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Particularize that

August 25th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics

Get the violins and tissues out – Senator Ivor Callely has left Fianna Fáil. He has resigned because the FF committee investigating him would not ‘particularize’ his conduct unbecoming a party member. Well the solicitors who issued the statement won’t win plain english awards – or maybe it’s Ivor’s version of refudiate! He has a […]

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Election posters in Dublin

August 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Elections

For the Australian Election. From the Australian Labor Party. Really tiny writing and hard to see if you are looking up the poll. They were spotted in Talbot Street and near Custom Quay in prime backpacker territory – the Irish Labour Party have been helping their sisters and brothers out it seems. (h/t to Alexia […]

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The Battle of the Tipp TD’s and their websites

August 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off on The Battle of the Tipp TD’s and their websites · Irish Politics, Social Media

Remember Michael Lowry’s 20 Oxygen Weekend Passes Give-away earlier this year to celebrate his Facebook page and to launch his website? It seems that Fine Gael TD for Tipperary North, Noel Coonan, has decided he needs a party to help launch his new website! The launch of Deputy Noel Coonan’s website will take place in […]

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And we’re back in the chicken shed

August 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Irish Media, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Marriage Equality, Religious Right Dressed up as research institutes, Same Sex Partnerships

I’ve taken a little blogging break here for the last ten days or so, but it’s not been completely quiet. You may have noted the post exploring the campaign for marriage and the change in how marriage is interpreted which I wrote earlier this week on The (Fabulous) AntiRoom. I think some of the point […]

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Name him or …

August 10th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Irish Politics

Senator Mullen has been all over the radio today – He started on Morning Ireland, topped the news headlines as the day went on, went on Today FM, and ended up on Newstalk. In between he was spamming some people on his mailing list (s) – at 8.20am and 5.35pm, blogging (psst it’s not a […]

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