Irish Politics, Politicians in Ireland, TDs, Irish Government

Ciaran and the Devil

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Ciaran and the Devil Jun 7th, 2007 by Markham And while I’m on the subject of blogiticians, I didn’t realise that Ciaran Cuffe’s “Deal with the Devil” comment regarding Fianna Fail came … but them blogs are fierce for getting you into trouble at work.   More: SHUT UP, Ciaran (Indo... Continue reading »

Seems like I wasn’t the only one voting for Boyd Barrett

Seen on Shankill Falls - Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa

Well he nearly made it and if he had it would have been one of the few genuine surprises of the 2007 election. With 5233 first preferences (8 … Ciaran Cuffe. As the counts progressed however, it became clear that although he did well on transfers from O’Broin, Quinn (and even O’Malley!) there was no way he could beat Cuffe on the transfers... Continue reading »

Did blogging influence the election? Not directly but …

Seen on Damien Mulley

Huge influence? No. A small bit? Yes. Where did blogs have most influence though? The media. Blogging influenced those covering the election and I think that has impact but it might not have been as direct. Amazing to see the amount of content attributed and unattributed in the media running up to this election... Continue reading »

Irish Elections

Seen on Ken and Dot’s Allsorts

Irish Elections Ken writes: It looks like the Irish electorate voted with their wallets this time. The outgoing Fianna Fail party (there are diacritics missing on that word, but I don’t know how to code for them in html) presided over a prolonged period of economic prosperity and the public seems to have voted for more of the same... Continue reading »

Dun Laoghaire

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Dun Laoghaire Writes Simon of The Dossing Times on May 25th, 2007 Read More: Dun Laoghaire From RTE. FF 41% FG 27% Gilmore Labour 16.9% PD Fiona O’Malley 8% Ciaran Cuffe Green 7.5% Sinn Fein 2% Boyd Barret People before profit 10% No Comments... Continue reading »

Election day!

Seen on John’s Blog

We’ll soon find out whether environmental issues are to get a look-in in the 30th Dail as the polling booths close shortly and the counting begins in the morning. I’m off to the count centre in Loughlinstown bright and early in the morning to help out with the tallying. Ciaran Cuffe is the local Green TD, and Labour’s Environment spokesman... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to Moratorium-free podcasting at IrishElection.com

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Moratorium-free podcasting at IrishElection.com May 23rd, 2007 IrishElection … . My interview with Ciaran Cuffe of The Green Party is coming up at half 2. More will follow each half hour... Continue reading »

Avalanche! Here come the posts…

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Avalanche! Here come the posts… Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Meta-VoteTube, Ideas … YouTube election. From regularly vlogging politicians like Dominic Hannigan, Ciaran Cuffe or Eric... Continue reading »

Ciaran Cuffe (Green) on Blackrock DART station queues

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Ciaran Cuffe (Green) on Blackrock DART station queues Posted on May 18th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video, Politicians’ Videos. An absurd sight, as people queue to get on the DART... Continue reading »

Why I will be voting Green

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In Ireland over the last 10 years, the economy has been well run, but our society has not. Now we have the resources to rebalance our priorities. That is why, for me, the main issues in this election need to revolve around improving our quality of life. Forget global warming... Continue reading »

Fact: Green Party give a shit and will take your shit

Seen on Damien Mulley

Well I think that’s what they mean when Ciaran Cuffe says all their election posters get turned into sewerage pipes. The smell of Polypropylene on my hands from the election posters. (yes... Continue reading »

Ciaran Cuffe (Green) takes Trevor Sargent to Market

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Ciaran Cuffe (Green) takes Trevor Sargent to Market Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video, Politicians’ Videos. You know how it is. Somebody drops by for a visit... Continue reading »

Ciaran Cuffe (Green)- Daredevil!

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Ciaran Cuffe (Green)- Daredevil! Posted on May 9th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video, Politicians’ Videos. The Dun Laoghaire TD, and VoteTube regular, returns... Continue reading »

Beating Blogorrah to it - The Trevor is a badass too, like Vincent

Seen on Damien Mulley

Via the Green Party Flickr account. (Kudos for having one lads and ladies.) … jibes. In case you need to know Ciaran Cuffe dines in Govindas while Eamonn Ryan dines on tuna... Continue reading »

The Greening of Ireland

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The Green Party has been right all along with respect to Environmental concerns, public transportation, sensible use of our natural resources, their stand on the nuclear issue, the preservation of our antiquities, climate change and the carbon and waste problems. Trevor Sargent, Ciaran Cuffe, John Gormely... Continue reading »

Hello Eagle-Eyed RTE viewers!

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Hello Eagle-Eyed RTE viewers! Posted on April 14th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Meta-VoteTube. Fast reading viewers might have caught VoteTube’s address in the report on today’s RTE TV news. (Click for the video). Take a look around. Here are links to some of the videos shown in the news report: Mary Harney, Frank Chambers, Ciaran Cuffe... Continue reading »

Oisín Quinn (Lab) wants his Bath fixed

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Oisín Quinn (Lab) wants his Bath fixed Posted on April 5th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video, VoteTube Entry, Politician’s Videos. It seems that quality of life, and of the environment that voters live in is a focus of Dun Laoghaire based candidates. Certainly Oisin Quinn, like Ciaran Cuffe before him, wants to see the crumbling... Continue reading »

Project a Success as Recycle Points Installed in Dublin Commuter Hubs

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Project Introduction : As Im typing this Im on my way back from Galway where I spent a long weekend / mini mid-term winding down from a few pretty intensive weeks in work. I thought I’d blog about a mini side-project of mine that Ive been working on. Firstly, I need to bring you up to speed ! few months ago I blogged about a UNESCO... Continue reading »

Ciaran Cuffe (Green) takes a walk to Blackrock baths

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Ciaran Cuffe (Green) takes a walk to Blackrock baths Posted on March 22nd, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video. This is a curiosity. VoteTube’s favourite Green TD leaves off the hard sell for this video and makes a short movie to show us into what state the derelict Blackrock sea baths have fallen. What’s interesting about this is... Continue reading »

Oisín Quinn (Lab) says Hi

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Oisín Quinn (Lab) says Hi Posted on March 21st, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video, VoteTube Entry. A new recruit to the world of VoteTube videos, Oisin Quinn has started his small screen career by letting us know how we can get hold of him. He’s to the point here, you have to give him that. This, and all his subsequent videos,... Continue reading »

Ciaran Cuffe (Green) has a Future for Cherrywood

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Ciaran Cuffe (Green) has a Future for Cherrywood Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video, VoteTube Entry. Short video? Check. Candidate focused? Check. On location in the Constituency? Check. Shadows of your camera crew? A new must have. Check. An entry to VoteTube? Check.... Continue reading »

Ciaran Cuffe (Green) stars in “Good Food at Farmer’s Markets”

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Ciaran Cuffe (Green) stars in “Good Food at Farmer’s Markets” Posted on February 6th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video. Stars is the operative word. Despite being on location talking to a real person, Ciaran preferred his own voice-over to letting the woman to whom he was talking be heard for most of the video. Error! Not a... Continue reading »

Boycott of politicians in election urged at Tara protest

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Boycott of politicians in election urged at Tara protestNov 6, ‘06 8:37 AM for everyoneBoycott of politicians in election urged at Tara protest The Irish Times, November 6, 2006 Campaigners against the planned M3 motorway route which passes close to the Hill of Tara have vowed that their fight is only starting, and have called on people to... Continue reading »

Speak freely. Just don’t read any.     Heard through the grapevine …

Seen on The Doc Searls Weblog : Halloween, 2006

Speak freely. Just don’t read any. Heard through the grapevine that Oireachtas — the Irish parliament — is banning employees from reading or writing blogs, as well as indulging in other ordinary online activities. Went rooting around for evidence and found Blogs banned in Leinster House (and Blackhall Place) in tuppenceworth.ie. That points back... Continue reading »

Energy efficent my ass.

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There’s an ad on TV at the moment, one of those twee hand wringing jobbies from the government, where ink drips from walls and lights and radiators into a family home. This-naturally- is the governments way of imploring us to spend less on heating and save energy. To further fuck with the good people of Ireland, our gas bills now have a 33% hike... Continue reading »