5 Candidates for Cork South Central FG Convention
Image via Wikipedia I received a letter today from Cllr. Laura McGonigle announcing her candidacy for the Fine Gael Dáil Convention. This brings to five the number of declared candidates. Fine Gael is...
View ArticleA Question of Trust?
Image via Wikipedia Senator Dan Boyle, Chairman of the Green Party, has tweeted the following: There is a questioning of trust and an adding to uncertainty that is making the basis for being in...
View ArticleFG Try Crowdsourcing Policy
Image via Wikipedia Fine Gael have today have “stood down” the party website for 3 to 4 weeks and replaced it with a crowd-sourcing site to ask the people of Ireland their view on what the Parties...
View ArticleElection Date and the Double Jobbing Cabinet
So the Taoiseach has announced in the Dáil that the General Election will take place on Friday the 11th of March. So that gives us 49 days to campaign for Ireland’s future. I am looking forward to...
View ArticleElection Round-ups
Over the course of the General Election myself and Conor of the European Citizen shall be writing a Blog Election Round up on MSN Ireland. Conor has the first round up done and I will be doing...
View ArticlePoll Update: Sunday Business Post/Red C
As I was away I am only getting to update the blog about the poll that came out over the weekend. The topline figures were as follows: Fianna Fail 17% -1 Fine Gael 35% -2 Labour 22% +3 Sinn Fein 13%...
View ArticleFunny Posters
I noticed on the way to work a number of interesting posters that have made an appearance! So today I decided to take my camera with me on the way to work. Here are the pictures that I took! Some...
View ArticlePreparing for the Count
So tonight its all about the preparation for the tally tomorrow. I have to be in the concert hall in Cork City Hall. I shall be doing the tally for Cork South Central but Cork North Central will be...
View ArticleThe Insider: Enda Kenny
Image via Wikipedia This Column appeared in the Cork Independent on Thursday 26th May 2011 I joined Fine Gael in 2004. If someone told me on that day, that in seven years time Enda Kenny would be...
View ArticleThe Election Moratorium
Image via Wikipedia The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland have launched a consultation on their Broadcasting Code on Referenda and Election Coverage (PDF). While it contains all the usual stuff on...
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