Archive for : February, 2011

14th February, 2011

The weekend poll has put a spring in Fine Gael’s step- but it is just a poll. No party has won a majority in......

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Fianna Fail’s increasingly farcical attacks only expose their own policy vacuum – Donohoe

12th February, 2011

Fine Gael Dublin Central Candidate, Paschal Donohoe, today (Saturday) described as ‘laughable’ attacks by Fianna Fail’s Niall Collins on Fine Gael’s intention to cut......

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Reforms and Money

12th February, 2011

I am fascinated by Dermot Desmond’s intervention regarding political reform. The man so closely linked to Fianna Fail during the boom years claims there......

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11th February, 2011

Dear Voter, I am writing to ask you for your Number One vote in the General Election. Families throughout our community have been affected......

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Another week almost down.

11th February, 2011

With two weeks to polling day, a lot could still happen. A couple of key events this week showed how important it is for......

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Metroliner SW4 – Flight number NN 7100

10th February, 2011

My only thoughts today are with the families of those who died in Cork airport this morning. Some things are just more important than......

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Another day

9th February, 2011

Last night’s debate saw Labour play right into Fianna Fail’s hands. From the moment Michael Martin said that he had proposed the debate and......

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A day on the stump

8th February, 2011

Yesterday saw sharp attention paid to the economic policies of Sinn Fein. I featured on an RTE Radio 1 Drivetime debate amongst all the......

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The start of another week

8th February, 2011

The campaign gets weirder and weirder. The latest strange occurrence was the reaction of some to Fine Gael’s proposals to help the “negative equity......

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End of a week

6th February, 2011

Another weekend of campaigning and the gulf between the media coverage of the campaign and the issues of importance to voters widens further. In......

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