The Donegal News reports this that former Fine Gael member and current current Letterkenny Town Councillor Jimmy Harte is considering joining the Labour Party. The paper reports that Councillor Harte confirmed contact had been made by senior Labour Party officials in recent weeks. He is considering the proposition and the carrot of a nomination to […]
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I’m getting my fill of elections and politics at the moment by watching as much as possible on the happenings across the water and less so up the road in Northern Ireland. As interesting as the politics is the communication methods being used, the lessons learnt from US Election 2008 and the moves forward that […]
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I’ve noticed in the last few days that Ciaran Cuffe, potential new minister is scrubbing up very well. Today this photo of the Green Party Parliamentary Party 2010 was released. Has he been to Louis Copeland? What has happened to the tweedie type jackets?
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The Minister was like a chased hare at a coursing event. He was getting attacked and questioned from all sides on this. This session of committee stage had to finish by 1:30pm and I reckon it couldn’t come soon enough for the Minister. He was taken away by his minders and we all went back […]
Leaving aside Sargent’s error in writing the letter. This is not rocket science. Help me out here. There are maybe three general groupings that the letters could have come from (and it could have been from one or more of them) Trevor Sargent’s Office The Gardai, or sources close to the Gardai, DPP’s office or […]