Congratulations to Mary Coughlan TD on her appointment today as Tanaiste, and Minister for Trade and Enterprise. This is a massive coup for the Donegal South West constituency, and indeed for the county as a whole. Mary is a very able politician, with a massive background of political experience, and will bring much to her […]
Two quick points regarding the use of Information Technology in elections.
First, there’s a very good report in last week’s Economist detailing some of the issues that have arisen in the US primaries with E-Voting machines. The article is a good background piece on the state of E-Voting in the Country that has embraced it most […]
IrishElection.com has just mentioned Fine Gael’s new Math and Science and Education policy. I’ve had a quick look at it, and one thing jumps out at me. I’ve highlighted it in the graphic below (click on it to see a larger version):
“It is estimated that the cost of providing each of our 334,000 second level […]
The topic of Sex Education was raised today on Highland Radio, with the announcement that the regulations surrounding contraception in the UK may be changing to allow the supply of the pill “over the counter” in pharmacies.
The topic always draws out some very entrenched positions. On this occasion, Mary Doherty of the Christian Solidarity Party […]
A few quick updates regarding the Leisure Centre.
Firstly, Letterkenny Town Council met with Aura Leisure on Monday night to discuss the ongoing operation of the Centre, and some of the issues that have arisen since the Centre opened in July. To date, there have been over 87,000 visits for the Leisure Facilities, and over 6,700 […]
Now I feel old.
Charlene to become youngest councillor
Sinn Féin may soon have the youngest councillor in Ireland – if, as expected, the parties at Lisburn City Council agree to co-opt her into the chamber.
Charlene O’Hara has been nominated by the party to take up the Dunmurry Cross seat vacated by MLA Jennifer McCann.
A student teacher […]
Congratulations to the Gallagher clan, who have today set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname. More than 1,500 Gallaghers gathered at Letterkenny IT this afternoon, beating the record set by the Joneses in Wales last year.
The event took place as part of the Gallagher Clan reunion, […]
Things are getting back to normal here after last week’s General Election. We got a great result here in Donegal North East; Dr James McDaid was returned as a Dáil deputy, and Niall Blaney was re-elected to give Fianna Fail two of the three seats, on 50.4% of the vote. Cecilia Keaveney lost her seat, […]
There has been a lot of publicity recently around Politicians blogging, particularly in the run-up to the General Election. Many people have said that Fianna Fail has been slow to take to the web, and other parties were using it better.
Over the last few months, I’ve been working with people throughout Fianna Fail to […]
Just heard someone say it on Newstalk, so took a quick look online.
Apparently, St Patrick was never officially canonised (or beatified) by the Pope, meaning he’s not a “saint” in the modern sense of the term.
From WikiPedia:
For most of Christianity’s first thousand years, canonisations were done on the diocesan or regional level. Relatively soon […]
