You mean you haven’t heard? Ah don’t worry I’m here to fill you in thanks to the Cóir newsletter fairy. Cóir still have not produced their (much awaited) analysis of the Lisbon Campaign but Niamh (God Bless her) did find time this week to send out a newsletter to ask supporters to lend their support [...]
Cóir’s message to their supporters after the result. There’s more to come. Dear Just a quick update to thank you all and to give a few important messages. Firstly, from everyone in Cóir, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the magnificent effort you put into making the second battle against Lisbon such [...]
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I’ll be in Dublin Castle tomorrow at the National Count Centre with Cian and Alexia and a load of foreign media scratching their heads and wondering what is going on! There is a liveblog already established for the count results and we are looking forward to pulling in news from around the country as the [...]
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Karen Coleman has released video footage from last Sunday morning’s radio debate on Newstalk between Prionsias De Rossa MEP and Declan Ganley before the off air incident where expletives were exchanged and Richard Boyd Barrett intervened. Did you ever see a grin like it?
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It’s probably no surprise to read that I’m a Yes voter. I voted Yes to Lisbon the last time and I’m voting Yes again – this time with a lot more passion and understanding and conviction. This time I’ve been more incensed by the lies being told by the No side, by the poor campaigns [...]
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While I was on holidays a work colleague texted me to say she had been canvassed by Cóir. The canvasser told her that if Lisbon was passed that she would be put down like a dog. My colleague has cerebral palsy. She didn’t argue back and managed to move away. I was shocked but not [...]
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I’m headed off for a holiday just as the Dáil comes back and the Referendum hots up (ok that last bit is wishful thinking.) I’ll be back well in time for the final week of the campaign but will miss Pat Kenny’s debut taking to the The Frontline. (Am sure it’ll be liveblogged!) In the [...]
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Why would I get an email from a PR Company saying that Lisbon is about to get ‘very spicy’? I’m on my way to taste Piri Piri in Portugal maybe they knew this? No I was getting a press release to tell me about the publication of a book by a staff member in a [...]
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Today Labour LGBT launches a leaflet on why LGBT people should vote yes to the Lisbon Treaty. You can see the leaflet here and here. The leaflet says that Lisbon is ‘Good for Gays’ (Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgendered people disappear again for the sake of alliteration) and makes three points First Ireland’s involvement in Europe [...]
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So it’s being pushed by the Yes Side – I’ve no idea when the interview was filmed but you get the picture (well the picture the Chairman wanted and the Yes side hope you see!) Assume that someone will be along shortly to say when the filming took place.
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