Image via Wikipedia I received a letter today from Cllr. Laura McGonigle announcing her candidacy for the Fine Gael Dáil Convention. This brings to five the number of declared candidates. Fine Gael is planning to run 3 candidates in the next General Election. The other declared candidates are sitting TD’s Simon Coveney and Deirdre Clune, local Senator Jerry Buttimer and two Councillors from the South East Ward, Des Cahill and Laura McGonigle. In the last General Election Fine Gael...
Image via Wikipedia So tonight we get the third poll in a week! This one if from the Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI. The headline figures are as follows: Fianna Fail: 24+3. Fine Gael 24-3. Labour 33.+4. Green 2-2. Sinn Fein 8-2. Others 9 nc. In terms of leaders its: Cowen 19+1. Kenny 25+1. Gilmore 49 +3. This is compared with last Sundays Sunday Business Post/Red C Poll: Fine Gael 31 (-2) Fianna Fail 24,(nc) Labour 23 (-4) SinnFein 10 (+2)...
I got this today from the European Movement Ireland. Students of European Integration and Politics may be interested. European Movement Ireland, the not-for-profit organisation that campaigns for every Irish person to get involved with the European Union and help shape it, will tonight announce the establishment of the Jim Dooge European Research medal. This medal, which will be awarded annually to a student dissertation tackling an EU-related subject, is in honour of their late honorary President and major contributor...
The Nominations opened yesterday for the Rebel Awards 2010. The Cork Rebel Awards were set up as a collobartion between the Cork Gay Project, Cork Pride & GayCork.com in order to acknolwlege LGBT people and organisations for their contributions, work and support to the Cork LGBT community. This year they are inviting everyone to nominate people and organisations whom you feel should win an award. The Categories are as follows: The ‘Straight-Up’ REBEL Award This award recognises a non-LGBT individual who...
Something on the European Movement Ireland page twigged my interest towards the end of last week. On Wednesday the Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs announced 27 new Heads of EU Delegation and 1 Deputy Head of EU Delegation. Of these 3 were Irish. That was the second highest number awarded to any country in this rotation. The full break down was as follows: Spain 5 Ireland 3 France 3 Germany 2 Netherlands Italy 2 Poland 2...
France is a bit of bother in the last week. Firstly there is the expulsion in mass of its Roma Residents, which has gotten France into trouble with the European Commission. Then the French Senate voted to ban the Niqab and Burka. France could be brought to the European Court of Human Rights, if the French Constitutional Court upholds the ban. This is not setting a good example in my opinion. The French are showing their intolerance of the...
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organisation 1 million people commit suicide every year. That makes 60 deaths per 100,000 a suicide. Or another way to put it, one death every 40 seconds. This years theme is “Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention across the World”. This is to highlight the growing problem of Suicide in the Developing World. Here in Ireland 527 people committed suicide in 2009. This could be increased by the...
It looks like campaigning for the Irish Presidency has gotten underway yesterday. Fergus Finlay has written to the Labour Party asking for its nomination. Bertie Ahern signalled on RTÉ Radio One that he is interested in the Aras. Maman Poulet has the betting odds which are the ones to watch! David Norris 5/2 Brian Crowley 11/4 Michael D Higgins 3/1 John Bruton 7/1 Fergus Finlay 10/1 Sean Kelly MEP 10/1 Bertie Ahern 14/1 Mary Davis 16/1 Mairead McGuinness 16/1...
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