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A State Visit
In the words of the song, "The Queen she came to call on us..." and, considering what has happened in Dublin over the last few days, both in immediate disruption and social & political importance, the visit certainly did fall on us all ( Read more... ) -
Irish Presidential Campaign 2011
In the interests of full disclosure, I want to state here that I am involved in the Norris for President Campaign (on a volunteer basis of course) and I will be working to see Senator David Norris elected as President David Norris in the autumn. More information on the candidate and the campaign can be found http://www.norrisforpresident.ie/David ( Read more... ) -
The Idiocy of Outsourcing - merrionstreet.ie
So, Merrion Street.ie, the Irish Government official online news source announced today on Twitter if you wanted to interact with them, or comment on news stories, you should join their page on Facebook. It's difficult to express how much this saddens me. I'm ambivalent about the idea of an official Gov news site at all, but sure, we have it, grand ( Read more... ) -
Scores On The Doors - General Election 2011
And so it is finally over ( Read more... ) -
Polling Eve - General Election 2011
And here we are, the eve of polling day, during probably the most important, most depressing and least exciting election campaigns in, certainly my lifetime, possibly longer. But none of this makes voting tomorrow any less crucial ( Read more... ) -
Two down, one to go - General Election 2011
So, it's Friday 18th, meaning there's only one week to go. In fact, in seven days, polling will be in full swing and hopefully a huge percentage of those eligible to vote (Irish & UK Citizens resident in the Republic) will have voted ( Read more... ) -
NokiaSoft
I bought my first phone in the late 90s, it was, as it happens, a Motorola D160, but it seemed that the vast majority of other people buying phones around that time were buying Nokias, and in Ireland that trend continued. I spent a lot of time being a devoted fan of the Siemens range, but after the S65 I finally switched to the ubiquitous brand, ( Read more... ) -
Midway Point - General Election 2011
When the election was called I thought I might post a lot, but really, there's been precious little to post about. The parties are trotting out their talking points, and I won't lie that I like Labour's more than anyone else's. But what will the reality of those policies be if they get into power ( Read more... ) -
Twenty Five Days of this? - General Election 2011
So, we come to the end of the first week of the campaign and, well, it's all been rather depressing and dull so far. There are points of note, of course, but overall there appears to be a feeling of... I'm not sure, of resignation, almost? No, that's not right. Hmm, with Cowen standing down, with FF in a mess, it might even be that there won't be ( Read more... ) -
And They're Off - General Election 2011
So, the crazy days aren't over here, but craziness is standard during an election campaign, so we'll mix up the post titles for a while ( Read more... )