Author Archives: Damien Blake

Letterkenny OpenCoffee Club

Just saw a mention on Twitter to the inaugural meeting of the Letterkenny OpenCoffee Club – an informal gathering for the tech / IT / social media related community. I’m not sure who has organised the meeting, but fair played … Continue reading

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Something weird’s happened here…

For some reason, I’ve lost about two years worth of posts to the blog here. It coincides with my finishing the council, and trying to figure out what to do with this blog.

So, while I figure out what has happened, and where everything has gone, I’d like to say two things: Continue reading

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Joe Rospars Dublin Event, New FF Online Strategy

I’m just back at a computer after an event in Dublin that I was able to organise through work. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working with Fianna Fáil and Blue State Digital on a new website and a … Continue reading

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Closure of Rockhill Barracks

This week saw the last parade of Troops from Rockhill House army barracks in Letterkenny. The barracks at Rockhill and Lifford were victims of the October budget, which saw a total of five military facilities ordered closed in a decision … Continue reading

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Thanks to Amy Rose Harte in the Donegal News and Donna Deeney in the Letterkenny Post for the write-ups this week, on my decision not to seek election to Donegal County Council and to step down from Letterkenny Town Council … Continue reading

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Old Leisure Centre- May 14th, 2007

As has been the case at many recent council meetings, the meeting of Monday May 14th featured a long discussion about the old and new Leisure Centres in Letterkenny. At this meeting, there where two motions (one from Cllr Jimmy … Continue reading

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Urgent- Postal Votes

I lifted most of this post from Daithi at Lex Ferenda. I do so with apologies- this is an important, urgent topic. If you are unlikely to be able to vote in person on Thursday 24th May (and you are … Continue reading

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