Posts Tagged ‘ Socialist Workers Party ’

Too many Yes Groups?

August 1, 2009
By Stephen
Too many Yes Groups?

Image by infomatique via Flickr Roberts post on IrishElection on Yes Groups for the Lisbon Treaty Referendum has given me some food for thought. Is there too many? The groups that I know of are: Lawyers for Europe Women For Europe We Belong Ireland For Europe Generation Yes And thats not counting the Political Parties in favour of the Treaty, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Labour and the Green Party! That is nearly 9 groups. There are probably more! On...

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Dublin Central: Donohoe Vs Bacik?

May 9, 2009
By Stephen
Dublin Central: Donohoe Vs Bacik?

Accroding to an opinion poll in tomorrows Sunday Independent for the Dublin Central the voting figures are as follows. Paschal Donohoe (FG) 28% Ivana Bacik (Lab) 20% Maureen O Sullivan (Ind) 18% Mauice Ahern (FF) 10% Sinn fein (Not Selected) 3% David Geary (Green) 2% Malachy Stenson (SWP) 1% Undecided 18% Its less then four weeks to the election and it looks like Fianna Fail will be beaten into fourth place in the Dublin Central Byelection. The race for...

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“By George we got Lee”

May 6, 2009
By Stephen
“By George we got Lee”

So George Lee the now former Economics Editor of RTÉ will be standing for Fine Gael in the Dublin South By Election. Personally I am delighted that George is running for us in Dublin. Hes name was mentioned to me on a number of occasions but I was told he turned us down. How wrong those people were! George Lee is a man with his finger on the pulse of the Irish Economy. He warned us for years, and...

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