The Irish people will shortly be asked to ratify the European Stability Treaty. The importance of the ratification of this Treaty to Ireland’s future cannot be underestimated. Securing a Yes vote will be another important step in the rebuilding of both Ireland’s economy and our international reputation. It will give the Irish people the opportunity to [...]
Following this week’s Budget announcements by both Ministers Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin, I have put the following information together. The decisions in this budget are difficult – but we have to make them to get Ireland working again. No government likes to make decisions like this – but we have an 18 billion euro [...]
“My political conviction is informed by an ethos based on the four pillars of rights, responsibilities, enterprise and social justice. They are the values that have guided me for the last 32 years and will continue to guide me if elected President. They are the values that will help Ireland overcome some of our present economic and ethical [...]
My campaign has ended. Broken down into numbers, it was six weeks, twenty six counties, over four hundred people, almost eleven thousand kilometres, two new tyres, countless hotels rooms, at least twenty one tanks of diesel and I estimate four hundred and seventy eight cups of tea (one cup of coffee!) It has been nothing, [...]
Distance: 1,416km. Counties Visited: 7 (Wexford; Cavan; Meath; Westmeath; Longford; Donegal and Mayo) Week five – I didn’t think I’d be still driving! As you read this, some of the votes for the Seanad Election have already been cast. The Fine Gael members of Cork City Council are casting their votes across all five panels [...]
Week four! Ballots papers will issue this Friday, April 7th. This week has been frenetic if nothing else. I have covered six counties in as many days: Laois; Kilkenny; Carlow; Kildare; Wexford and Wicklow, covering 2,124km and drinking diesel as I went. If anything the driving this week gave me an opportunity to reflect on [...]
Having covered a great deal of Munster, touring Waterford and South Tipperary during the weekend, I decided this week to head to Dublin to canvass the members of the various councils in the region and to canvass as many of the 76 Fine Gael TDs as I could meet. Whatever I may have written previously [...]
Week two of my Seanad campaign – wellies purchased and very much in use this week. Week two: Drove 1,792km Met: 31 Seanad voters Visited four counties: Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork. This week was just as busy as the first with me covering good ground and meeting many more councillors. What struck me, aside from [...]
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