Every time there is an election I always give Fianna Fail a look to see if I would give them a preference and next year in the Local’s and Europeans a fairly high preference is on offer due to the fact there is only one FG candidate in Cork South Central LEA and Ireland Euro South constituency, but after yesterdays budget not in a million years will Fianna Fail get a preference, no matter how measly from me. The...
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Another opinion poll….
This time Ireland! Its an interesting one too. The Party Breakdown is as follows Fianna Fail 36% (down 4)Fine Gael 28% (up 3)Labour 9% (down 1)Sinn Fein 9% (down 1)Greens 7% (no change)PD’s 3% (up 1) (June poll available here in PDF) In another question in the poll 50% of people are not confident that the government can get the economy out of the current downturn. Its nice to see FG up and FF down below the 40% (the...
Me and Gay Marriage
Okay, so I get in a lot of trouble in gay circles and lefty equality circles (you know who you are Len) about my opposition or really lack of support for gay marriage. I recently posted over on The Political Gay about my thoughts on the Heads of the Civil Partnership Bill 2008 (available here (PDF)). Though I did take part in the LGBT Noise protest in Cork about the bill (Gaycork.com thread) I am not that fussed. I...
Scouting – A New Program
A Langer’s Blog has an excellent post on the upcoming Scouting Ireland National Council which will decide on a new program for Scouting in Ireland. He seams faily in favour of it, I’m not convinced. I don’t like the way things are at the moment as there is no program and it leaves alot of us leaders in a very difficult poistion at times, so I’m willing to give the new program a go. The one thing I am...
Lisbon Round II? No Thanks!
I am getting very annoyed with certain leaders and pro-europeans on the European continent. Granted I was disappointed with the No vote but then again, I’m not surprised. It was very hard to sell and explain! And I had read the feckin thing! I still think that the EU needs reforming. Nice is not very satisfactory for me and we need reform, but not Lisbon. Its back to the drawing bored. Certain EU leaders (Both Government and Opposition) seam...
Dumbledore is gay
Okay so now Damien’s twitter makes sense But while reading that article, I realise how much I hate Peter Tatchell! he actually said this Gay human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said: “It’s good that children’s literature includes the reality of gay people, since we exist in every society. “But I am disappointed that she did not make Dumbledore’s sexuality explicit in the Harry Potter book. “Making it obvious would have sent a much more powerful message of understanding and...
Skimmer Update
Well following may last post on skimmers it was on the front page of the Evening Echo (Im the Bank Customer) but it seams the Ulster Bank on Patrick St was also hit by the same people and people have been caught by that one. So people beware UPDATE: Front Page (PDF)
Twitterfeed set up
I have set up a Twitterfeed for this blog Steve My Opinion this goes alongside my personal twitter! Im getting around to lots of stuff today! I wonder will it work the way I hope it will. I also had to sign up for OpenID for twitterfeed. Not sure what it does exactly…
"Contract for a Better Ireland" Outdoor Media Campaign Launched by Fine Gael
The Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny T.D., today launched his Party’s outdoor media campaign in support of his “Contract for a Better Ireland” which he set out in his Presidential speech at the Fine Gael Árd Fheis at the week-end. He was joined at the launch by Front Bench members Richard Bruton, Olivia Mitchell, Fergus O’Dowd and Dr Liam Twomey and first time Dáil candidates Leo Varadkar (Dublin West) and Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East). Commenting on the launch...
Lisbon – Round II
Image by stephen.spillane via FlickrSo the stage is being set for us to vote on the EXACT same treaty again. Granted the only difference is that the member states will agree not to limit the number of EU Commissioners. The other changes will be copper fastening what we already have. A protocol on Abortion (Attached to Maastricht!), Military (Attached to Nice after Nice I) and Tax Sovereignty which is in all the treaties! Really come on like! How stupid...
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