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 …
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 …
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 …
…just not the way they’d want RTE News have THIS. Apparently Bertie got a bit garralous with Vincent Browne at the manifesto press conference. Spin handlers bungled a bit when Browne, apparently, was initially stopped by FF handlers from asking questions, which allowed him the opportunity to refer back to the good old days of …
Update from McGarr Solicitors McGarr Solicitors have just posted an update on the Constitutional challenge to the Electoral boundaries. The case, which was to be heard today, has been adjourned on request of the Defendants. The case is now to belisted for mention again next Tuesday (8th May). Perhaps I am overly cynical and maybe …
Stamp Duty Fianna Fail will be announcing today that they will be the abolition of stamp duty for first time buyers and the removal of any ceiling on the value of the property being bought. According to the Irish Examiner Senior Fianna Fáil strategists hope that this extraordinary change on stamp duty will help shore …
FF to announce Stamp Duty guffology in their manifesto later today. The popping sound you hear is a spin doctor trying to work out how to distract the media from spotting the overlap between stamp duty in the normal sense and stamp duty in the sense in which a certain £30k was stamp duty. I …
Political Animal sighted in Dublin City Centre The Bert is back. He was spotted this afternoon glad-handing his way around the shopping districts near O’Connell Street. The spin was back. His choice of words, as ever, may have let him down slightly…. “I’m delighted with the excellent reaction I’m getting on the streets,†he told …
OK, Day 3 was a bit hairy for Government party spin people… Day 4 should be a piece of cake though, with the worst over right? Lunch time trawl of headlines: Nurses plan escalation of dispute After talks breakdown, the nurses plan further disruption to healthservice. This particular patient’s condition is getting increasingly critical. Get …
Day 4 of the elections and spin is being spun. Trevor Sargent has laid into el Berto for calling the election on a Thursday and disenfranchising young voters. Trevor encourages young voters (students etc.) to register to get on the supplemental register where they are currently living. What about us poor commuters though? I have …