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Entries Tagged as 'Irish Politics'

Thursdays links are full of

September 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Irish Politics, linkiness

Recovering from the use of the term ‘butt plug’ in the title of a blog post, a few links for you. (And unlike Miriam Lord I know the difference between a butt plug and a rampant rabbit but maybe she’s just given the former leader of the Labour Party a new nickname, I may never […]

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Cementing the Butt plug

September 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession

Busy day which began with the Cement truck and ended with the Irish Times poll. In the middle was the Butt plug. One half of the duo who made this tells us more about their day here.

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Taoiseach interviews himself…almost

September 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Media

He’s not great at being interviewed by the media, he doesn’t do the pieces to camera on the FF youtube very well. So what does the Taoiseach do next? He gets his own deputy press officer from the Government Press Office to interview him instead and shies away from press conferences. Hardly any hard questions […]

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European Parliament debate on Same Sex Partnerships

September 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · European Union, Irish Politics, LGBT

During the recent session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg a debate was held on the issues facing same sex couples in registered partnerships or marriages and the lack of transferability of these agreements when couples travel between member states. The debate can be viewed here with speeches from members both for and against European […]

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Hard work ahead for David Norris?

September 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on Hard work ahead for David Norris? · Elections, Irish Politics, Trot for the ARAS 2011

In the midst of all the opinion poll watching this week a question asked in the TV3/Millward poll on whom voters would vote for in the Presidential election may have been a little lost. Senator David Norris topped the poll at 20%, with those responding with his name rather than by being prompted. Fergus Finlay […]

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