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FG & Kenny Clutching at Straws...

As coalition options become the next Election 2007 debate, the horse-trading is definitely underway in order to form the 30th government of the State of the Republic of Ireland. Enda Kenny still hasn’t realised that he’s a hopeless lost cause and that Bertie holds all the cards. While browsing the Blueshirt’s website, I found an interesting image of Enda with Gordon Ramsey. The caption on the Blueshirt’s...
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Mayo a Big Disappointment for Ireland...

Mayo joins many constituencies in Ireland to have voted for a Fine Gael-led government that now has no chance of becoming reality. Fianna Fáil’s last two TDs included Tipperary’s Dr. Martin Mansergh, the former veteran North/South negotiator in the Haughey governments of old. The parties now stand as follows: Fianna Fáil: 78 Fine Gael: 51 Labour: 20 PD: 2 Greens: 6 Sinn Féin: 4 Others: 5 But what happened...
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Cowen Makes ‘Rabbitte Soup’ at Montrose...

Tonight’s Questions and Answers session in the bowels of RTÉ’s Montrose facility hosted the last public debate of the 2007 General Election in style tonight. With representatives from all the political persuasions that seemingly matter in this election were present. Simon Coveney was drafted in from Fine Gael, no doubt to keep the likes of the haggard Richard Bruton and whatever other aging clown Enda’s keeping...
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Polls Apart: Enda Failing on Numbers Game...

I’m not one for the numbers game. I loathe accountants. But when you’re managing something like an economy, you need to keep a keen eye on the figures. Tonight’s episode of Polls Apart on TV3 featered Enda Kenny being grilled by Matt Cooper and Eddie Hobbs. While the style of the programme leaves a lot to be desired, the content tonight was breathtaking. Enda doesn’t seem to have the figures right...
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Time for Aengus to Go!...

Aengus MacGrianna may be the king of pinstripes at RTÉ HQ, but he’s also one of the longer-serving members of the Newsroom presenters. Today was a typical day for Aengus, he went to makeup, then wardrobe to select the day’s all-important pinstripe suit and off to the newsroom to take over the seat Bryan Dobson sat in for the hour-long “Campaign Daily” programme from 12pm to 1pm. As he approached...
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FG Drops ‘Contract’ from EndaSpeak...

Enda Kenny appeared on RTÉ’s Six One news programme this evening. A notable absence from his usual country drole talk was his omission of the word “contract”. “Better Ireland” managed to slip in a few times but having reviewed the majority of the footage today from RTÉ and TV3, Enda seems to have dropped the word completely today. Perhaps this is a knock-on effect from Fianna Fáil’s...
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IrishElection.com Unveils Plans for Election Cover...

IrishElection.com is planning a mass attack on the media establishment with its own take on Election 2007 coverage of ‘The Count’. It plans to be an interesting day all around the country. Here’s what’s a-foot: “We plan to compile breaking news/gossip/rumours from around the country, providing great on-the-spot analysis and putting all of it in the wider context thanks to having many of...
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Why Thursday?...

A lot of talk has being banded about over the past few weeks and long since the election was called, as to why polling day should be held on a Thursday. The Green Party are quite angry at this because it claims to be disenfranchising the young voter who it thinks would vote Green given the chance. Fine Gael and Labour are keeping quite on the subject as they depend mainly on the older voter who would have time on their...
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Bertie Sends Word to The Party Faithful...

Here’s a voicemail I recieved today at 1812hrs GMT from An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD. His message is one of encouragement and commonality. Sent to no doubt countless thousands of people throughout our island, it’s an example of the unique way in which the Irish democracy works. We are all very close to our leading politicians, and whether we admit it or not, we all take an interest in our country’s...
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