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The Latest Independent - Eamonn Blaney & the New Vision
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06-02-2011 03:05PM#1I have really been surprised at my own ambivalence to the current election.I dont want to vote for any of the choices that are out there.
I am hearing the samedog dressed up in different hair by the political parties. Wacko economic theories like "lets borrow shedloads of money and not pay it back"
So bumping into someone I vaguely know , Eamonn Blaney, running for Election on shoestring budget made me a bit more interested. There is no good independent canditate in my constituency and I wish Eamonn was running where I live.New Vision.ie - An Independent Alliance for a new Ireland.
[ This website will be 'live' on Friday Feb 4th @ 3pm, when a full list of the candidates and their constituencies will be included. If you want to join us or want more information please send an email to info@NewVision.ie or Call 0872 106 400 ]
New Vision is an association of independent candidates, working together to change the way we ‘do’ politics in Ireland.
All NewVision candidates are committed to vote ‘en bloc’ as a political alliance for the following four national policies, if elected.
1 The separation of Bank debt and Sovereign debt
2 The overhaul of the Political, Public & Civil Service
3 A creditable workable strategy to create and retain jobs
4 Restructure the state energy and mineral resources.
We are of the collective opinion that without these four fundamental changes to how our Country is run and governed, Ireland will become financially, economically and morally bankrupt in the very near future. Some would say it already has. This situation can only change if we, as a united and passionate people, stick together against the power and might of those who have nearly destroyed us and our collective future. General Election 2011 will decide the future of our Country, for generations to come.
Do the right thing – vote Independent, vote New Vision
http://newvision.ie/wordpress/
I have posted before on John Bruton saying that Civil Servants are running the country with politicans rubber stamping their policies. The cheek of them.
Why haven't Fine Gael or Fianna Fail made that issue part of the Election.
New Vision of informed Independents emerges at meeting held by McWilliams
David McWilliams speaks at a meeting of Independent candidates and volunteers in Gateway House, Capel Street, Dublin, yesterday.Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Economist wants candidates from outside the big parties to have access to the same economic information, writes RONAN McGREEVY
BY HIS own admission economist David McWilliams “hasn’t a rasher of organising anything”, but he still managed to attract 75 would-be volunteers to his organisation for the forthcoming election.
McWilliams sent out a post on Twitter looking for volunteers to help provide free economic advice to Independent candidates who might feel underprepared if asked on the doorstep what they would do about the EU-IMF bailout or the National Asset Management Agency.
McWilliams expected five volunteers to turn up yesterday to a lunchtime gathering in Gateway House, in Capel Street, Dublin.
Instead, he got more than 60, along with at least six Independent candidates.
Riverdance producer John McColgan had offered the use of the building to Democracy Now, the organisation which will not now be fielding candidates in the general election.
“I have this idea but I don’t know how to execute it, but I’m hoping the people in this room know how to do it,” McWilliams said. “I need ideas, I need organisers and I need people to step up and say, ‘Yes, I know how this can be done and how it can be communicated’.”
The goal was to make “economics democratic” where somebody with “no machine and no money” could avail of access to the same economic information as a candidate from one of the major parties.
McWilliams said the meeting was “democratic chaos” and that the group would be finalising its campaign over the coming days with the help of the volunteers.
The Independents or would-be Independents who turned up for the meeting were Eamonn Blaney, the son of the former Fianna Fáil minister Neil Blaney, who is standing in Dublin North-East; estate agent Nick Crawford and solicitor Declan Gardener, who are looking to stand in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; Dublin referee Michael J Loftus, who is standing in Dublin North-West; Paul Doonan, who is standing in Cork South West; and businessman David D’Arcy, who will be standing in Longford- Westmeath.
Blaney told the meeting they would be launching a movement called New Vision (newvision.ie) in the coming days and he had several strong Independents who will unite around four principles – the chief of which will be belief that there should be no bank bailout.
Blaney said that they broadly agreed with McWilliams’s economic views. Armed with the economic advice, Independents could no longer be described as a “ragtag” by the established parties.
Ronnie Tucker, a Stanford University MBA who gives financial advice to employees who work for multinationals, said he was prepared to help out.
“I want to see if we could do anything to get this country back on track from a political reform point of view.”
Afterwards, McWilliams defended his decision not to stand in the election himself. “I never, ever said I wanted to be a politician. I don’t know where it came from. I’ve been told I have no bottle, but I stood up against everybody in the last 10 years and I’ve been sneered at.”
On RTÉ Radio 1’s John Murray Show , Eamon Dunphy said Democracy Now had simply run of time before the election.
“We thought the election was going to be held in March. When the Greens walked it made it too tight of a deadline. We needed time to reflect and organise. It was too difficult.”
Dunphy said it had been a learning experience and the problems of the country would not be going away any time soon. Dunphy said there were too many “gombeen men and gombeen women” in Irish politics and there were “outstanding people” who had offered their services to Democracy Now.
“We have the basis to try and grow the movement and put down roots in constituencies,” he said.
We also have the crazy method of political party funding with Fine Gael being outed with a secret 3m euro slush fund today -yet Independents cannot get the dosh together for that.
They get free Election Money from the state but are up to their old tricks.Fine Gael’s secret cash from developers: Hundreds of thousands of euro handed over at lavish golf events
By Michael O'farrell
Last updated at 2:58 AM on 6th February 2011
Fine Gael has secretly raised hundreds of thousands of euro from business donors including property developers, bankers and the racing industry, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal.
An investigation by this paper has established that the party has been able to bring in up to €150,000 a time by hosting businessmen to lavish golf days at luxurious British and Irish courses.
Fine Gael this weekend refused to disclose how much it has received from such gifts, or to identify the companies that have helped it build up a €3m election war chest.
I mean after hearing a week of use of State cars and the Government Jet from Richard Bruton I wake up to this.
I like words like overhaul which is what is needed.
Where have our politicians learnt to talk in figures like billions (1,000,000,000) without blinking . This is Ireland, an Island state off the West Coast of Europe.
I don't know if any of these guys like Eamonn Blaney will get elected but they deserve to be heard.
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David McWilliams speaks at a meeting of Independent candidates and volunteers in Gateway House, Capel Street, Dublin, yesterday.Photograph: Cyril ByrneComments
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This is the guy that was on Frontline saying that instead of giving more money to the banks, we should give him 50k to set up his own business. This is the same guy that has had a string of failed business.
Hi Senna, my name is Eamonn Blaney, and you can find out everything about me on my website i.e. I have put myself out there for all to see. I, like you, have beliefs and opinions which you may or may not agree with. Fair enough. What is not, is your unfounded statement that I have had 'a string of failed business's'.
How would like to define 'failed' ? Closed down owing people money? Never once in my life. Started and then found that it was not viable to continue, for any number of reasons ? Many, many times.
I have never had a 'failed' business never mind a string of them. Maybe you should talk to any of the 100+ people that I provided jobs to over the years and ask them what they thought of me?
As regards my statement on RTE's Frontline, I suggest that you get onto the RTE Player and listen to what I actually said as it appears that You TOTALLY misunderstood my points. I suggested that ANY new business should have to compete for investment from the State, up to €50k, and that the public servants that award the money should have a portion of their salary based on the profits from the company in which the State invested ( on their advice or recommendation) i.e. performance related pay.
Anonymous unfounded begrudgery is exactly that. And if you have a problem with me I would be delighted to meet you and put the record straight.
Tell, you what Senna (incidentally, Senna was the BEST driver to have ever taken the wheel!) if you think I am full of it, vote for someone else or better still, go for election yourself.
You don't have to like me (some people actually don't
) but please be fair and stick to the facts. I ain't perfect and like you, have made mistakes in my time but I have never spread defamatory rumours about anyone, even if I didn't like or agree with them.
Personally, I couldn't give a toss what anyone who doesn't know me thinks of me on a personal level but I do try every day to be an honourable, honest and decent member of the Human Race. I can do no more than that.
Regards, Eamonn
Dublin North East candidate in GE2011
www.EamonnBlaney.com
www.CringeFactor.com
http://www.NewVision.com
ps if I don't get back to the 'Board' quickly it's because I'm kinda busy trying to get elected and and make the Country a better place to live in 0 -
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He doesn't even know his own website address. LOL0 -
I knew FF means soldiers of destiny but had to google FG to come up with the "tribe of irish" but names in Irish often cause confusion.
IndyMedia ran a piece in it on Sunday.A Clarification about Fis Nua and New Vision.
national | elections | opinion/analysis 
Sunday February 06, 2011 16:39
by troisc 
FIS NUA and New VisionThis is some confusion around about Fis Nua and New Vision.
Fís Nua is a registered political party and has been entered on the Register of Political Parties as from 12 noon Feb 4th 2011. They have so far been refused entry on the Register of Political Parties in force for the general election. Their membership is mostly former members of the Green party of Ireland.
An ex-member of Fianna Fail, Eamonn Blaney, has set up an umbrella group (not a political party) of independents who agree on a common set of four policies (separation of bank debt and sovereign debt;overhaul of the public service; a strategy to create jobs; and what they call "the restructure" of the state's energy resources). The have not registered as a party, since they are clear that beyond these four points, they will act as independents.
Fís Nua which is the Irish for New Vision says that it is aware that this other political alliance has announced its intention to call itself 'New Vision'.
They say: "This Alliance does not have an association with Fís Nua, and is not registered as a political party. We are in contact with that movement with a view to co-operation and compromise to avoid any possible confusion."
New Vision (not Fis Nua) has not commented on Fis Nua, and it is not clear how a political party can co-operate with a group of independent candidates.
Neither group has indicated a desire to change name.
New Vison.com sells nutrition supplements.
New Vision Daily is a newspaper in Uganda.
David McWilliams used to do ads for Tesco.
Clear now?
Related Link: http://newvision.com
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/98835
I did a search for Fis Nua and came up with an existing company in Galway "Nua Fis Teoranta" that has been running since 1998.
http://www.solocheck.ie/FreeIrishCompanyReport?companyNumber=285594&companyName=NUA+FIS+TEORANTA
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I knew FF means soldiers of destiny but had to google FG to come up with the "tribe of irish" but names in Irish often cause confusion.
IndyMedia ran a piece in it on Sunday.
I did a search for Fis Nua and came up with an existing company in Galway "Nua Fis Teoranta" that has been running since 1998.
http://www.solocheck.ie/FreeIrishCompanyReport?companyNumber=285594&companyName=NUA+FIS+TEORANTA
There could be more to this.
Indymedia also reported about the foundation of FÍS NUA - New Vision.
Fís Nua: A New Political Party in Ireland
Wednesday August 11, 2010
Fís Nua (New Vision) Inaugural Convention and First Public Meeting
Friday September 03, 2010
One should not mix up a business (name) and a (name of a) political party. These are two different things.
What Mr. Blaney did is registering a business (promotion) under the name NewVision, but now running a political alliance under this name.
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I'd also be very interested to hear your stance on the above.
Also, will you make it a priority to push any Government for legislation regarding the X Case ruling?
Will you support full gay marriage?
Will you support the abolition of section 37?
What are your positions regarding political reform? What do you believe needs to be changed/abolished and why?
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I would like to see Enda Kenny or Eamonn Gilmore answer that one.
It is some question.
I had a different version of this on another thread.I agree, but that has been the allocation method of resourses.
So maybe if the system was to be overhauled rather then just introducing swinging cuts issues like male suicide got a fair crack.
It is not so long ago that the Department of the Family was the Department of Women & Children. The new department is staffed by the same people and do they have the same policies.
It did not just exclude heterosexual men like me , lots of people like the LGBT were also excluded.
Take domestic violence issues, if there is no help for male victims that stretches across to the gay & lesbian community, the elderly and children in single parent families.
Words like societal etc are fairly abstract. The couple of thousand I spent on dentistry last year plus the prsi & tax changes left me thousands worse off.
Divorced Dad paying maintenence.
So these are real issues for me.
I dont know what you mean by this
I imagine that gay marriage and adoption are real issues for the gay community .
The Cohabitation Bill was an absolute shambles, it concerned cohabitting hetero couples rather then the gay issues.
So if you have bad laws and practices you should see where the politciians you support stand on them.
If the LGBT community is treated badly and they are organised , I am fairly sure I will be too, so I have a vested interest in their welfare too.
I might ask a question on an issue as it affects me but I am a citizen with a vote.
S when I say Mens Health , it is a yardstick I will use to assess policy but accross areas.
So Mr B - where do you stand on these issue's ??0 -
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I looked up the rules on registering of Political Parties and in summary FIS NUA as a party wasn't registered until Feb 4th and is not on the Register to be used on February 25th.
I did a web search on Iris Oifigiúil. and could not find it there.
My point being that all this stuff is fairly recent and FIS NUA's registration was delayed to the last possible minute for whatever reason.
Perhaps it did not meet the criteia or perhaps it did not have the resourses to do so.
FIS NUA was not registered as a party until Feb 4th.
Rules
To be registered, your party has to satisfy the Registrar that:- It is organised to contest elections
- It does not have less than 300 recorded members aged 18 or over. A party that applies for registration as a party organised to contest elections in part of the State, local elections or elections to Údarás na Gaeltachta only needs 100 recorded members aged 18 or over and at least least half of the party's recorded members are on the Register of Electors. Or
- The party has at least one member who, at the time of the application, is a member of the Dáil or a representative of the European Parliament and who certifies in writing to the Registrar that he or she is a member of the party
- In the case of a party that applies as a party organised to contest only local elections, the party has at least three members who, at the time of application, are members of a local authority and who each certify that he or she is a member of the party
- In the case of a party that applies as a party organised to only contest elections to Údarás na Gaeltachta, the party has at least one member who, at the time of application, is a member of Údarás na Gaeltachta and certifies that he or she is a member of the party.
- An annual or other periodic meeting or conference of the party
- An executive committee or similar body elected by the party, which administers the business of the party.
- Is identical to the name, abbreviation or acronym of the name of any registered party or so closely resembles the name, abbreviation or acronym of the name of a party as to be likely to confuse the public, or
- Consists of more than six words or
- In the case of a party operating in relation to a particular part of the State, does not include sufficient reference to that part to make it clear that the party only operates in relation to that part.
- Is likely to be confused by voters with a registered emblem used by another party
- Is obscene or offensive
- Is of such a character that its publication would be likely to amount to the commission of a offence
- Includes a word or expression, which if it was or was part of the party's name, would prevent the party from being registered.
The following details are entered in the Register of Political Parties:- The name of the party, including any abbreviation or acronym
- The emblem, if an application for its registration has been granted
- The address of the party's headquarters
- The name or names of the officer or officers of the party who are authorised to sign certificates authenticating the party's candidates at elections
- The type or types of election that the party is registered as being organised to contest
- Where the party is registered as organised to contest elections in a specified part of the State, a reference to that fact and to the part of the State concerned
- The name of any political group with which the party is affiliated.
Appeals can be made in writing, within 21 days of the decision, to the Clerk of the Seanad together with a deposit of €634.87. The appeal board consists of a Judge of the High Court acting as Chairman, and the Chairman of the Dáil and the Chairman of the Seanad.
Anyone can inspect the register of political parties in Ireland by contacting the office of the Registrar and making an appointment (see "Where to apply").
Rates
An appeal against the refusal of an application for registration requires a deposit of €634.87 to be paid.
There is no fee for inspecting the register of political parties or for registering a political party in Ireland.
How to apply
Contact the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties and request an application form. You will receive a copy of the application form, together with with a copy of the relevant extract from the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001. The application form to register your political party is not currently available to download online.
Where To Apply
Office of the Registrar of Political Parties
Leinster House
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel:
+353 (0)1 6184200 or +353 (0)1 6183438
Fax:
+353 (0)1 6184102
Homepage:
http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/a-misc/orgchart.htm
Email:
clerk@oireachtas.ie
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/national_government/houses_of_the_oireachtas/registering_a_political_party.html
I checked the Fis Nua website and New Vision does not appear on the header.Fis Nua brands itself as Fis Nua.The Irish Times - Monday, February 7, 2011New party targets corruption
FIONA GARTLAND
FÍS NUA: A NEW political party, Fís Nua, has promised to remove corruption from public and political life.
At the launch of its campaign, on Saturday the party, officially registered on February 4th, confirmed it would run six candidates.
The Fís Nua candidates include Wicklow town councillor Pat Kavanagh, Dr Ben Nutty in Waterford and Donal O’Riordain, Cork South West, all former Green Party members. Gerry Kinsella will run in Wicklow, Ian Clotworthy in Dublin South East and Liam Johnston in Dublin Central.
Its policies include the establishment of local currencies at council level to be linked together through a national network. The local currencies would work in a similar way to the Kenmare Youro, already in operation in the Kerry town. Shoppers there can buy youros for 95c, and so get a 5 per cent discount on goods when they shop locally.
The party also proposes a “steady State economy” that features “sustainable scale, fair distribution of wealth, and efficient allocation of resources”.
It proposes the establishment of a national redevelopment community fund to make loans available to community organisations and small businesses. It would introduce a basic income for all, reduce VAT by 3 per cent, phase out VRT and motor tax and replace both with a fuel surcharge. It would also “demerge banks” to reduce the risks of systemic failure.
Now - I have to ask the question - does anyone seriously believe that any reasonable person anywhere would be confused .I think not.
It seems to be one of those unfortunate life coincidences.
But for both focus should be on getting their respective messages out there.
EDIT - here are links to the actual register of parties and it would appear that FIS NUA does not appear on the register to be used for the Election to be held on 25 February.
Register of Political Parties
For further information on the Register of Political Parties please contact:
The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties:
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Tel:+353 (0)1 6184200 or +353 (0)1 6183438
Fax:+353 (0)1 6184102
Email:clerk@oireachtas.ie
View the Register of Political Parties
[Please note this is the Register in force for the forthcoming General Election to be held on 25th February 2011]
View the Register of Political Parties 8/2
[Please note that this latest version of the Register is not the Register in force for the General Election to be held on 25th February 2011]
you can inspect the register and download them here
http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/registerofpoliticalparties/
So there you have it. Fis Nua was not registered as a Party for the Election to be held on Feb 25 th.0 -
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Oh and lol at Indymedia as a source for anything.
DeV.
*takes the hump*
Well excuse me for using Indymedia.
I hope my latest post (no 30 above) meets your exacting standards. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=70608624&postcount=30
Yours pedantically
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