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Simon McGarr

Simon McGarr has written 161 posts for Liveblog.ie

Alert: Questions and Answers, Mon 11th May

Hashtag for Twitter: #qa8
Address of Liveblog: http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Questions_and_Answers_11th_May_2009
Panel: Kathy Sheridan (Irish Times), Dick Spicer (Humanist Society) and Padraic White (ex-IDA) and some TDs.

Questions and Answers, 11th May 2009

Panel: Kathy Sheridan (Irish Times), Dick Spicer (Humanist Society) and Padraic White (ex-IDA) and some TDs (Alan Shatter and Mary Harney).

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The Week in Politics

The Week in Politics, with Brian Hayes, Mary Upton and Martin Cullen talkifying up a storm. Or falling out of a helicoptor. You’ll have to read it to find out which. Also: Closeup on the Dublin Central byelection with Maureen O’Sullivan, Ivana Bacik, Maurice Ahern and Paschal Donoghue. Some of them talk to us from Big Screens.

Plea for Creative Commons snaps of your TV

Attention Livebloggers! We need you! Specifically, we need you to take snaps of your telly as you’re watching Q&A, Vincent Browne, the Late Late or whatever it may be and to upload them to flickr under a Creative Commons Licence. Believe me, you’re going to get very tired of that black and white shot of [...]

Vincent Browne, Thurs 8th May

Tonight’s panel of non-FF or FG Dublin MEP candidates featured Patricia McKenna, Deirdre DeBurca, Proinsias DeRossa and Caroline Simons. And a warning against 3D Chickens from Brussels. And an 11ft Holographic Richard Burton. Who says Europe’s dull?

Fine Gael Ard Fheis, 2009

8:46 PM Suzy Byrne – Irish Emergency Budget Live Blog for Tuesday is set up. is.gd Thanks to Marian Finucane the tag is #bludget. See ye Tuesday 11:29 PM JimDHunt – #fgaf I missed EK’s speech tonight. Does anybody have a link to it? 11:28 PM rteheads – Fine Gael can guarantee change – Kenny [...]

Labour Party Conference, 2009

12:03 PM krayZpaving – RT @labour: Conference website now live. Go to Labour.ie/conference2009/. #LP09 12:49 PM krayZpaving – Speechwriting for Labour Conference (#LP09) at the moment. Gotta make the most of Saturday telly time for Nessa Childers, our MEP candidate. 5:34 PM astarmain – survived giving the course. Now to sort out heading to Mullingar [...]

Questions and Answers, 9th March

Panel: Mary Harney – Minister for Health, James O’Reilly FG, Suzanne Kelly Tax Lawyer, Ronan Fanning Historian, Paul Sweeney ICTU Economist.

Green Party Conference, 2009

3:04 PM shortcipher – @trishw78 There should be no problem if you got a bill, its a simple charge spread evenly over everyone #gp09 #1centtexttax 3:04 PM shortcipher – @dermotcasey That’s why it is such a good idea, hits everyone relatively equally and no major negative consequences #gp09 #1centtexttax 6:28 PM Suzy Byrne – Facebook [...]

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