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Estd. 2005

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09 Feb

Oireachtas Comm meeting on electoral reform – Tue Feb 2 – The Story

An article about Jim O'Keeffe seen on thestory.ie

… Professor Ken Benoit, head of the Department of Political Science, Senator Ivana Bacik, Trinity Fellow, Seán Ardagh, Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, Jim O'Keeffe, Vice Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, The Hon. …... Continue reading »

23 Nov 2008

Munster Express Online » Archive » TD’s ‘US scenario’ warning on …

An article about Jim O'Keeffe seen on munster-express.ie

At last Thursday’s meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, he asked his party colleague Jim O’Keeffe to question Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy on the “uncoordinated, inconsistent approach in the licensing of firearms across the ... Continue reading »

09 Nov 2008

[news item about cork] : FF TD banned and fined for drink-driving …

An article about Christy O'Sullivan seen on feckthat.com

FF TD banned and fined for drink-driving Cork South West TD Christy O'Sullivan (Fianna Fáil) has been disqualified from driving for one year and fined €300 after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving. ... Continue reading »

06 Jun 2008

ANOTHER Fianna Fáil TD drives drunk – RESIGN Christy O’Sullivan

An article about Christy O'Sullivan seen on certainpeople.wordpress.com

Not content with having a former Cabinet Minister, Jim McDaid, caught previously, yet another Fianna Fáil TD – Cork South West TD Christy O’Sullivan – has been found to be driving while drunk. Even worse, his so-called-apology expressed ... Continue reading »

TD says sorry after drink drive arrest

An article about Christy O'Sullivan seen on soapboxireland.blogspot.com

Christy O'Sullivan (above), a Fianna Fail TD for Cork South West, was apparently returning from a race meeting when he was stopped just after 8.30pm on Monday. The 59-year-old co-operated fully with gardai and supplied a sample at ... Continue reading »

Christy O’Sullivan will resign if he’sa decent human being

An article about Christy O'Sullivan seen on jazzbiscuit.com

Meanwhile, Christy O’Sullivan TD drink drives and all he does is apologises. Totally unacceptable.... Continue reading »

20 Apr 2008

Bubble Radio / TV: Give advance notice here!!!

An article about Jim O'Keeffe seen on thepropertypin.com

FG justice spokesman Jim O’Keeffe has interests in ten properties (mostly in Co Cork). Other significant property investors are: Noel O’Flynn (FF, Cork NC); John McGuinness (FF, Kilkenny); Denis O’Donovan (FF, Cork SW); Sean Ardagh (FF, ... Continue reading »

11 Apr 2008

Alive with a major exclamation mark

An article about Jim O'Keeffe seen on michaelcommane.blogspot.com

The advert referred to by Fine Gael TD Jim O'Keeffe is an appalling piece of inaccuracy. The theme of the ad is that God wants us to vote against the Lisbon Treaty. A sentence in the advertisement runs, “Please help us to fight and win ... Continue reading »

27 May 2007

After the election

Seen on mopti

I’m too lazy to undertake this analysis, but I hope somebody else will … , Denis O’Donovan lost his seat, and had tried to take on a role as a national parliamentarian, chairing... Continue reading »

07 May 2007

INSIDE POLITICS – DAY NINE

Seen on Harry McGee

The focus shifted to the North today for the appointment of a one-time purveyor of sectarian bile and invective and a one time IRA gunman to the … , the PDs and Fianna Fail the focus was unsurprisingly on the North. Back in Dublin, Jim O’Keeffe … on about? Jim then tried to argue that what he was talking about was a spiral of serious and heinous crime... Continue reading »

01 May 2007

Why I’m turning Green

Seen on Comin's 'n Goin's

Although I am going to be in Croatia on the week of the election, I am going to fly home on the Thursday to vote … although I am not sure about some of his policies (voting at 16?). My number 3 vote will go to Jim O’Keeffe, simply... Continue reading »

13 Mar 2007

Gang. Bang!

Seen on Arse End Of Ireland

RTE.ie told me last night, just so as to bring me back down again from my post Project Catwalk giddiness, that the text of the new Criminal Justice Bill has been circulated to Opposition parties, and is due to be formally published within the next day or two. It is understood the Bill will include a provision that anyone convicted of possessing ... Continue reading »


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