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LABOUR TD BRENDAN Ryan has announced he won’t contest the upcoming general election.
With an election expected to be announced in the coming weeks, 66-year-old Ryan said he made the decision to stand down after Labour Councillor Duncan Smith had a strong showing in his Dublin Fingal constituency’s November bye-election.
In a statement this evening, Ryan said “the time is now right for the transition to the next generation.”
Ryan was first elected to the Dáil in 2011 when Labour reached 37 seats and was one of just seven Labour TDs to retain their seats in the February 2016 general election.
Said Ryan: “It has been a great privilege and honour for me to represent the people of Dublin Fingal in Dáil Éireann for nearly nine years now, and in Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2011.
“I want to thank my constituents and friends for their support over that time and I am very grateful for the trust they placed in me over three general elections.”
He added: “I spoke to all our councillors after the May local elections and told them I had no desire to hold any of them back if they wished to take the next step and run for the Dáil.
“I am confident that we can hold our Labour seat in a general election with a new candidate and because of that I believe the time is now right for the transition to the next generation”.
There will now be a selection convention to decide who Labour’s general election candidate in Ryan’s constituency will be.
iOS might be using the Mars maps instead of Earth
Google Sky Map is a great app for the astronomy nerds out there..
Nah, starwalk is better
Google sketchup for building 3d models
Sketchup wasn’t developed by google. They bought it 4 years ago and sold it off 2 years ago, so not in their portfolio anymore.
Cool
As per above. Sketchup is an amazing tool. It helped design the house we now live in for free!
Problem with the Google products is that once you start to rely on it they go and scrap it ala Google Reader and iGoogle.
Google notepad was awesome as well
Also Lively.
What’s really galling about Notepad is that they’ve now introduced a similar service called “Keep”. I won’t be switching back from Evernote.
A very good sub for google reader is greader and greader pro, available in app store.
I can see my surface rover from here…:)
I would be happy if they could just fix the bugs in Chrome, Like Flash Player using all the CPU.
It’s Groundhog Day! Saw this on twitter and LinkedIn this week. Does anybody credit the real originators of articles anymore?
It says Business Insider right there at the bottom of the article.
Right beside “about the author”
Google Encrypted is now default for all logged in Google users (note the HTTPS in the address bar when logged in)
This was in response to the allegation that the Chinese government hacked the GMail accounts of some activists because they weren’t using HTTPS.
Agreed. Google Encrypted doesn’t count as a service, it really should have been standard from the beginning.
Check out ChromeMaze
It’s a game for chrome turns any website into a ‘marble madness-esq’ maze
Another similar service to Google Art Project is Google Business Photos: a very cool new service that allows people to take virtual throughs of shops and businesses. A couple of examples here: http://niallleechphotography.com/portfolio-2/google-business-photos-my-tours/
That’s amazing! Great work Niall Leech!
Sound search is not available in Ireland for some reason. Pity, I’d prefer ab alternative to shazam and soundhound
Very interesting
Is image labeller still around? Very addictive!
Edmodo is a great google product for teachers – it’s a social media platform for schools. Powerful and very safe.
Using edmodo for college. .. great idea but can’t access lectures from my mobile so useless unless @ a pc
Just had a look at your google business virtual tours there, Niall Leech. Impressive work. Is that service available all over?
Tried to dl google sound.. not available in my country. Wtf
What browser are you usuing? There are ways around that – firefox actually have an add-on that let’s you download stuff which isn’t availabke in your country. Can also be used to view youtube vids not available in country.
The Niantic Project?
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