Fine Gael's new website has been defaced.Screenshot below:They were the only major political party to still host their website in Ireland up until very recently.UPDATE 2135: The Fine Gael site is now completely offline with this default holder up instead:By the sounds of things the defacement was due to bad coding. People were able to post comments including Javascript which … [Read more...] about Fine Gael New Website Defaced
Politics
Who I Would Vote For
There's probably going to be an election in Ireland in early 2011Since I don't trust any of our politicians or have confidence in their skills I'll probably be opting for "alternative" candidates .. such as Squishy: … [Read more...] about Who I Would Vote For
Irish Political Parties Talk About Knowledge Economy Yet Host Overseas?
Over the last few months there has been a lot of "talk" about building a knowledge economy and promoting Irish jobs etc etc. So this lunchtime I thought I'd have a quick look at what the main Irish political parties are actually doing ie. are they walking the walk? The methodology I used was pretty simple - I used the DNS for their main site ie. www.partyname.tld (most of them … [Read more...] about Irish Political Parties Talk About Knowledge Economy Yet Host Overseas?
Green Party Take Online Idiocy To A New Level
Irish political parties are trying to use online media. Unfortunately they're more "trying" than anything else.Remember the Green Party spamming bloggers?How about Fine Gael ripping off the BBC website?Well it looks like the Green Party are definitely outdoing their competitors when it comes to online idiocy. Their official Twitter account posted this charming message earlier … [Read more...] about Green Party Take Online Idiocy To A New Level
Irish Political Party Plagiarise BBC But Think They’re Cool
The BBC have a serious online presence which probably costs them a fortune to maintain every year.None of the Irish political parties have an online presence that comes anywhere near it (and you wouldn't really expect them to either... )But when an Irish political party blatantly rips off the BBC's design and thinks they can get away with it, what kind of message does that … [Read more...] about Irish Political Party Plagiarise BBC But Think They’re Cool