The count for the Cultural and Educational Panel came to a close yesterday evening with 5 candidates elected. They were in the following order: Clune, Deridre (FG) 10th Count (inside panel) Ó’Murchú, Labhras (FF) 13th Count (outside panel) Byrne, Thomas (FF) 13th Count (inside panel) Gilroy, John (Lab) 14th Count (inside panel) Mullins , Michael (FG) 14th Count (outside panel) Mullins was elected without reaching the quota. Personally I am delighted to see that Clune was elected to the...
Today Micheal Martin announced his knew frontbench. It would seem that their is a job for everyone in the Fianna Fail Parliamentary Party, plus a councillor. Here is the full list: Leader and Spokesperson on Northern Ireland: Micheál Martin TD Deputy Leader and Spokesperson on Finance: Brian Lenihan TD Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade (also Party Whip): Seán Ó Fearghail TD Spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Financial Sector Reform: Michael McGrath TD Spokesperson on Public Sector Reform: Sean...
The 2nd constituency in Cork to polled this week after Cork North Central’s poll on Monday for the Irish Times. The Irish Examiner commissioned a phone survey of 500 voters in Cork South Central. The results are as follows: Simon Coveney (FG) 19%; Micheál Martin (FF) 18%; Ciarán Lynch (Lab) 14%; Michael McGrath (FF) 9%; Jerry Buttimer (FG) 9%; Deirdre Clune (FG) 8%; Chris O’Leary (SF) 8%; Paula Desmond (Lab) 5%; Michael Finn (Ind) 5%; Dan Boyle (GP) 3%;...
As I was away I am only getting to update the blog about the poll that came out over the weekend. The topline figures were as follows: Fianna Fail 17% -1 Fine Gael 35% -2 Labour 22% +3 Sinn Fein 13% +1 Greens 2% -1 Other 11% NC This would to a seat distribution of Fianna Fail 20 Fine Gael 64 Labour 47 Sinn Fein 17 Greens 0 Others 18 This has made the following changes to the Poll...
Image via Wikipedia So Fianna Fail are as divided as Fine Gael was last summer. The Fianna Fail parliamentary party meeting gets under way at 5:30pm and is expected to last until around 9pm. The wording of the motion to be debated is reported to be “That the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party has confidence in Brian Cowen TD as leader of Fianna Fáil.” Its been a tough week for Brian Cowen in his office as Taoiseach and Leader of...
Image via Wikipedia This arrived in my inbox today. It may be of interest to some readers! You may wish to be aware that Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs, has announced details of the 2010 Communicating Europe Initiative. Applications for funding are invited from voluntary organisations and education bodies who are interested in raising awareness about how the European Union matters in their community. Consideration will also be given to proposals for events, large or small,...
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