The Sallins Development Plan was finally released last Thursday, 26th June. The plan has been a work in progress for at least a year and was long awaited. The plan sets out a vision for the village over the next five years and forms a blueprint for development and planning in the village as per [...]
So the boundary commission have completed their report and issued the findings three days early.. The site practically crashed on Tuesday afternoon once word got out the report was up there, as desperate online politicos (including me admittedly:) stabbed the refresh button on their browsers.
After an hour of wailing and gnashing of teeth the site eventually [...]
The above is partly tongue in cheek, but it was an argument I heard from a despairing Yes campaigner in the aftermath of Friday’s Lisbon results. The logic is that the EU’s only chance of survival in an increasingly big boy’s pool, is to assume superpower status itself by closer and more coordinated cooperation between [...]
James Lawless is unwell.. (and it’s not the drink… although a few of us Yes men did have a little wake last night…you know who you are…thanks for the Pina Colada’s..and the story about the drunken Danes… still laughing this morning.. must get that meadow sorted too )
Anyway I’m sure I’ll be back [...]
Well the hour is almost upon us and the broadcasting imbargo has kicked in. Kind of makes the TV & radio rather bland after increasingly hysterical discourses dominated the airwaves in recent days. If ever I needed convincing, I was persuased of Europe’s great healing power this week. I had to stand back and applaud [...]
When the European Union began a process of enlargement, it was realised the procedures which served 6 member states in the 1950’s would have to be adapted to accommodate now 27 member states in 2008. Many of the streamlining procedures were already agreed in the Nice treaty, what is at stake now is the mechanics.
The [...]
It’s been a busy day on the campaign trail as I spent most the day out and about canvassing, leafletting or postering all around Sallins and Naas in the last big push to see the treaty safely passed next week.
Ignorance is not always bliss
The opinion polls yesterday were a worry showing the No camp in [...]
The referendum season is really rolling now that we’re just over a week to polling day. The Fianna Fáil campaign which was initially slow to get out of the blocks, received a real lift when Taoiseach Cowen finally got his seat at the top table and immediately injected some pace taking to the country in a [...]