Dublin South Central – a cyberspace analysis

The general election in Ireland has been called for May 24 – a little less than three weeks from now.

I live in the Dublin South Central constituency – a five seater. Four of the sitting TDs (MPs) are running again, with only Gay Mitchell bowing out.

Here’s the full list of candidates, linked with the most personal web presence that I could find for each of them (via Google).

Here’s a brief analysis:

  1. Of the four standing TDs, only two have their own web sites (Ardagh and Mulcahy). The other two (Ó’Snodaigh and Upton) rely on their party’s page.
  2. The only noticeable presence I could find for two of the new candidates (Catherine Byrne and Ann Marie Martin) were their entries on the Dublin City Council web site.
  3. Three of the candidates have their own website (McDermott, McGuinness and McNamara). Two of those have pretty poor URLs, for different reasons. McDermott’s URL is completely obscure: http://moptxaal.websteps.ie/fulcrum.html?ep=5, and McGuinness’s URL (http://www.workersparty.ie/) looks like it belongs to the Workers’ Party, not just his candidacy. McNamara is a well known musical figure in Ireland, and his website reflects that. He does have a page on the site dedicated to his candidacy in the election
  4. Only one candidate, Eric Byrne, has his own blog!

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