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26 Jun
EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK BY EILEEN KENNEDY
An article about Jimmy Deenihan seen on samhlaiocht.com/thegallery
One exhibition currently running in America was organised by Jimmy Deenihan, TD for Kerry North. The exhibition, titled, A Different Land: Irish Bogland Interpretations, opened in New York in March of this year at Magnan Projects and …... Continue reading »
Overheard in Leinster House
An article about Enda Kenny seen on ceadaoin.blogspot.com
No wonder Enda Kenny has been so critical of the Government this week. You know times are tough when even culchies earning upwards of €95000 have to go around begging for change for a cuppa. Subscribe with Bloglines.... Continue reading »
What’s going on at FAS?
An article about Enda Kenny seen on richarddelevan.com
Per Enda Kenny’s very very interesting Dail-privileged comments re the training agency Fas, better known for recruiting advertising poster-worthy hotties than, y’know, recruiting people for jobs. FG’s seatwarmer told the Dail that his …... Continue reading »
Kenny’s future safe
An article about Enda Kenny seen on mayonews.ie
Fine Gael party colleagues have rallied around leader Enda Kenny despite criticism and poor opinion poll showing.... Continue reading »
23 Jun
Another Time, Another Place
An article about Enda Kenny seen on dealga.blogspot.com
… a Yes vote “respect the decision of the Irish people”, yet the direct opposite is the case. We have been harangued and insulted unremittingly since they lost. Brian Cowen, Micheál Martin, Enda Kenny and (particularly) Gay Mitchell are.... Continue reading »
Sheahan maintains that government is to blame
An article about Tom Sheahan seen on thekingdom.ie
WHEN it comes at laying blame for the failure of the treaty to capture Kerry imaginations the only place to do so is at the feet of the government, South Kerry Fine Gael TD Tom Sheahan has insisted.... Continue reading »
Are they thinking what he is thinking?
An article about Tom Hayes seen on eureferendum.blogspot.com
It was then that Fine Gael MP, Tom Hayes, asked why it was necessary to amend the constitution in order to ratify the treaty – whence the only explanation that he got from government spokesmen was that the Attorney General said so. …... Continue reading »
19 Jun
More thoughts on Lisbon.
An article about Enda Kenny seen on tearsofzorro.livejournal.com
As I said before, there were only slogans from the yes side, yet Enda Kenny seems perplexed why our country rejected every party's advice to vote yes. A thought that occurs to me is that they're thinking so European that they've …... Continue reading »
18 Jun
where there’sa will, there’s bertie
An article about Leo Varadkar seen on allsandm.blogspot.com
I’ll leave you with the words of outspoken Fine Gael TD Leo Varadkar in the Dáil only last night… “This is a defence for drug dealers. This is a defence for pimps. This is not the kind of thing that should be tolerated from a former …... Continue reading »
Race not an issue in treaty debate, says racism watchdog
An article about Leo Varadkar seen on pavee.ie/mediamonitor
said Mr Watt. Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar said he had no doubt the race card had been played. All the way along (immigration) was the elephant in the room that nobody spoke about. Some of the No campaign used Xenophobia.... Continue reading »
No Frickin’ Way.
An article about Enda Kenny seen on raptureponies.wordpress.com
Shatner. Or James T. Kirk. Yes I know his middle initial stands for Tiberius. Anyway in the words of Enda Kenny, I put it to you, (Taoiseach), now you can put it to William feckin’ Shatner. Dream come true? Yes. Go on, ask him there.... Continue reading »
17 Jun
Referendum 2008 – Lisbon Treaty
An article about Kieran O'Donnell seen on newswire99.blogspot.com
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 »
13 Jun
The Lisbon Treaty: What's it all about?
An article about Lucinda Creighton seen on thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine
On the 'Vote Yes' side we have Ruairi Quinn and Lucinda Creighton, while the 'Vote No' team is composed of Naoise Nunn and Killian Forde. It promises to be a most dramatic evening, and if nothing else you will come away with a whole new …... Continue reading »
The hour before midnight (10/6/08)
An article about Enda Kenny seen on eurolinknewsblog.wordpress.com
At an impressive lineout today of Fine Gael leaders past and present, Enda Kenny heralded what he described as ‘the moment of truth’ for Ireland, expressed confidence that the arguments put forward by the ‘No’ side had been ‘demolished’ …... Continue reading »
Voting Yes
An article about Enda Kenny seen on spailpin.blogspot.com
How odd it was to see Micheál Martin and Enda Kenny go Tango and Cash on Questions and Answers last night. Tango and Cash, as you recall, is the cult 1980s movie about two maverick cops who put aside personal differences to ace the bad …... Continue reading »
Enda Kennys Office Resorts To Misinformation About Popes View on …
An article about Enda Kenny seen on hiddenireland.wordpress.com
In a series of e mails sent by this site to the office of Enda Kenny the following statement was made by Mr Duffy, perporting to speak on behald of Mr Kenny;. “The situation regarding the unborn in EU law is clear and unambiguous. …... Continue reading »
Mitchell calls for ban on political slogan stickers on taxi cabs
An article about Olivia Mitchell seen on irishtaxi.org
Fine Gael Front Bench Spokeswoman, Olivia Mitchell TD, has criticised the placing of ‘No’ to Lisbon stickers on taxi cabs. Deputy Mitchell said that, as public service vehicles, taxis should not be used for political slogans. …... Continue reading »
The Lisbon Treaty
An article about Enda Kenny seen on leesidestory.wordpress.com
In a television debate this week on Questions and Answers, leader of Libertas, Declan Ganley, and Sinn Féin MEP, Mary Lou MacDonald, put forward the ‘No’ arguments while Mcheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Enda Kenny TD, …... Continue reading »
Dubliner's Dublin – Mount Merrion
An article about Alan Shatter seen on thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine
However, none of the sitting TDs (Seamus Brennan, Tom Kitt, Olivia Mitchell, Eamon Ryan or Alan Shatter) live here. There is a connection to one current minister though – Eamon O’Cuiv, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs …... Continue reading »
The Lisbon Treaty: Confusion Rains!!
An article about Enda Kenny seen on manuel-estimulo.blogspot.com
Good point, reader, I will say in reply, but Enda Kenny and her minions took off their jackboots many years ago and pass them on to such devout organizations as Youth Defence, Coir, Sinn Fein, and Libertas. …... Continue reading »