Prime Time Giving “dissidents” Publicity Is Wrong

20/04/2011

Having watching the sickening spectacle of a masked CIRA terrorist appearing on Prime Time last night, I lodged the following complaint with RTE last night: “I find it utterly inappropriate that our Public Service Broadcaster gives the oxygen of publicity to CIRA terrorists, who representative cowardly hides his identity and used the opportunity solely to […]

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Is it time to phase out payments to long-term unemployed ?

17/04/2011

The proposal to  to phase out payments to long-term unemployed isn’t a unique idea, in fact its standard policy in many other EU countries, and now needs to be considered carefully and fairly here. As a tax payer I strongly believe that the State should help those who can’t help themselves or those that fall […]

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FG/Lab Govt’s Attack on Pensioners is Disgusting

11/04/2011

The announcement today that the FG/Labour coalition has decided pensioners will no be longer exempt from passport charges is disgusting and will not be forgetten by our senior citizens. Thanks to the FF led Govt in 2005 over 65s were entitled to get their passports for free, but they will now have to pay €95, which […]

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Tweet from Wicklow Sinn Fein represents a mindset yet to be decommissioned

04/04/2011

On April 2nd @WicklowSinnFein tweeted “Queen of England The Commander in chief of the British armed forces occupying the 6 counties is NOT welcome her(e) in Co Wicklow” Whilst the message may have been sent using modern technology, its clear the SF mindset is still rooted in a dark and almost forgotten past, regrettably proving […]

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Taoiseach Kenny’s cockiness endangers country’s future

31/03/2011

Last weekend the Govt briefed all the media that the ECB would be announcing medium term funding arrangements for our banks on the same day as the stress test results. However there was no annoucement, just silence from the ECB. (more…)

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Enda Kenny Must Resign Immediately

23/03/2011

The stunning revelations in the Moriarty report mean Enda Kenny must put the country first and resign now along with the rest of the tainted rainbow six at cabinet Taoiseach Kenny, leader of the self proclaimed ‘law and order’ party kept pointing out collective cabinet responsibility in recent months, he must now accept this himself, […]

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Wicklow Recount

28/02/2011

Have setup a Google docs spreadsheet for the recount, click here to view.

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Wicklow Count

26/02/2011

Have setup Google docs spreadsheet for count results, click here to view.

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Wicklow Tally

26/02/2011

The tally will start at 9am, and is made possible due to representatives from all candidates working together and is usually extremely accurate. The boxes are to be opened in numeric order so there will be regional shifts during the tally. Keep watching this post for updates. Live updates through Twitter, just click here to […]

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All setup for the Tally in the morning

25/02/2011

All equipment has now been setup and we’re ready to go from 9am in the morning. For the first time realtime results will displayed via projector

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