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Entries Tagged as 'Irish Politics'

Directing astute noises

June 10th, 2012 · 14 Comments · Homophobia, Irish Politics, LGBT

Yesterday LGBT Noise held a protest outside the opening of the International Eucharistic Congress in the RDS. Like it was going to change anything? The real question that might be asked is if it was a correct and politically astute location and target for a protest? I know there has been a lot of polite […]

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June 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off on Sorted · Irish Politics, Recession

Key public services such as education, hospitals, and social welfare will now be safeguarded by allowing us to have guaranteed access to the insurance policy of the ESM should we ever need it. From Enda Kenny’s weekly email to Fine Gael members yesterday evening following the vote in favour of the referendum. That’s grand so.  […]

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Are you sure you’re sure you’re sure?

May 18th, 2012 · 3 Comments · European Union, Irish Politics

You may have noticed a lack of referendum blogging round these parts.  I admit I can’t be bothered.  I don’t even know if I’ll vote. That for me is terrible.  But both sides and the issue itself are not energising me anyway. Or they are making me terribly angry at the inaccessibility, scare tactics and […]

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Claiming Our Future – Reinventing Our Democracy

May 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on Claiming Our Future – Reinventing Our Democracy · Equality, Irish Politics

Claiming Our Future are holding a major public event on Saturday 26 May in Croke Park on democratic and political reform.  The movment is about alternatives and has organised events in the past twelve months on income inequality and sustainable development and economics. This time the debates will centre on local government and the way power and decision […]

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On message, everywhere, all the time

May 1st, 2012 · 8 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Media

Earlier today from Fine Gael Campaign HQ to their crack squad of social media troops. (Thank you Simon Coveney!) Sure enough after 2pm there were tweets from people at the launch indeed TD’s who have not tweeted in months are suddenly in lurve with de twitter. Welcome back deputies and Ministers. Social media is not […]

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