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“That will be a decision to be taken by the Government..”

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:42:46 +0000

Today the Republic of Ireland’s Defence Minister, Willie O’Dea, indicated to the Dáil that March 2009 might not be the end of the matter for those troops. Speaking of the UN’s plans to replace the Eufor mission in March, Mr O’Dea said: …... Continue reading »

it's raining, it's pouring

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:29:30 +0000

Willie O Dea has yet to send a really comprehensive booklet, imo. I feel sad though - my husband's been working flat out since forever, and he doesn't usually have weekends off - he's been in a windowless warehouse through all the …... Continue reading »

Weirdest Questions and Answers.

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:45:01 +0000

Makes you wonder, why anyone would want to know if Willie O’Dea considered losing his clothes for Spencer Tunick. “I don’t understand the question.”... Continue reading »

“Yes, we have the right to ask about the effectiveness of such a …

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:02:50 +0000

Defence Minister Willie O’Dea yesterday claimed he had an ‘apology’ from Jose Fischel de Andrade, a representative from the UN in Goz Beida. Setting aside for one moment at that that’s not the same organisation, the controversy does …... Continue reading »

Chad Peace force stretched to the limit…

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:06:24 +0000

Not least he detecting a slight deflation in Defence Minister Willie O’Dea’s bluff confidence that Irish forces had fulfilled all of their mandate. Lally confirms that apologies were forthcoming from UNHCR in Chad, Dublin and Geneva. …... Continue reading »

Ireland’s EU murky mandate in Chad

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:44:46 +0000

… and points up the nearly unreported incident where Irish forces did not prevent a UN humanitarian compound from being sacked by rebels - and an ominous round of finger-pointing between Willie O’Dea, the Chadian government and the UN …... Continue reading »

The Lying Liability

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:02:54 +0000

Responding to UNHCR complaints that Irish Defence Forces failed to provide protection to their staff and offices during a rebel attack on saturday Minister Willie O'Dea, a proven bullshitter wholly unsuitable as in any Ministerial post, …... Continue reading »

Referendum 2008 – Lisbon Treaty

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:21:19 +0000

Fine Gael’s TD for Limerick East, Kieran O'Donnell told local press, ”The treaty was not fully explained; there was definitely an anti-governmental vote there. People are now sending out a message to government. …... Continue reading »

O’ Dea visits Irish troops in Chad

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:45:18 +0000

Defence Minister Willie O'Dea has landed in the central African country of Chad today on his first official visit to Irish troops serving a peacekeeping mission in the region. The Limerick East TD is using the 3 day trip to meet with …... Continue reading »

Tu dis oui, je dis non

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:46:59 +0000

I'd rather be ruled by an army of faceless Belgian bureaucrats that Brian Cowen, Willie O'Dea or even Eamon Gilmore. I'm into the whole United Europe dream. Belgian chocolates are scrummy. So let's get together, nuke up, …... Continue reading »

Micheal Martin

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:14:35 +0000

Story goes that Martin was sick of seeing Willie O'Dea getting all the attention off the birds in Coppers on Student nights, because Willie offered them a puff of his “cigar”. So Martin decided smoking in Coppers / the whole Republic …... Continue reading »

Government parties vote against Labour’s HSE proposals

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:59:21 +0000

We approached this issue genuinely and my colleague in the Lower House, Deputy Jan O’Sullivan, has brought forward these proposals in a genuine attempt to have the chaos which characterises much of the operation of the health services …... Continue reading »

Irish voters baffled?

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:57:01 +0000

In recent days I have been trying to reconcile Brian Cowen’s claim on one hand that he negotiated the Lisbon Treaty line by line with the other assertion that he hadn’t read it cover to cover, when up popped Willie O’Dea, …... Continue reading »

Peter Power and the Liz Bonnin Treaty

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:41:08 +0000

In the topic of Liz, Peter Power—Limerick East TD, and recently-appointed Minister of State for Overseas Development—has written a guest post for The Limerick Blogger about her. The ‘yes’ camp has been fairly quiet up to recently, but, …... Continue reading »

Irish Army Peace Keeping Force To Chad

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:11:48 +0000

The Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea, has described the deployment along the Darfur border as one of the most challenging missions the troops will ever undertake. 150 soldiers are due to join them soon. Unlike previous UN peacekeeping …... Continue reading »

Limerick East TD given junior ministry role

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:34:52 +0000

Peter Power has been appointed at the Department of Foreign Affairs where he will take on the responsibility for Overseas Aid. Speaking to the Limerick Leader a short time ago, Mr. Power said, “I will continue to work tirelessly for the …... Continue reading »

Operation Platinum hits criminals hard

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:22:29 +0000

Minister Willie O Dea praised the raids and confirmed that the Criminal Assets Bureaux were preparing to seized houses owned by criminals,. “Over the past twelve months CAB have been carrying out a huge investigation into property in …... Continue reading »

Willie O'Dea

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:48:45 +0000

Willie O'Dea will seriously fuck you up…anytime…anywhere. That's about it really.... Continue reading »

O’ Dea remains Minister for Defence

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:48:24 +0000

Willie O Dea has retained his post as Minister for Defence after the new cabinet was unveiled in the Dail this evening The 55 year old Limerick East TD was named as part of Brian Cowens new ministerial team which saw changes in other …... Continue reading »

Minister Willie O'Dea TD and Patricia McKenna debate Ireland's …

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:13:28 +0000

The Minister for Defence, Willie O’Dea TD, has told a packed public meeting in Limerick organised by the National Forum On Europe that there is no threat in the Treaty of Lisbon to Ireland’s traditional policy of military neutrality or …... Continue reading »