I did say that seemingly Web General Election had begun… This in from ‘Election blogging Pioneer’ Thomas Byrne TD (Meath East) East Meath TD Thomas Byrne has today welcomed Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny’s tentative return to the national political stage after his recent protracted leave of absence Commenting on Fine Gael’s new online gimmick, [...]
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Earlier this week Lord Mayor Cllr. Gerry Breen (FG) took the opportunity of one of the coldest days of the year to speak out against beggars in the city of Dublin. The remarks were quite outrageous and based about his social life in Dublin 2. He repeated them on RTE news later that day and [...]
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[liveblog] While we think we know the cuts to come because of the leaks and the four year plan there will be many cuts not announced in the budget speech but in documents released shortly afterwards by government departments. I will be having a look out for these to keep an eye on the seemingly [...]
You’ll find me here later today looking at Budget 2011 from a disability and social welfare/health angle. The Irish Internet’s cup truly doth run over in terms of online coverage. If you are on twitter and following #budget11 you may not be able to keep up with the stream and may need a bit more [...]
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Over on Politico.ie a fine bunch of people are spending time between now and Budget day liveblogging the myths of the economy, reflecting on the state we are in and all the other phrases that make up what we are told is the ‘national discourse’. The project is part of Budgetjam and there will be [...]
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Just to point out a few new toys available on the blog. For those of you who don’t use a feed reader and want to know when there are new posts on the blog you can subscribe and get an email sent to you twice a day with links to the latest posts. The email [...]
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Yes there is a new hen house, many thanks to Jean O’Brien for the construction. It’s still being tweaked and there will be a few new widgets on board in the next few days. If you have any problems let me know!
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Roy Greenslade reports that José Alejandro Godoy, who leads the blogging at Desde el Tercer Piso (From the Thrid Floor) was last week sentenced to three years in prison, fined $107,000 and sentenced to 120 days of social work. His ‘crime’ was to write a post in April 09 which reproduced letters which were already [...]
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Claiming Our Future is taking place in the RDS today. 1000 people from all over the country gathering in a type of citizen assembly to talk about the kind of Ireland they want to live in. A movement for progressive, sustainable change. A live video stream of the event is available here. The event kicks [...]
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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