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18 Apr 2007
Call the Day Bertie
Seen on Cllr. Michael O' Brien
We had Pat Rabbitte down to visit last Friday and I would like to thank everyone who we met on the canvas trial. It is always nice to get a warn sunny day to get out and meet people, however the question on every ones limps was when will the big day be. So come on Bertie call the election and come out and face the voters. ... Continue reading »
17 Apr 2007
Frank Luntz
Seen on Kevin Rafter’s Blog
I wrote a piece a couple of weekends ago in the Sunday Tribune assessing the various party conferences and giving Rabbitte top marks followed by Ahern with the others lagging behind. It was interesting to see the latest Frank Luntz polling group for RTE arriving at a similar outcome. The Luntz programmes were interesting to a degree although at ... Continue reading »
13 Apr 2007
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters
Seen on Politics In Ireland - Posts about Dublin South-West
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters INSIDE POLITICS – Posters INSIDE POLITICS – Posters The Kylie moment. Back in 2002, Pat Rabbitte, then a humble backbencher (that’s an oxymoron if ever there was one) came out with a rapier comment that was never surpassed during the election campaign. It was March, early April maybe – certainly a good few weeks before ... Continue reading »
10 Apr 2007
It’s time for change, Are you with us? The Irish Labour Party, the British Conservative Party and the danger of asking a ques
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
I was intrigued, and perhaps a little surprised, by the latest slogan to appear from the Labour Party. It’s of a piece with their cod-existentialist “But, are you happy?” slogan released earlier in this seemingly never ending campaign. And not just me, David Cochrane of politics.ie had much the same thoughts as myself yesterday. This time out ... Continue reading »
08 Apr 2007
Irish Nurses Organisation – Targeting Moi?
Seen on The Byrne Blog
Reading the papers this week, it looks like the INO is targetting key marginals like Meath East, presumably by urging their members and friends to vote Labour in the case of Meath East instead of yours truly. One INO member who won’t be following the INO’s advice is my wife Ann. In fact, she’ll likely be telling Liam Doran that I wholeheartedly ... Continue reading »
02 Apr 2007
Labour puts the boot into…ummm….Labour
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
The Sunday Tribune seems to be alone in keeping a watching brief on the latest rows between Pat Rabbitte and the Labour Movement. The latest feud began when Rabbitte launched a bitter attack on senior ATGWU figure Brendan Ogle, accusing him of being ‘irresponsible and completely over the top’, in the union’s campaign, spearheaded by Ogle, in ... Continue reading »
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters
Seen on Politics In Ireland - Posts about Dublin South-West
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters INSIDE POLITICS – Posters The Kylie moment. Back in 2002, Pat Rabbitte, then a humble backbencher (that’s an oxymoron if ever there was one) came out with a rapier comment that was never surpassed during the election campaign. It was March, early April maybe – certainly a good few weeks before the election campaign was ... Continue reading »
28 Mar 2007
Pat Rabbitte gets stuck into Bertie
Seen on 'political quote'
According to reports in the Irish Times today Mr Rabbitte told the Taoiseach that “nobody would believe what you say. You’re only short of playing cricket on some spare patch of ground. You jump on the bandwagon for anything that becomes popular. The only thing you recycle is other people’s ideas.” Pat mad the remarks in repsonce to FF’s ... Continue reading »
24 Mar 2007
Fine Gael and Labour all over the place on the environment. I respond to recent comments by Pat Rabbitte and Leo Varadkar
Seen on Roderic’s Dublin West Election Blog
Fine Gael and Labour all over the place on the environment. I respond to recent comments by Pat Rabbitte and Leo Varadkar March 24, 2007 at 5:59 pm · Filed under Uncategorized I know I’ll probably be accused of going negative with this, but some comments by Pat Rabbitte in the Blanch Gazette on the 18th March really annoyed me. In response ... Continue reading »
Rabbitte criticises decision to close Cherry Orchard Rail Station
Seen on Dublin South-West Blog
The Leader of the Labour Party, Pat Rabbitte TD, has criticised plans to close the Cherry Orchard rail station in Ballyfermot and has urged the Minister for Transport and the Dublin Transport Office (DTO) to review the plan which he said would seriously inconvenience commuters from the Ballyfermot area. “The Kildare Route project, which involves ... Continue reading »
23 Mar 2007
Is Dominic Hannigan NEW LABOUR?
Seen on ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Give Your Vote a Voice
I am getting fantastic support and encouragement from people all over Meath since I announced I am running for election– thank you. One of the comments on my first blog posting said, “AJ, Yourself and Hannigan are the only two decent candidates running in this area”. I was grateful for the support of the poster but not of the company. Let me be ... Continue reading »
22 Mar 2007
POST OFFICE CLOSURES AN ATTACK ON THE LOCAL COMMUN…
Seen on Harry Barrett--- Labour Party Dáil Candidate---
POST OFFICE CLOSURES AN ATTACK ON THE LOCAL COMMUNITY Up to 500 post offices could be closed by An Post after a review of the network to be completed this year. This in my view is an appalling attack on an important part of our community. The postal network has already been decimated under the lifetime of the government. In 2000 there were ... Continue reading »
13 Mar 2007
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters
Seen on Politics In Ireland - Posts about Dublin South-West
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters The Kylie moment. Back in 2002, Pat Rabbitte, then a humble backbencher (that’s an oxymoron if ever there was one) came out with a rapier comment that was never surpassed during the election campaign. It was March, early April maybe – certainly a good few weeks before the election campaign was launched. And quicker than ... Continue reading »
11 Mar 2007
Mayo left out again……. I have pointed out, ye…
Seen on Harry Barrett--- Labour Party Dáil Candidate---
Mayo left out again……. I have pointed out, yet again, the neglect of Mayo, in this years round of funds for festivals around Ireland. I was infuriated after reading the list of festivals granted funding for this year. It has also emerged that almost 20% of the monies allocated in festival grant aid announced yesterday, by Minister for Arts ... Continue reading »
09 Mar 2007
INSIDE POLITICS – Posters
Seen on Harry McGee
The Kylie moment. Back in 2002, Pat Rabbitte, then a humble backbencher (that’s an oxymoron if ever there was one) came out with a rapier comment that was never surpassed during the election campaign. It was March, early April maybe – certainly a good few weeks before the election campaign was launched. And quicker than the Black Death had ... Continue reading »
07 Mar 2007
Webcasting and Politics
Seen on Kevin Rafter’s Blog
Took part in an interesting discussion on Marian Finucane’s radio programme last Sunday about the value of webcasts in a political context. Matt Tyrnauer from Vanity Fair has some interesting comments especially his comparison between the recent posts by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In truth there wasn’t a great deal of enthusiasm from the ... Continue reading »
28 Feb 2007
Make a Change.ie
Seen on A view from the Left - Cllr Seamus Ryan's Blog
Each morning I log on to the Ireland.com website to catch up on the latest news from the Irish Times. This morning the first thing I noticed on the site was an advertisement from the Labour Party for Make a Change.ie the new online campaign from the party. “FF and the PD’s tell you they have a lot done but Make a Change.ie ” is the message ... Continue reading »
25 Feb 2007
Where next for Labour? Or the new party system. 2 and one halfs and two quarters and a twentieth… and counting.
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
Where next for Labour? Or the new party system. 2 and one halfs and two quarters and a twentieth… and counting. February 25, 2007 Posted by WorldbyStorm in Irish Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Irish Politics. add a comment Reading smiffy’s thought provoking post here and some of the responses to it, what strikes me most ... Continue reading »
22 Feb 2007
Whatever you want, whatever you like, whatever you say
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
Whatever you want, whatever you like, whatever you say February 22, 2007 Posted by smiffy in Irish Election 2007, Irish Labour Party, Irish Politics. add a comment  Pat Rabbitte’s recent conference address, in particular the proposed cut in the standard tax rate met with predictable disdain from non-Labour leftists and was hailed as a ... Continue reading »
Watching McDowell
Seen on GUBU
We referred earlier to McDowell’s careful phrasing about his “knowledge” but lack of ” involvement” in the McCaffrey arrest. PO’Neill observes over at irishelection that he’s being just as careful over the emergency legislation on the risk equalisation: “…the Order Paper for yesterday did not include the bill, leading Pat Rabbitte to claim today ... Continue reading »
13 Feb 2007
Labour Doing What FF Should Be Doing
Seen on SPIN FREE VIEW
I am not a Labour supporter, but when I heard Pat Rabbitte’s speech Saturday night I have to admit if I was a socialist or at least a social democrat I would have been really inspired. As it was I wasn’t inspired until my two favourite words “Tax Cuts” came to my ears. The sweet sound of a party saying they will cut tax for the ordinary man and ... Continue reading »
Soundbite Over Substance
Seen on Dublin Opinion
[ pat-rabbitte-at-the-labour-conference-2007_1.jpg] If Pat Rabbitte was chasing fifteen minutes of fame, it worked. Not only has his tax cut grabbed all the political headlines, it was left the government with nothing but limp-wristed and Steve Stautonesque retorts. Watching Bertie struggle to provide a critique on Monday, I was sure he was ... Continue reading »
Pat Rabbitte (Lab) asks ‘But, are you happy?’
Seen on VoteTube
Pat Rabbitte (Lab) asks ‘But, are you happy?’ Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video. Pat Rabbitte is looking to talk to people about the quality of their life, and some of the things that might effect their happiness. He has a video on makeachange.ie asking ungrammatically ‘But, are you happy?’ I’d love to show ... Continue reading »
12 Feb 2007
Shut the F**k up McDowell!
Seen on Jonathan Brazil's Weblog
I’ve all but had it with this country’s minister for justice: on the news today I hear him pompously attacking Pat Rabbitte for his party’s policy on reducing the lower tax band, describing Rabbitte as hypocritical and it being a very sad moment for him. Big words indeed from a minister for justice that somehow managed to build a three storey, ... Continue reading »
11 Feb 2007
The Anti-Rabbitte Backlash Begins
Seen on Pull Out the Pin
The Anti-Rabbitte Backlash Begins February 11th, 2007 Unsurprisingly, some of Labour’s more natural supporters on the Left are quite unhappy with Pat Rabbitte’s pledge last night to cut the lower rate of income tax to 18%. That this follows last week’s opinion poll that showed a doubling of support for the Green party should be cause for ... Continue reading »