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Its All Gone Quiet….
Image by Martha★ via Flickr So I arrive in Barcelona and the blogging goes quiet…. Whats the deal you ask? Well Anna Lindh Foundation have set up a group blog where a bunch of us are blogging our experiences at the Forum. There are some cr...
ALF Forum Opening Session Liveblog
Liveblog here Transcript below 11:41 AM: Stephen Spillane good evening from the plenary hall in the CCIB in Barcelona at #forum2010 11:41 AM: alvaromillan Ya en el Forum, todo listo para empezar el #forum2010 de la Fundación Anna Lindh aquí en Bar...
Hello from Barcelona!!!
Image via Wikipedia Good afternoon from a warm Barcelona. I have reached my destination (unlike my luggage) and I am ensconced in my hotel room waiting for things to start across the road at the CCIB. I may have neglected to inform you why I’...
Join the Debate in Barcelona
Well tomorrow I am off to Barcelona for the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010. I will be live-blogging and tweeting about the forum, with the help of a few others. I know I am not a big user of twitter at the moment, but college is taking up a lot of...
Public Meeting on FairCare
Image via Wikipedia A public meeting will be held on Monday 8th of March at 8:00pm in Silversprings Morans Hotel Cork on the the new Fine Gael Health Policy “FairCare”. Speakers on the night will include Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD,...
Communicating Europe
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. Ap...
Sargent resigns
Image via Wikipedia The Statement: Statement by Trevor Sargent TD A Ceann Chomhairle, I thank you for the opportunity to explain to the House the circumstances of the clinic enquiry I received in June 2008 relating to an assault in September 2007...
Sargent in trouble now
Image via Wikipedia So now Trevor Sargent is accused of acting improperly in a criminal case. The Minister of State is the latest in a long line of accusations to have hit the Government. The latest of course being the resignation of Willie O̵...
Ahern, Coughlan and O’Dea.
Image via Wikipedia So what do three of the above have in common at the moment? To me they represent why Fianna Fail is no longer fit to govern. O’Dea lied under oath, and was forced to resign. Coughlan thinks young people emigrate for fun...
3 More Acts Chosen for Oslo [Eurovision 2010]
Image via Wikipedia So we have a few more acts chosen for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. FYR Macedonia have chosen Gjoko Taneski ft Billy Zver & Pejcin with “Jas Ja Imam Silata”. I am not sure what to make of this song.
StephenSpillane.com nominated for best Political Blog
Image by kingdesmond1337 via Flickr Well what a way to start the day, I found out that this blog has been nominated for the Best Political Blog at the 2010 Irish Blog Awards. I am chuffed. There are 36 other great blogs in nominated in the categor...
YFG Launch Jobs Plan
Image via Wikipedia So Young Fine Gael have launched their plan to get Ireland back working. The leaflet is a rehash of one’s I have seen for newERA, with just a YFG logo added and the the supporting documentation is taken directly from Fine...
Letter to the Editor #1
Image via Wikipedia A friend has unwittingly given me a new idea. Its as simple as this, have something to give out about? then email me (editor@stephenspillane.com) and have a bit of a rant about something I blog about, maybe its something I miss...
Another weekend of selections [Eurovision 2010]
Image via Wikipedia This weekend Armenia and Poland selected their representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo this weekend. Its getting closer and each weekend now will see a good few chosen. Armenia selected “Apricot Stone̶...
De Burca’s Gone
Image via Wikipedia I didn’t see this coming, but Green Senator Deirdre De Burca has resigned from the Green Party and the Seanad! This is the second high profile resignation this week. De Burca has left due to not being able to support the...
Register for TH!NK3!
Image via Wikipedia I got this via Email from the European Journalism Centre. I took part in Th!nk1 and Th!nk2 (though didn’t finish it). Do check it out. The European Journalism Centre (EJC) invites you to apply for the third round of our a...
The Irish Finalists [Eurovision 2010]
Image via Wikipedia The Finalists for ‘The Late Late Show Eurosong Special’ which will select Ireland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo. There were a few surprises in the finalists. Anyway on to the list: * Baby, No...
Fine Gael National Conference Survey
Image via Wikipedia On the 19th/20th March Fine Gael will hold a National Conference in the Malton Hotel, in Killarney. As part of the preparations for the conference, a survey was circulated to members. I have posted it below, how would you respo...
Its time to go?
Image via Wikipedia Enda Kenny has been the leader of Fine Gael since 2002. In that time he has revitalised the party but he has failed to capitalise on the failures of Fianna Fail. Today’s resignation of George Lee is the final nail in the...
On George Lee
Image via Wikipedia So George Lee has resigned from Fine Gael and from the Dáil. This isn’t good news for Fine Gael, George Lee or the people of Dublin South. Its not exactly good news of Fianna Fail either. Labour will probably win the sea...
