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09 Mar 2007

Blueshirt Pot Calls Kettle Black In an uncharacte…

Seen on where angels fear and other oddities

Blueshirt Pot Calls Kettle Black In an uncharacteristic outburst of frankness, Kildare FG TD Bernard Durkan yesterday made the shocking revelation that there were TDs who should never have been elected to the Dáil. The man from Mayo is obviously trailing his coat for the ‘Every dog on the street knows that’ Award, 2007. In a debate on the... Continue reading »

27 Feb 2007

Time to remember Elderly Irish living in the UK.

Seen on Cllr. Michael O' Brien

The plight of our former emigrants was again brought home to me when I accompanied President McAleese to the Good Shepherd Centre, sheltered housing project in Kilkenny City. We had the privilege of meeting some residents, of whom many are returned emigrants from the UK. During our visit I discovered that President McAleese’s husband and I both... Continue reading »

12 Nov 2006

Public Conference: Time for a real left alternative

Seen on Damien Mulley

Got this in an email. It looked interesting enough until I checked out their ghastly website: http://www.people-before-profit.org/ The Indymedia to normals ratio will probably be quite high too. Maybe there’ll be classes on how to use a video camera for the Shell to Sea people? [ :)] Time for a real left alternative - Public Conference... Continue reading »

10 Oct 2006

Smart crisis damaged telecoms regulation system,…

Seen on Irish Telecom News

Smart crisis damaged telecoms regulation system, committee told Posted October 10th, 2006 Categories: Broadband, Fixed Line Telephony, Internet, Residential, Business Last week’s Smart Telecom crisis, in which 55,000 customers were disconnected without notice, has damaged the regulatory system for telecommunications, an Oireachtas committee... Continue reading »

17 Sep 2006

Irish Broadband failure rate 8000 times higher…

Seen on Damien Mulley

Irish Broadband failure rate 8000 times higher than NI yet ComReg tells the Govt otherwise September 17th, 2006 ComReg lied lied lied to the Oireachtas when they testified in front of them a few months ago. They told them the failure rate in the Republic was the same as the North. It’s 0.0015% there and 12% here. 8000 times higher. I’m glad... Continue reading »


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