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Labour Party seek support for Seanad NUI panel candidate

March 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics

Thanks to the chick who sent me the email issued by the General Secretary of the Labour Party to their members regarding the Seanad Election NUI Panel candidate, James Doorley. No mention of Ivana Bacik on the Dublin University Panel. Dear Friend, My name is James Doorley and I am running for the Seanad on […]

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Want to work for a TD? Marry One!

March 27th, 2011 · 13 Comments · Irish Politics

If we hadn’t gone through a period of mistrust in the government and parliament, Ministers being bought, Senators pretending they lived in Cork to claim mileage, Ministers taking chauffeured cars between terminals in Heathrow and everything else, then the news that Alan Farrell TD is hiring his wife to work for him would be no […]

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FG issue advice to Seanad University Panel voters

March 25th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics

Email sent to all Fine Gael members today from Tom Curran, General Secretary of Fine Gael. Note the attribution of advisor to party on new media to Daniel Sullivan. Take a bow Dan! (Doubt you made any money like Ravi did! Or maybe you are happy you didn’t make any money from twolicy!) And poor […]

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‘Now remember Luis needs to know what the story is!’

March 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics

At today’s EU Leader Summit, more great photos of the leaders.  Here we have Enda Kenny meeting Jose Socrates, the prime minister of Portugal who failed to get an austerity budget through. (Photos courtesy of the Council of the European Union)     But then arrived the Greek Prime Minister Papendreou, he was not bearing […]

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Seanad Election – Candidate Video #9

March 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics

Update The finished product! Original Post Marc Coleman is a candidate for Seanad Eireann on the Dublin University Panel.  I believe this to be an early version of his election video and promise to put of the finished product when and if it appears.

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