Politics in Ireland - Irish Politics » Michael Collins

Please Elect Me, I’ll say anything !

Politics in Ireland — Wed, 09 May 2007 12:02:33 +0000

I’ve decided that the money’s (more than) acceptable & the perks are fantastic … . Skip that, they all vote PD’s anyway Not to reference Michael Collins, Eamon DeValera, Padraig Pearse … become a TD anyway. It’s my civic duty to charge the Irish tax payers for listening to me waffle... Continue reading »

Justice delayed - until after election

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:35:52 +0000

It is now over three years since Fianna Fail TD, Michael Collins was found to have had a bogus offshore account. Since then he has been charged on two counts; cheating the Office of The Collector General by applying for a tax clearance cert at a time when he had undeclared tax liabilities and obtaining a tax clearance cert by false pretences.... Continue reading »

Collins to face trial … but not before the election

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:28:44 +0000

Collins to face trial … but not before the election January 9th, 2007 Former Fianna Fáil TD Michael Collins was lucky enough to get Carol Moran today at the Circuit Court when he was being told that he would face trial on fraud charges. It was requested by councel for deputy Collins that the trial be deferred until after the General Election,... Continue reading »

The Limerick Blogger Election Project - End of week 2

Politics in Ireland — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:49:56 +0000

This is a little delayed as I should have posted this on Saturday, anyway, here it is now. To find out what the Limerick Blogger Election Project is all about, click here. The story so far - Week 1 In week one I received my first two acknowledgements from Maurice Quinlivan of Sinn Féin and Jan O’Sullivan TD of the Labour Party. At the... Continue reading »

Limerick TD has Tax Charge dropped

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:13:16 +0000

Limerick Fianna Fáil TD Michael Collins has been back in court in Newcastlewest today to face charges in relation to tax offences. At a previous appearance the DPP layed out two charges in relation to Tax Evasion,however it was announced today that one of the two charges he was facing had been dropped and no explanation from the DPP has been... Continue reading »

New blogs on the Block - September 11th 2006

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:17:27 +0000

The Waveson blog. Waveson is a tech company from Cork founded by David Copithorne and Stephen Higgins. The Young Hearts Crying Blog. John Curran FF TD has a blog. Seems kind of messed up right now but hopefully it might get fixed. An spailpÃn fánac as recommended by Copernicus. Spod’s blog. AKA Michael Collins. An old IRC friend. Not read his... Continue reading »

Fine Gael- The Collins party?

Politics in Ireland — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:27:35 +0000

Since it is now in vogue for parties to commemorate 1916 all the parties seem to be claiming some kind of linkage to the event, Fianna Fail with De Valera and Sinn Fein with Griffith, Labour with Connelly and the list goes on. But the main sweeping change in a parties attitude to this idea that republican isn’t a dirty word is Fine Gael, a... Continue reading »

The Just Society

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:53:08 +0000

Maurice Manning has an excellent piece in today’s Irish Times (pay-walled) marking the 80th birthday of Declan Costello. Costello wrote ‘Towards a Just Society’ in the 1960s. The pamphlet re-defined Irish politics in terms of social justice, energised a new generation of activists, and probably cost Costello a Cabinet position when Fine Gael got... Continue reading »