The round ups on Irish Election during the Lisbon Referendum campaign will begin in earnest in the next few days but for the moment I spotted this which I think is worth a mention. Generation Yes as you may know by now is a campaign group aimed at young people and students and aims to [...]
Tags:Civil Society·Lisbon
As our service to the nation last night myself and Alexia attended a public meeting of Cóir in the Skylon Hotel. The last time I had anything to do with Cóir’s bedfellows – sorry I mean landlords – was when Youth Defence spent St. Patricks Day assaulting myself and other participants in the National Lesbian [...]
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Continuing the irregular series of ‘Know your yes or no to Lisbon Group‘ today I bring you the Charter Group. Launching next week the group will be campaigning for a yes vote and is not a group of settlers but various Trade Unionists who’ve assembled to put together information on why workers should vote yes. [...]
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Delighted to see that there is a new and updated Spoofers Guide to Lisbon from Jason O’Mahony. It should be widely read and reproduced! Great stuff in Chicken Nugget sized portions. So, what to say about the Lisbon Treaty? Is it dry? Dry? It’s so dry that batches of it should be stored around Europe [...]
That’s right – 44 days to go to the Lisbon II referendum. In the meantime as well as this most important vote on the future of European political co-operation and it’s rules and regulations we’ll have an early return of the Dail and the Seanad, NAMA, more reaction to An Bord Snip including a protest [...]
Tags:Bill Cullen·Declan Ganley·Dick Roche·Ireland·Jim Corr·Lisbon II·Lisbon Treaty·Mary Lou McDonald
In Dublin? Fancy having it liveblogged or written about? Emails please to tips (@) mamanpoulet.com as I’m trying to sort out September! (Keep being asked how I’m going to cover Lisbon – well if I’m covering it I might as well do something interesting!) Indeed Lisbon aside if you are holding any event/launch/campaign this autumn [...]
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It’s been nearly two months since he said he was going. Someone in Ballina wants him back! (I’ve been away and swamped workwise and this is very old news forgive me.) Yes Bring Ganley Back is the first highlight of Maman Poulet’s Silly Season. No comment from the (Ex) Chairman on the site and it’s [...]
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or something… I have been wondering about how I’m going to write about Lisbon II. Well while I continue wonder Lucinda Creighton has started the ball rolling on the spurious/less than obvious or sane reasons to vote yes or no to Lisbon. I’m sure between now and October 2 we’ll have many more. “Deputy Lucinda [...]
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Yesterday French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would come to Ireland to help campaign for the Lisbon Treaty to be accepted by Irish voters. ‘Mrs Merkel and I will do everything we can to help the Irish make the choice for Lisbon,’ he told a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris. [...]
Tags:European Commission·Ireland·Lisbon Treaty·Margot Wallström
Today I’m off in search of an Ulster Fry as the bacon goes back on the shelves in the rest of the island. I’ve been busy working and watching the farce that really was a pig in a poke. Lots of jobs lost, food spoiled and menus ruined for what? Europe to say it as [...]
Tags:Declan Ganley·Elections in the European Union·EU·European Union·Libertas·Mary Lou McDonald
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