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What the…? – Irish Political coverage ignores the Elephant in the room

Electoral IQ, Ethics & Law of Information, Information Quality, Philosophical Musings, Politics & Culture / By Daragh / April 24, 2007 April 24, 2007 / concerned_citizen, election, Electoral IQ, electoral_register, emerald_city, Ethics-&-Law-of-Information, Information Quality, Philosophical Musings, Politics & Culture

I’m frankly baffled. We are in the run up to a General Election here in Ireland. All the media pundits are quoting 24th May as the date of the (as yet unannounced) election. This would require our parliament to be dissolved at the latest next week. Ireland runs a Proportional Representation/Single Transferable Vote system. It …

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DoBlog is 1 year old this month

Other Thoughts, Politics & Culture / By Daragh / April 5, 2007 April 18, 2007 / concerned_citizen, digital_data, Electoral IQ, electoral_register, general_election, Information Quality, Information/Data Quality Issues, local_authority, Other Thoughts, Politics & Culture

Last night I was doing some housekeeping on the site and I noticed that the year-ometer on the DoBlog is about to turn over. The first post on www.obriend.com (as it was then) was on 18th April 2006. It was about the Electoral Register. With an Election looming in the next few weeks it is …

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