Category Archives: nui seanad 2011

How did you think you could get elected to the Seanad?

A few people have asked me how did I think I might get elected*, since if I didn’t remotely think I could get elected then why bother running. In respect of the latter point, I happen to be of the … Continue reading

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2011 – NUI Seanad predictions

I’ve got plenty of massive hostages to fortune and a recipe of egg all over my face in this post but sure nothing ventured, nothing gained. And it’s only intended as an exercise for myself in the main. I believe … Continue reading

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Campaign costs

So as the campaigns draws to its final close, I’m going to start as I meant to go on with respect to my spending. Whether I get to go on with this is up to the voters and we should … Continue reading

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Who would I vote for

Given that I can’t actually vote in the NUI Seanad panel election this is very much an academic question but I still get asked it. So, below you will find a pictorial indication of who I would consider giving vote … Continue reading

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Seanad Costs and Expenses

I find the amounts involved in paying people to be members of the Seanad to be out of kilter with the actual work required. And quite frankly, I’m more than content to subsist on the quite generous salary of some … Continue reading

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The not so subtle dissembling of John Waters on the Seanad

Quite a few people have been taken in by today’s Irish Times article John Waters that “Abolishing Seanad would be act of supreme folly”. The real point of this article is to endorse Senator Ronan Mullen, with the article as … Continue reading

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The coming Bank Bondholder EndGame

A few people have asked me* what is going on with the new government’s approach to the EU and the ECB/IMF deal and dealing with bondholders. Well, this is what I reckon is happening and is going to happen. The … Continue reading

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Gov. confirms no moves on the Seanad happening this year.

The government has published its legislative agenda for the period up to the summer and there’s not a mention of the necessary bills needed to run any referendum (either on Seanad Reform or abolition, nor the Children’s referendum) in conjunction … Continue reading

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Treating the most vulnerable fairly

There is an oft repeated mantra that a society should be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable members. And that is right and proper; it doesn’t say much for the notion of living in a civilised society if … Continue reading

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Who would be the anti-life/anti-choice candidate?

A number of those contesting the Seanad panels have highlighted the issue of stem cell research and ethics as a roundabout way to get to the much thornier issue of abortion and to signal to an audience their pro-life or … Continue reading

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