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Candidate Video #14 – Kevin Humphreys

February 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Candidate Video #14 – Kevin Humphreys · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

Kevin Humphreys is a candidate for the Labour Party in Dubin South East. An Introduction to Kevin Humphreys from Kevin Humphreys on Vimeo. Office – Check, Family Photo – Check. No beach walking but sequel in Sandymount near incinerator site may be expected! Actually we don’t have enough beach walking videos this campaign!

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Candidate Video #12 – Colm Keaveney

January 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Candidate Video #12 – Colm Keaveney · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics

I know that Cllr. Colm Keaveney has featured in a video post already but this was too notable a gift to candidate cinematography to pass by.

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Labour Party distance on Keaveney comments

July 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT

A spokesperson for the Labour Party has distanced the party from comments made by Cllr Colm Keaveney on medical treatment required by people undergoing gender reassignment. In a telephone call this afternoon the spokesperson said that Cllr. Keaveney’s comments were personal and not in line with party policy, he said that the Labour Party believed […]

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Donegal Politicians do Rocky Impressions

May 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics

Tonight in Letterkenny Niall Blaney TD, Cllr Barry O’Neill (FG) and Cllr Frank McBrearty (Labour) took to the boxing ring as part of a Charity White Collar Boxing Competition. Both Niall Blaney and Barry O’Neill lost their fights, but Frank McBrearty took to the ring and won. Thanks to Damien Blake for the picture and […]

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Tips for living with or covering a Coalition

May 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

It’s been fascinating watching the UK media deal with the Coalition talks. They were either too public (the starting out speeches on Friday) or too private with no leaks. The possibility that they could have been Labour/Lib Dem rather than ConDem really upset a lot of people but it was not supported by Labour party […]

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