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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Sunday Business Post-Red C poll 10 April; Kenny-a believe it?

Adrian Kavanagh 14th April A new Dail and a new series of opinion polls leading up to a future general election in 2015 or 2016! As the constituency level poll analysis held up remarkably well in light of the eventual election results (and the last analysis involving the results of the Millward-Brown poll of 23…

April 14, 2011 in Election, opinion polls.

Party finance and Political Representation

Ken McDonagh 13 April 2011 Vincent Browne has a new bugbear – party finance. In today’s Irish Times he writes: ‘The only reason anyone would give money to a political party is because they expect to get something in return’ He goes on to link the problem of private funding for political parties to the…

April 13, 2011 in Electoral Reform, New party politics, Politics, regulatory systems.

We the Citizens is launched

April 12, 2011 in Uncategorized.

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  • Voluntary registration of lobbying is worthless
  • TDs, Parties, and the 33rd Dáil
  • Citizens' assemblies are open to manipulation
  • Skipping ‘Left’ and ‘Right’
  • How well do Irish political parties represent the views of voters?
  • Did the United States throw Ireland to the wolves during the bailout negotiations?

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