Image via Wikipedia Taken from the StephenSpillane.com Facebook page notes: Here is the cabinet as it is announced. The Liberal Democrats are expected to get 5 posts, 3  are confirmed (Clegg, Laws, Cable), but 2 others have been mentioned (Huhne (Climate and Energy) and Alexander (Scotland) . So far only one woman as been...
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I received this today from Alliance Francaise de Cork. They in partnership with University College Cork are holding a European Symposium to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Schumann Declaration on Tuesday 18th of May in the Council Room in UCC. There are some interesting talks so I will definitely be heading along! Click...
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Image via Wikipedia One of the electoral systems that is currently used in the UK for European Parliament Elections, London Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament elections is currently being ignored in the talk about a new electoral system for the UK. So I did a little experiment with the Election Calculus Simulator. I...
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Image by oledoe via Flickr I know I haven’t blogged about the UK General Election since before it, that is because of two reasons. One is work and life in General and the other was I wanted to see how the coalition talks were going. So as you know, the end results of the...
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So today I took part in the European Movement Ireland poll canvass in Cork on the European Citizens Initiative. A canvass also took place in Galway and Dublin. We got a great reaction from the people in Cork and I heard the same from Galway and Dublin. We were out in our T-shirts handing...
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Image by origamidon via Flickr So here is a list of seats I will be trying to watch closely. They should give an indication to the wider picture. England Barking: Nick Griffin is the BNP candidate here, will he win? Brighton Pavillion: Green’s possible gain? Buckingham: Will the speaker hold on? (Counted on Friday...
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Image by fatedsnowfox via Flickr So tomorrow will see the polls opening for the UK General Election. I have been following the campaigns in my spare time but not really blogging about it. Mainly as I didn’t know where I stood. I do now. I am hoping for a Liberal Democrat surge tomorrow. But...
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News in today is that the Baltic Pride Festival March has been suspended pending the outcome of a court case. From the Baltic Pride facebook: Wednesday morning Vilnius District Administrative Court announced it will concider the request by interim Attorney General Raimondas Petrauskas and member of Kaunas city council Stanislovas Buskevicius to revoke the...
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Changing Attitudes Ireland is again organising events for International Day Against Homophobia in Belfast, Cork and Dublin. While IDAHO is on the 17th May, the events will take place on the preceding Sunday 16th of May. The theme this year is “Open Doors”, which I think is very fitting for a church dealing with...
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More astute readers of the blog will notice the new advert on the top of the blog. This is to support one of the Campaigns of Amnesty International Denmark. Next Saturday May 8th Baltic Pride is set take place in Vilnius, Lithuania. This will be the first Pride in Vilnius. So why is there...
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So I have received word of another event taking place in Cork for Europe Day. Its taking place in the Glucksman Gallery of University College Cork. Here is the email I got. ‘Eurotoons’ An Exhibition by Irish Times Cartoonist Martyn Turner Hosted by the Department of Government 2pm Friday 7 May 2010 (running until...
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Image via Wikipedia I received information today about a Europe Day event that will take place in Bailieborough, Co. Cavan. It is hosted by Cllr Seán McKiernan Jnr and Senator Joe O’Reilly. Monday 10th May – A Celebration of Europe Day John Bruton, our former Taoiseach and former EU Ambassador to the USA, will...
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Image via CrunchBase While procrastinating I cam across some really interesting youtube videos concerning the UK Election. So I decided to post a few of them. First up is a viral from the Independent. I really like and points out the faults with all three parties. The Truth Behind the UK Election I also...
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