http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu Your Candidate for Europe Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:03:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well we have finally reached the day that we never thought would come. We've put our case to the people, now it's their turn to tell us what they think. I want to take this opportunity to say a huge thanks to everybody who went way beyond any party or any ... http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/06/05/a-big-thank-you/ Well everyone, the campaign is finally drawing to a close. It has been an interesting few weeks, but I am disappointed that there has been very little discussion about a vision for Dublin. At the end of the day, the election of MEPs for this region is all about how ... http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/06/04/141/ Today I attended a memorial service for Jane Deasy, a beautiful young woman from Dublin who lost her life in the Air France disaster and whose sister is a close friend of one of my daughters. I would ask people to keep in their thoughts and prayers the Deasy family ... http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/06/03/in-memory/ I had a good discussion with Socialist Joe Higgins on Tom Mc Guirk's radio programme on 4Fm this evening. We argued over the corporation tax rates with Joe saying that he would be in favour of raising our favourable tax rates which I believe would be detrimental to this city ... http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/06/02/4fm/ Over the weekend Sam and I met with the thousands of women who came to Dublin for our infamous City marathon. We got a great reception and it was great to see so many ladies, of all ages, running and walking for charity, despite the heat. We were blessed with such a ... http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/06/02/134/ What a beautiful day! Had a great chat earlier with the Henry St/Mary St Christmas traders, saw the amazing boats at the Dublin Docklands Maritime Festival, was on board the  tall ship 'Kathleen & May' and met H.E. Ambassador Ms Izolda Brickovskiene from Lithuania on the yacht Ambersail. This morning I visited ... http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/05/29/132/ Tune in to Today FM at 5.30pm to listen to my live interview with Matt Cooper on The Last Word. http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/05/27/wednesday/ Canvassing Stephens Green Luas stop this evening at 4.45pm, hope to see you there. http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/05/26/canvassing/ www.letsgetsam.com http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/05/26/for-more-information-on-my-campaign/ Europarltv just launched a series of videos that explain how the Parliament works, what it achieved recently and how it became what it is today. http://europarltv.europa.eu/discoverep.aspx http://www.eibhlinbyrne.eu/2009/05/25/information-on-how-the-parliament-works/