ask!) 6-800 words – email tips @ mamanpoulet.com [...]
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Thinking aloud for a bit. For years I have endured commentary from those in mainly the print media about the fact that bloggers can’t be trusted, have no editors or legitimacy. Despite asserting that blogging and mainstream journalism were different things, talking about crowd sourcing and fact checking and pointing to the fact that often [...]
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The time of year is nearly upon me when I head for tapas, vitamin D and some nice cold San Miguel. Last year I ran a series of guest posts during the course of my holidays and I think it was quite successful. If you are an organisation with a campaign or an issue you [...]
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Christine Bohan is writing excellent daily updates regarding the campaign on IrishElection.com. Dublin Central FG Candidate Paschal Donohue reflects on the end of Week one. The Big Ticket is a public debate between candidates to be held in Sligo next week. Get ready for the Leaders Debate with Leader Debate Bingo on Election2011.ie Claiming Our [...]
- Independent Candidate for Cork South Central, David McCarthy, is blogging the campaign at Campaigntrail.ie It will be interesting to see if the Independent Alliance for Change he mentions develops and if this is a version of Profit Before People (Copyright – Miriam Lord) PDNua (Copyright mise agus Cathal) or the League of Extra Ordinary [...]
Eoghan Murphy FG, Dublin South East (and yup the guy in the seat with the glasses in that pic) is all about the ‘new’ media, his website, his twitter, his facebook, his blog, and here’s his campaign launch video. (He has a whole youtube channel recently launched with all his recent media appearances on it!)
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