Irish Blog Awards 2010 (aka #iba10 to Dan Boyle and the like) is here again. Delighted to see that for the third year in a row I have been nominated for an award.
This year I feature in two categories, this blog is in under ‘Best blog by a politician’ which I quite like as before [...]
Catch my latest post over at IrishElection.com ;
http://www.irishelection.com/2010/02/boy-george-no-more/
A story about a little boy who threw all his toys out of the pram.
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Note this is a cross post from IrishElection.com where I’ve been posting a lot lately. There is quite a busy discussion going on over there also on the same piece.
This post stems from a discussion in the comments section under ‘All politics is local’. We were comparing and contrasting the UK and Irish systems in [...]
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 [...]
It appears the unions have managed to scuttle their own ship before it even left port with the events of the past few days. They always looked to be leaking, at least to those on land, but are they now holed below the waterline?
There was going to be a challenge from the start in rallying [...]
For those that like to keep up with my musings (and I know you’re a select few, kudos!) just a note to say I’ve recently started contributing over at IrishElection.com…
Sometimes I’ll cross post, sometimes I won’t depends on the topic. This weekend, it’s a bit of fun, Halloween scare the (big) kids kind of stuff, [...]
I received figures this morning documenting all candidates expenses and returns for the recent local elections. These were made available to all elected members and as a candidate I also requested and received a copy.
Interesting to dissect the different trends. In deference to the different individuals, I do not intend to treat of any specifics [...]
There’s been a lot of talk recently about money in politics. From expense accounts and their abuse to donations and apparent banning of same, the topic seems inextricably bound with politics and has ever been so. It is ironic perhaps that we are possibly now regulated more than ever in much of this. There are [...]
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 [...]