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Formal Nomination

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:20:55 +0000

Formal Nomination June 5, 2007 at 8:20 am | In Statements | No Comments I am delighted to announce my formal nomination as a Seanad Eireann … , Donncha O’Connell, Dr Nollaig O Muirile, Fr Peter McVerry, Dr Jerry Cowley, Joe Murray of AFRI, Richard... Continue reading »

Deny

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:12:09 +0000

Deny One Independent TD that I was glad to see defeated was Dr Jerry Cowley in Mayo. Dr Cowley virtually hitched his political future to the Shell To Sea mob – and lost. Indeed he polled fewer votes in the Rossport area than Fine Gael’s Michael Ring. How’s that for gratitude... Continue reading »

Election reflections

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:52:12 +0000

The big story of the election is Fianna Fáil’s performance. The RTÉ exit poll has the party on 41.6% (similar enough to their 2002 performance) … . Jerry Cowley, who championed the rights of the people of Rossport and Eris so ably in the last Dáil... Continue reading »

ALWAYS STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 24 May 2007 09:22:09 +0000

Hi my name is Dr Jerry Cowley T.D., Welcome to my blog. I was elected nearly 5 years ago to serve all the people of Mayo … with your help to always stand with the people for the next 5 years. Regards Dr Jerry Cowley T.D. ... Continue reading »

Support for Dr Jerry Cowley

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:26:50 +0000

Support for Dr Jerry Cowley May 18, 2007 at 11:26 am | In Statements | No Comments As a candidate for Seanad Eireann, I wish to publicly pledge my personal support to Dr Jerry Cowley in the forthcoming general … political fashion. I believe Jerry Cowley has shown courage and conviction on many issues over... Continue reading »

Call on Kenny to show leadership on Corrib Gas issue

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:45:37 +0000

Call on Kenny to show leadership on Corrib Gas issue May 9, 2007 at 11: … project. Only this can resolve the conflict. I have proposed with Dr Jerry Cowley the establishment... Continue reading »

Is there a doctor In the House?

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:54:36 +0000

What I predict or think will happen in this election doesn’t really matter. But who cares? … but he should just about do it. Meanwhile, despite suggestions that Independent TD, Dr Jerry Cowley’s support has slipped... Continue reading »

Mayo candidates for the 2007 General Election

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 01 May 2007 11:33:08 +0000

Current list of candidates in Mayo for the Election on 24th May 2007: John Carty Fianna Fáil Jerry Cowley Independent Beverly Flynn Independent Enda Kenny Fine Gael Michael Ring Fine Gael Harry Barrett Labour Party Dara Calleary Fianna Fáil Cllr Frank Chambers... Continue reading »

Welcome for support for Independent Commission – Joint Statement with Dr Jerry Cowley TD

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:13:08 +0000

Welcome for support for Independent Commission – Joint Statement with Dr Jerry Cowley TD April 26, 2007 at 1: … and community consent.Â Yesterday, Dr Jerry Cowley led a multi-party delegation for discussions with Statoil... Continue reading »

A new Plan of Development is now required

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:22:43 +0000

A new Plan of Development is now required April 19, 2007 at 1:22 pm | In Statements | No Comments Following yesterday’s developments in the High Court whereby Shell’s Compulsory Acquisition Orders against certain landowners in Rossport were vacated it is now clear that a new pipeline route must be found by the company. This means that Shell’s ... Continue reading »

The other Irish political party website front pages… or: There’s an Election on, haven’t you heard?

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:18:34 +0000

The other Irish political party website front pages… or: There’s an Election on, haven’t you heard? April 14, 2007 Posted by WorldbyStorm in Sinn Féin, Irish Election 2007, Irish Politics, Greens, Labour Party, Ireland. add a comment Okay, continuing the inspection of the new media websites of Irish political parties just prior to Election 20o7, ... Continue reading »

A Solution must be Found – Joint Statement with Dr Jerry Cowley

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:09:43 +0000

A Solution must be Found – Joint Statement with Dr Jerry Cowley April 13, 2007 at 10:09 am | In Statements | No Comments On the eve of the EPA’s oral hearing into the pollution control licence for the Bellanaboy gas refinery, we wish to renew our calls for a comprehensive, independent review of the Corrib gas project. Â While we welcome the ... Continue reading »

TD requests phone tap investigation

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:04:30 +0000

RTÉ News reports that Dr. Jerry Cowley, Independent TD for Mayo, is to ask the complaints referee to investigate apparent official tapping of his telephone: The independent Mayo TD Jerry Cowley has called for an investigation to establish if his phone is being tapped by gardaÃ. He said he had raised the matter with the Minister for Justice, ... Continue reading »

Phone tapping allegations

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:26:53 +0000

Phone tapping allegations March 28, 2007 at 11:26 am | In Statements | No Comments I read with great disquiet yesterday’s report in The Connaught Telegraph of possible phone tapping of those involved in the campaign against the Corrib gas project. It appears from the report that I might be one of those whose phone has been tapped. Â If this is ... Continue reading »

Welcome For Red C Poll Findings – Joint Statement

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:00:29 +0000

Welcome For Red C Poll Findings – Joint Statement March 27, 2007 at 1:00 pm | In Statements | No Comments We warmly welcome today’s Red C opinion poll findings published in The Western People. These show that 55% of respondents support an off-shore processing of the Corrib gas and that by a ratio of 2:1 respondents hold either the government or ... Continue reading »

Joint Statement with Dr Jerry Cowley

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:24:35 +0000

Joint Statement with Dr Jerry Cowley February 15th, 2007 by markgar Joint Statement Feb 12, 2007Â Â The Corrib gas conflict has gone on for far too long. From the outset, there has been a failure to politically address the issues which have given rise to the conflict. There has been a refusal by those in political authority to recognise the ... Continue reading »

Gas Crack as Gas Protester chief to run for Seanad

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:30:47 +0000

Dr Mark Garavan, a lecturer at GMIT and a leading member of the Shell to Sea campaign is to run for the Seanad. The Corrib gas project will be one of the environmental issues on which Dr Garavan intends to campaign for one of six university seats in the Seanad. Three are held by NUI and three by Dublin University (Trinity College). The move is ... Continue reading »

Jerry Cowley – Independent TD for Mayo

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:18:05 +0000

Dr. Jerry Cowley is a barrister and a medical doctor by profession he first entered politics when he decided to contest the 2002 General Election in Mayo on a platform of improved health services for the county of Mayo. He topped the poll at that election and took a Fine Gael seat. Cowley is a co-founder and fromer chairperson of the National ... Continue reading »

Higgins jumps on the Corrib bandwagon (as expected)

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:47:43 +0000

Higgins jumps on the Corrib bandwagon (as expected) November 25th, 2006 [ socialist.gif] Socialist party leader, Joe Higgins, gave a press conference at the site of the Shell dispute in Mayo yesterday. He dispensed his usual vitriol, the type usually reserved for Bertie. He appeared with some other Independent deputies, Séamus Healy, Tony ... Continue reading »

‘Shell to Sea’ campaign gets cross-party support

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:48:02 +0000

‘Shell to Sea’ campaign gets cross-party support Filed under: an prÃomhbhÃ³thar BN.ie 21/11/2006 – 16:12:21 A cross party delegation joined forces today to call for an independent commission over the controversial Corrib gas pipe line. The campaign against the 9km high pressured pipe line through Rossport, Co Mayo heightened as six public ... Continue reading »

Police On My Back

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:52:57 +0000

Police On My Back In another example of a medical professional who really ought to stick to his profession instead of amateurish populism, TD Dr Jerry Cowley ’strongly criticised the fact that the cost of the garda operation here is expected to reach €750,000 by this weekend’. He and the rest of them seem to be of the opinion that Shell should... Continue reading »

Politicians lose trust of people

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:40:24 +0000

Well said AJ Cahill of Laytown in the Meath Chronicle. Maybe a single issue candidate should stand in East Meath in the election, that would really but the s**ts up the politicians and disturb the cosy status quo. (Editor, Meath Chronicle) Dear sir – At the recent public meeting in Laytown, Green party councillor Tom Kelly, vice-chairman of the... Continue reading »