Yesterday’s opinion poll marked a new low point for Fianna Fáil and for the government, but the real low point has been the slow drip drip, of death by a thousand cuts and gradual erosion of party support over the past many months and even years.
I’ve long said it is not good enough to simply want [...]
Just to advise, I have published a longer version of my original highs and lows on IrishElection.com at the following URL:
http://www.irishelection.com/2010/01/highs-and-lows-2009/
Quite a few comments and discussion if you want to drop by there.
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I’ve pulled together a collection of some highs and lows from 2009. There may be a few which are neither highs or lows but have aspects of both or worthy of commentary for some other reason.
Some highs:
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Budget 2010. Whilst I accept this was difficult to swallow for many and my own household (being 50% public [...]
Moving swiftly on..
The Greens’ demands for their new deal are carried in the Irish Times today. Personally I hope both parties can broker a deal as I would like the current government to continue. The nightmare scenario as I see it (from an admittedly political perspective) is where the greens present impossible demands and the [...]
I read two opposing accounts on the controversy in US healthcare this weekend and ironically enough I agreed with both. One was contained within the ‘Open Door’ magazine, a catholic pamphlet that is generally picked up on the way out of church (although this particular copy caught my eye in Tesco Maynooth), the other was [...]
Very little commentary on my last political post, surprised by that. Thought it might provoke a few responses.. I did get a few mails back but noone posted a comment here. From the couple mails I got, again some more interesting results. A friend and political counterpart who I would consider more right than your [...]
I have added a general policy page here. This page contains a number of specific local measures I would hope to introduce for Sallins if elected:
Secure a playground within the village perimeter
Provide lights or a roundabout at Oldbridge/Osberstown exit
Provide 4 way signal controlled junction at Railway Inn / Osberstown Court
Promote a secondary school option for [...]
Working in IT, (and admittedly a bit of an anorak at times), technology is never far from my mind. So it didn’t take much prompting for me to include broadband provision as a campaign pledge when I set out my stall a while back.
Having been around the ward a bit at this stage I now [...]
It’s interesting how different people can have different triggers to events. I listened to the emergency budget via newstalk from work on Tuesday and was relatively sanguine about the effect on my own household (We take a hefty hit as as SITCOMs – “single income two kids outstanding mortgage”!) but in general I was quite [...]
Logging as it comes in…
Construction – got it wrong – over dependent – property bubble
International perspective
Contraction property sector
Openness economy
Stablise public finance
Restore international reputation
Stimulate economic confidence
Protect Jobs
Repair banks
“From each according to his means”
Governement examining own costs..
Remuneration scheme
10% additional reduction, (25% reduction already)
No long service increments
Ministerial Pensions in service – gone
Teachers differences – gone
Oireachtas chairs – halved
Whips, [...]