Lots and lots of random thoughts from a day at the 72nd Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis. Party Membership – Where were all the 30-40 year olds? Mostly running for election in the locals? Or working for the organisation or a minister? But as members where were they? What’s the Party age profile? All I saw […]
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Bloggers in the house today at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis include Mark Coughlan who keeps running off and coming back with great nuggets to blog about! Gavin Sheridan has been busy with the video camera. Eoin Bannon from Yellow Roman Candles is comparing speeches of Gerry Adams and Dermot Ahern and finding similarities. They’re […]
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“This will be a very serious ardfheis.â€? Mary Coughlan, Tanaiste, Launch of Clar for 72nd Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, 25/2/09 The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis begins this evening and with this mornings opinion polls combined with/resulting from the recession and of course the little difficulties about the launch of the website during the week it […]
Now the US Election is over (those of you with withdrawal symptoms should keep an eye to the Hag of Beara for her posts on campaigning in Ohio) we have returned to the lucky bag that is RTE’s Questions and Answers for live blogging sustenance. Last nights panel : Olivia Mitchell (very invisible Fine Gael […]
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We’ve live blogged the debates, commented on the Irish mentions, blogged about anything and everything, watched the youtubes, and some have even gone over to work on it or watch it. Tomorrow night Irish bloggers and non bloggers are going to watch the votes come in, get lost amidst the electoral colleges and see the […]