The DOBlog

Two Fianna Fail Ministers have suggested that the media are obsessed with the Taoiseach’s finances.
I’d have to agree with them. There is a whole lot more that they can look at other than that issue.
Like

• The likely fate of the newly discovered national monument in the middle of the M3
• The divisive nature of FF’s proposal on stamp duty (what about people upgrading or relocating due to decentralisation?)
• The constitutional challenge to the electoral constituency boundaries (trial adjourned on thursday… what else was happening that day?)

And as for the party being the victims of an “orchestrated campaign”, some may call that paranoia. I think they’re just jealous that someone somewhere has a better orchestra and conductor then they have.

A few hours ago the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland Douglas Bain, announced that electronic voting would be considered for future elections in Northern Ireland as a result of what he had seen in Scotland where e-voting was used this week for elections.

Fast forward to now… the Scottish election is in a state of disarray given the failure of their electronic voting system. Problems were also reported in Northern England.

Perhaps they should have stuck to pencils and paper and avoided this embarassment?

Over at Tuppenceworth Fergal is bemused at the ability of Michael McDowell not only to keep two strands of an argument in his head but to forcibly express them as his position in the same sentence.

This apparently is part of the PD policy on renewable energy. If elected they will wrap their leader in copper wire and him in close proximity to a magnet. As long as McDowell keeps we could get enough energy to power a small city.