World

The 2011 Irish General Election Campaign Has Already Started

by infomatique | January 31, 2011 at 01:54 pm

234 views | 10 Recommendations | 5 comments

Photos

Liz McManus TD, Labour Party - Development of broadband infrastructure key to jobs and recovery

see larger image

uploaded by williamm

Early this morning I was invited to attend a Labour Party Press Conference in Dublin and I must admit that I was a bit surprised by the subject that was discussed. However, as I have campaigned for many years for improvement in the communications infrastructure here in the Republic Of Ireland I was delighted that the Labour Party are planning to improve broadband access if they are in government.

Statement by Eamon Gilmore TD
Party Leader
Dáil Candidate for Dún Laoghaire

Speaking at the launch of Labour's Plan for Digital Ireland

Yesterday we launched Labour's plan for promoting job creation and tackling the scourge of unemployment through trade an innovation.

Today we are looking at specific plans we have for delivering growth by developing our broadband infrastructure.

Next-generation broadband is an essential component of our economic recovery. The availability of high speed broadband is crucial for business and job creation, as well as being key to attracting outside investment.

Despite the often touted rhetoric of the Smart Economy, Ireland lags significantly behind the EU and the OECD in many crucial aspects. The failure of Fianna Fáil Governments over the past decade to roll out adequate connectivity has left Ireland languishing well behind our international competitors in the broadband stakes.

Under the watch of the current government, Ireland dropped out of the global top 50 ranking for download speed demonstrates clearly we are being left behind on the smart economy front.

Decent broadband is as important to Ireland in the 21st century as electricity was in the thirties. It is our belief that the basis of a future smart economy and job creation is high speed broadband.

Labour believes that if we are to build a smart economy, then a high-quality broadband system has to be the foundation to it. We are entering an era where many goods will never be manufactured or packaged in a traditional way, the manufacturing of the future will be carried out in an online setting. Our plans today provide a blueprint for building that foundation.

4 See all footage | View Slideshow

Share: email story | add to any | | facebook | stumbleupon

recommend Sign In or Join to post comments

Letemhang

at 14:14 on January 31st, 2011

Is Liz McManus a transvestite?

infomatique

at 16:00 on January 31st, 2011

The short answer is "NO".

Letemhang

at 16:17 on January 31st, 2011

And the long answer?

infomatique

at 19:50 on January 31st, 2011

Here is the long version ...

Liz McManus was born in 1947 in Montreal, Canada. I first met her in 1979 when I ran a "Pirate" radio station in Bray county Wicklow and I clearly recall that she was very attractive lady at the time. Shortly after the meeting she was elected to Bray Town Council for the Sinn Féin the Workers' Party and our paths never crossed again until Monday of this week.

A few months ago I received a lot of email complaining that I had published an unflattering photograph of a well known film star so I suspect that it the the style of my photography that caused you to ask the original question about Liz. The photographs that I supplied here have made Liz look less feminine that she actually is in reality possibly because I am a street photographer rather than a portrait photographer.

Unlike some other countries politicians in Ireland either North or South (not sure about England) are not inclined to undergo plastic surgery and they do not employ personal make-up experts so photographs and video recordings can at times be rather unflattering especially is they are over sixty.