So last night the Green Party hosted a Meet the Bloggers tour of Leinster House. Ciaran Cuffe took us up to the penthouse level of the Leinster House past the doors of Jackie Healy-Rae, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and the other Green TDs to show us his office. Ciaran gave us a walkthrough of the working week [...]
Liberatas cold-calling the opposition’s mammy The Kilkenny’s People’s Insider highlights how Libertas seem to be cold-calling IFA members to bolster Raymond O’Malley’s run for Ireland East. They even decided to give opposing runner, Senator John Paul Phelan’s mammy a call: The voice at the other end of the phone asked if she had a moment [...]
Yesterday’s Today with Pat Kenny featuring the European candidates of the North West is well worth a listening. Cue blowhardism and wrangling over the costs of billboards! Parts one and two. There’s still time to nab an audience seat for next Wednesday’s show broadcasting from Cork featuring the principals for the Euro South constituency. You [...]
Our esteemed Ceann Comhairle needs a hand finding it.. Yesterday’s debate on the revisions to the Taoiseach’s departmental budgetary estimate drew sparks… Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin jumps in with: I wish to ask a brief supplementary. The picture the Taoiseach has painted is not clear. The reason I ask this question is that I have never [...]
Tonight’s liveblog for RTÉ 1’s The Week in Politics over Liveblog.ie. The upcoming elections were on the menu with Martin Cullen and Brian Hayes. Closeup on the Dublin Central byelection smackdown with Maureen O’Sullivan, Ivana Bacik, Maurice Ahern and Paschal Donoghue.