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The Labour Party Conference Goes Online
Posted on November 13, 2007 at 10:06 AM
The Labour Party's 62nd National Conference will be taking place this weekend from White's Hotel in Wexford. From 6:30pm on Friday to 12:30pm on Sunday more than 1100 delegates will engage in elections, discussion and debate that will determine the priorities for Labour over the coming year.
We realise that not everbody can make it to the Conference so we have worked hard to bring the Conference to you though our website 'labour.ie'. We have planned a range of online events to help you follow the Conference proceedings and take part in the debate. Some of these features include:-
Live Streaming of Conference on Ustream
We will be broadcasting a live stream of all the Conference sessions, including Eamon Gilmore's first address as Party Leader, on our Ustream channel. Ustream.tv is a live video equivalent of YouTube, this is the first time that it has been used by an Irish political party although it has been used extensively for the US Presidential election.
Online Q&A Sessions with Key Labour Reps
We will conducting online question and answer sessions with key Labour representatives. You will be able to submit questions through the website in the comment section below and a random selection of these will be answered online during Conference. So far we have lined up Labour Deputy Leader, Joan Burton TD, Health Spokesperson Jan O'Sullivan TD, Spokesperson on Commuter Issues Senator Dominic Hannigan and Spokesperson on Housing and Local Government Ciaran Lynch TD.
Videos of Key Speeches on YouTube
Videos of key speeches from Conference will be uploaded to our YouTube channel.
Conference Photos on Flickr
Throughout Conference we will be uploading images of the proceedings on our Flickr page. Pictures from conference will be tagged 'conference07'.
Status Updates on Twitter
We will be using our Twitter account to post status updates from Conference. If you have a Twitter account you can sign up to follow the proceedings on your mobile phone, if you do not have an account you can sign up to Twitter here.
Full Conference Schedule & Agenda
The Conference schedule and full list of motions will be available on our website. You will be able to participate in a virtual vote on motions.
Election Results
The results of the elections for the NEC (National Executive Committee) and the Party Presidency will be uploaded as soon as they are in.
These features will go live in the next few days. Keep an eye on labour.ie for updates.
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Comments
Excellent use of the web. Keep it up!
Good to see Labour leading the way in terms of technology. Question for Ciaran Lynch, Will he sit down with the Minister for the Environment and discuss the lowering of the voting age at local and european elections to 16 and the lowering of the age to stand to 17? I really think that we could work well with the greens there
To Dominic Hannigan:
What practical steps can be taken in a short timeframe to make life easier for those commuting in and out of Dublin on a daily basis?
To Jan O'Sullivan:
With the recent report on hygiene in hospitals largely critical of the health services, what options are open to the HSE and to Government, short of rhetorical devices like "bring back matron"?
To Joan Burton:
Given the decline in tax revenues reported to date this year, what changes to basic tax (other than personal income tax) do you think are appropriate in the forthcoming budget? Do we need to increase the tax-take, and if so what changes would increase tax take without damaging competitiveness?
Question for Ciaran:
During the debate on the fire service in the Dail Tony Killeen rambled on about building regulations. Anecdotal evidence suggests that fire buidling regulations aren't being met and certified properly - what can be done about this?
Question for Joan:
Labour is very hazy and unclear on it's overall broad finance policy in my opinion - How would you propose improving communication with regard to what the party policy on finance is?
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