by nabidana | Apr 29, 2011 | Ireland, Ireland Election 2011
Here it is. After all the counting, here’s the most up-to-date and accurate spreadsheet of the Seanad Election count made public. I include it here in HTML format, and a downloadable .xlsx file. Thanks to the Tony Williams team and the Sean Barrett team for...
by nabidana | Apr 22, 2011 | Ireland, Ireland Election 2011, stupidity
Recently, Trinity College Dublin Seanad Office took the interesting step of eliminating a candidate from the election for Seanad on the basis that the candidate discovered she was not a citizen of Ireland. That’s not in itself problematic. Ballot papers had...
by nabidana | Apr 3, 2011 | Ireland, Northern Ireland, politics
Somewhere on the island of Ireland this Mothers’ Day, perhaps in a pub, perhaps across a Sunday lunch table, some people sat, self satisfied in their latest endeavour for Irish freedom. They revelled in the unfolding story on the television news and convinced...
by nabidana | Mar 31, 2011 | Ireland
Tests designed to determine the future finance needs of the Irish banking sector have been completed and the figures published by the Financial Regulator, Matthew Elderflower, in a document reflective of the Lenten season. The report, entitled ‘The Book of...
by nabidana | Mar 7, 2011 | Ireland
If there’s not enough snorting arrogance in your life currently, why not consider checking out the newly fisked Irish Programme for Government. The document is freshly gone over by former Independent candidate for Dáil Éireann @john_mcguirk and the humble...
by nabidana | Mar 5, 2011 | Ireland, Ireland, Ireland Election 2011, politics
For reasons which will become more apparent soon, I have decided to give up on coverage of Irish Politics. This blog was never about the politics of Ireland, but in the run up to the General Election 2011, it made sense to get embedded in that. I’ll be...
