James Coyle is a candidate on the NUI panel for Seanad Eireann. He recently ran as an independent in the Dublin South East constituency in the General Election. Spot the celeb endorsement!
Entries Tagged as 'Seanad Eireann'
Ivor Callely and the €50 Cheque affrontery
July 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics
A bizarre evening of testimony from Ivor Callely at the reconvened sitting of the Seanad Select Committee to investigate members interests. As you may remember Ivor has been away in Norway and was unable to attend the committee until today. He spent a lot of time during the hearing (whilst not answering the committee’s questions) […]
Seanad Debate on Civil Partnership Bill brought forward
July 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
Just in from from Senator Dan Boyle on twitter. Seanad business has been re-organised. Civil Partnership debate to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week (July 7th/8th). Momentum being used to get it done with? Afraid of letting it fester until the 13th? Whatever the reason it’s good that it will be sorted […]
Tags:Civil Partnership·Civil Partnership Bill·Dan Boyle·Seanad Eireann
Civil Partnership Report Stage Thursday July 1
June 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Equality, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
The report stage of the Civil Partnership Bill will take place in the Dáil tomorrow night between 5pm and 9 pm. (Amendments tabled for debate) There is a liveblog available for commentary and you will be able to watch the debate on the liveblog or you can watch it by picking a stream from the […]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·Dáil Éireann·Fianna Fáil·Green·Politics·Seanad Eireann
Ivor Callely’s House – more than a mileage issue?
June 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics
I’m back from the land of serrano ham, great weather and good company (fully paid for by myself) but while I was away I did catch Ivor Callely’s statement to the Seanad as he made it. It’s on video if you missed it! I have had a number of people get in touch about the […]
Tags:Government·Seanad Eireann