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Fine Gael, Brazil and Ravi Singh

January 4th, 2011 · 40 Comments

As we know from the last time Fine Gael launched a website things are never as they seem and techies and website developers discovered that Fine Gael had a little help for their design from a freelancer who used BBC code in the design. It is no different with the site launched today according to […]

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Tags: Elections · General Election 2011 · Irish Politics · Social Media

Campaign Clouds and Campaign Slogans, FG Style!

December 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The parties are getting their houses in order or maybe in a spin – news from Fine Gael.  Warning!  US based election guru’s are on the Irish horizon.  Visiting Ireland recently was founder and CEO of Electionmall.com and former candidate for the Republican Party, Ravi Singh. Singh has been travelling Europe recently and advising members […]

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Tags: Elections · General Election 2011 · Irish Politics · Uncategorized

Copyright, music downloads and lobbying in overdrive

November 12th, 2010 · 8 Comments

A few weeks ago while waiting to go into the Seanad to watch a debate (yes I have been know to attend in person) I noted some faces I recognised at the reception office at the main gate to Leinster House. I recognised Willie Kavanagh from EMI who is chairperson of IRMA and a number […]

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Tags: Seanad Eireann

How not to conduct a Ministerial visit

August 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments

These things are not supposed to happen in modern politics. If a Minister goes to visit a project it is usually squeaky clean with no bad news hidden about it. It seems someone in British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s office didn’t do their homework. Oops Malcolm Tucker (The Press Guru in the The Thick […]

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Fianna Fáil learn to tweet (again)

May 9th, 2010 · 19 Comments

Remember the last time Blue State Digital, who include some of the creatives behind the Obama campaign, came to Dublin? John Drennan delights (as only he can!) in telling readers of the Sunday Independent that BSD are coming back and are going to address a meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party on Tuesday night. […]

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Tags: Irish Politics