Finally the Dáil live video output says Dáil adjourned and the streets are littered with pointless posters. I’ll be doing for the next four weeks what I’ve been doing for the last few weeks. And for the past several elections. Please send your tips, gossip, private polls (yup I have a few of them) photos […]
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23 days to go – help required
February 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on 23 days to go – help required · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
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Candidate Interview #1 – Dylan Haskins
February 2nd, 2011 · 8 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
Much noise in the past 48 hours with the official announcement of the candidacy of 23 year old Dylan Haskins in Dublin South East. Dylan is standing as an independent candidate and has been involved in promotion and organisation of cultural events in Dublin city. I get the impression that lots of people know Dylan, […]
16.4%
February 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics
The percentage of women selected/declared to contest the next general election. 16.4% This follows several years and a number of reports on the issue. No screaming about quotas or the unfairness of them is going to fix this now. It is deeply depressing. This is not representative of my country, of me, of my circle […]
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Talking and listening through the election – Audioboo
January 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Social Media, Uncategorized
Audioboo is software which can be installed on a phone or computer and short broadcasts can be made which can be downloaded as a podcast through itunes or embedded and played on websites. It is very easy to use and needs no specialist recording equipment beyond a smart phone or a computer. So it’s fairly […]