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Back to the RDS Ard Fheis Special The voice of the members Cuisle Edition 02 – Spring 2012 Back to the RDS Ard Fheis Special The voice of the members – Cuisle AN RDS ARD FHEIS ITINERARY Credits Contents Cuisle The voice of the members Editorial Committee – Damien Blake, 4 Ard Fheiseanna Gone By Jane Dignam, Jimmy Healy and James riday 4pm: Members meet Lawless. 6 Towards Renewal elcome to the Ard Fheis from joining. People who want to vote for Saturday 12am: Fianna Fáil. Members should remember we for a pint and chat before Editor – Jimmy Healy 7 Our Online Presence edition of Cuisle. It’s only get one chance on this. We need to take going to RDS and discuss hard to believe that it’s action to fix the ills of the party. Members discuss 8 Ógra Fianna Fáil Nua F Graphic Designer – Darragh Kelly the state of the party and how W over three years since the last As far as we’re concerned a vote against one [email protected] 9 Moving On From Bertie nobody listens to them. how they are going www.clickandrush.com Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis. So much member one vote is a vote in favour of all 10 Birth Of The Party has happened in that time. The the problems that have blighted this party in Members enter RDS. recent years. It is a vote against the renewal. Friday 6pm: Cartoons – Grant O’Hara. party is out of Government, the to give a piece of 12 A Testing Treaty A vote against returning this party to the Friday 7pm: Members gather at bar to Cuisle would like to thank the following parliamentary party has been people who really should be its driving force – discuss what is happening later and how the their mind to HQ staff for helping make this issue possible – 13 Dumpin’ Doughnuts decimated dropping from 77 TDs the members. crowd is great and what they are going to say Páidi Ó Sé, Brian Murphy, Noel Whelan, New Printing Service For Councillors from the floor in the workshops on Saturday. to only 19, party support has Breandán Fitzgerald, Sean O’Connor, WHAT PRICE COMMUNICATING? and the TDs when 14 Tackling Septic Tanks Aidan O’Connor, Aisling Garvey, Ciara plummeted, we have a new party Friday 9pm: Members head to a Ballsbridge Rural School Cuts Thank you for all the comments we have Hickey, Mark Power, Ger Fogarty, Ciaran leader and even the venue has hotel for function. they see them on received about the first issue of Cuisle. The Bolger, John Whelan, Éamon Ó Cuív TD, 15 What FF means to me changed. response we have received has been very Friday 10pm: Members get harassed by DJ Moore, Senator Averil Power, Deirdre positive. Please keep these suggestions candidates running for the Committee of 20. Saturday morning. Smith, Dara Calleary TD, Ola Ladenegan, 20 Gerry Hickey RIP Despite this, talking to party members coming – this is a magazine for the members Lesley Shannon, Cllr. John Paul Feeley, Coiste Na Gaeilge everyone seems to be looking forward to and we need your input if we are to represent Saturday 12am: Members discuss how they Michelle Hoban, Pat Carey, Marian this Ard Fheis with a level of fervour rarely the views of the members in the future. are going to give a piece of their mind to HQ Saturday 7pm: Members head back to Quinlan, Timmy Dooley TD, Cllr. Sinead 21 FF Finance Policy experienced before. Part of that might be staff and the TDs when they see them on RDS after food and beverages and further Dooley, Michael McGrath TD, Kevin because we haven’t had the foremost party Unfortunately most members of the party Saturday morning. discussions about problems in party but this 22 Regulation Of Lobbyists event for such a long period. People want to will not receive this second issue of Cuisle. Barrett, Arthur Griffin, Niall Collins TD, time they have found the solutions. experience all that an Ard Fheis has to offer Fianna Fáil HQ will only allow 13,000 copies to Brendan Hayes, Sinéad Lucey, Louise 23 Ard Chomhairle Review Announced Saturday 1.30am: Members discuss how once more. be printed of our second issue. they are going to shaft the chairperson of their Saturday 8pm: Members stand and applause O’Farrell, Emmy Maher, Jim Maher, 24 National Draw Takes Chunk Out Of cumann and promise every candidate going the leader and sing the “Legion of the Breandán Ó Cróinín, Sean Sherwin, However there is also another element to it. While every person who holds an officer for the Committee of 20 their number 1 vote. Rearguard”, “Arise and follow Charlie” and “A Sarah Ryan, Joe Neville, Padraig Martin, Party Debt This Ard Fheis is a landmark event for Fianna position in the party received a copy by post nation once again”. John Dooley, James McCann, Eoin Ó Fáil. It will mark a significant point in the of the first issue (so everyone who holds a 26 The Big Debate Saturday 10am: After a few hours rest Nialláin, Pierce O’Leary, Teresa Daly future direction of the party. It is the first time cumann, a CC, a CDC, an Ógra or an Ard members head to RDS nursing sore heads Members leave the RDS for in a very long time that the members as a Chomhairle position) only 5,000 will receive a Saturday 9pm: of Gill & Macmillan, Gillian Hennessy 28 Book Reviews from the previous night’s activities. local bars and discuss the weekend’s events of Collins Press, Jo O’Donoghue of group will get to voice their opinions on how copy in the post this time around. In addition and how they are never listened too. Londubh Books, Eoin Purcell of New 30 Letters the party operates. This is the members’ each CDC will be sent a box of 100 copies of Members meet TDs and HQ chance to take back the party and many seem the magazine. About 3,000 copies will also be Saturday 11am: Island, Sean Dorgan, Pat McParland, staff and tell them what the others were saying Saturday 11pm: Members discuss how all intent on making the most of this opportunity. made available at the Ard Fheis. Adam Ledwith, Elaine O’Meara, Aidan 31 Finding Our Place In The New Political about them, but they think they are great. the problems are now solved and discuss Landscape how they are going to get out into their O’Gorman, Darragh McShea, Kevin Judd, Central to that process will be the motions There’s no doubt that producing Cuisle is Saturday 12pm: Members meet at the bar to communities and work hard for the party in Russell Bryce, Siobhán Seoighe, Liam 32 One Member One Vote concerning one member, one vote. All expensive. discuss policy and what is wrong in the party. hail, rain or snow. Aylward MEP and his office, Tim Ralph democratic political parties need to make sure as well as everyone else who contributed all their members have a voice. Anything else The editorial team did try to help make this Saturday 1.30pm: Members find solutions to Sunday 1.30am: Members sing old favourites towards the publication of this magazine. only sidelines members, resulting in alienation. issue more affordable. We offered to cut the problems after consuming pints of Guinness. and discuss how their grandfathers were in If any party has experienced that problem in number of copies distributed and to try to the GPO in 1916. A special thanks to Seamus Helfarty and recent times it is Fianna Fáil. get advertising. However you can’t get ads Saturday 3pm: Members discuss what they the archive staff in UCD for their help when you don’t know when you’ll go to print, are going to say in the workshops. Then after Sun 9am – 12pm: Members head for home and patience. The existing mechanism of putting forward how many copies will be produced or how another pint they discuss how they couldn’t after a very productive weekend. When home delegates to vote at CCs, CDCs, selection they will be distributed. If you’re interested in be bothered going to the workshops and how they tell their family what they told the other conventions and other party events means advertising in future issues please let us know. they are a waste of time because nobody members and how all the others agreed with that many members do not get the chance to listens to them. them. express their opinions and have their voice We believe that Cuisle is needed in the party. heard. Let’s be honest about it, the current It provides a platform for members to voice Saturday 4pm: Members leave RDS for a (Not to be taken seriously!) scheme only helps keep power in the hands their opinions and to help keep members break and head to a nearby bar. of those who already have it. Which is why informed. It’s an important communication’s Ciaran Bolger the current system has survived for so long tool. and why it played a major part in Fianna Fáil’s recent fall. Fianna Fáil has promised that future issues HELP of Cuisle will be paid for as part of the Even at this year’s Ard Fheis, many members membership fee if one member one vote WANTED attending won’t be able to vote, simply comes in. It is disappointing that not all because they are not the selected delegates. members will receive this issue but hopefully HELP WANTED! What kind of a system tolerates that all people interested in receiving a copy of nonsense? Cuisle will do in future.
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