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25 Aug

GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

An article about Deirdre Clune seen on davidobyrne.wordpress.com

While canvassing with TD Deirdre Clune we have been asked time and again if there are any plans for a secondary school for local children. Unfortunately the government has refused point blank to even consider building a secondary school ... Continue reading »

23 Aug

August 23rd Wasting a Saturday Afternoon: The Recession Diaries

An article about Enda Kenny seen on notesonthefront.typepad.com/politicaleconomy

What exactly did Enda Kenny say to deserve this? Well, he said a lot. 4000 words worth at the Humbert Summer School. Much of it was taken up with calling the Taoiseach terrible names which then invoked a response from Willie O'Dea who ... Continue reading »

Enda Kenny scrutinised

An article about Enda Kenny seen on mopti.livejournal.com

Today's entry in the Recession Diaries analyses Enda Kenny's speech to the Humber Summer School on how we should deal with the recession. It does not make for pretty reading!... Continue reading »

Why fear Ideas

An article about Brian Hayes seen on thedossingtimes.com/blog

I had one of those moments when Fine Gael TD Brian Hayes and Senator Fidelma Healy-Eames came out with different calls on immigrants. Brian Hayes called for “segregation” of non-English speaking students in schools and Senator Fidelma ... Continue reading »

McHugh meeting Obama team

An article about Enda Kenny seen on letterkennypost.com

They will also have the opportunity to meet with the Senator in person. Other members of the delegation include Fine Gael Leader, Deputy Enda Kenny and Laois/Offaly Deputy Olwyn Enright, who is married to Deputy McHugh.... Continue reading »

16 Aug

Foreign national trend in job creation highlighted by Naughten

An article about Denis Naughten seen on roscommonherald.ie

With 90% of new jobs created in the previous 12 months filled by foreign nationals, Fine Gael Immigration & Integration Spokesman Deputy Denis Naughten has called on the Government to launch a national upskilling programme to ensure ... Continue reading »

FG rejects all-party Lisbon vote commission

An article about Enda Kenny seen on irishtimes.com

THE GOVERNMENT'S plan to establish a parliamentary commission to examine the outcome of the Lisbon Treaty referendum has been rejected by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.... Continue reading »

10 Aug

New Green Party poster

An article about Enda Kenny seen on jazzbiscuit.com

So Super Gormley wants to reform election posters? I believe his first decree will be:. From now on, all election posters must be awesome. Inspiration. Previously: Why so serious? Enda Kenny as the joker / Cowen as Batman.... Continue reading »

Cork transfusion centre must get firm date - Allen

An article about Bernard Allen seen on irishtimes.com/breakingnews

The proposed Cork Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) Centre which was been repeatedly promised but not delivered must get a firm date according to Fine Gael TD Bernard Allen.... Continue reading »

FG urges patient safety body to be set up

An article about James Reilly seen on irishtimes.com

FINE GAEL health spokesman Dr James Reilly has said he is disappointed by the failure of the Commission on Patient Safety to put forward proposals for a patient safety authority.... Continue reading »

Elderly 'underpaid' in refunds scheme

An article about Denis Naughten seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

Fine Gael's Denis Naughten said the figures raised questions as to whether many elderly people were being underpaid. Of the 293 appeals, the appeals officer disagreed with the amount originally offered by the scheme's administrator in ... Continue reading »

Tralee Town Council refused meeting with Health Minister

An article about Jimmy Deenihan seen on kerrynews.wordpress.com

Fine Gael Deputy Jimmy Deenihan expressed his disappointment with Mary Harney’s refusal to meet with both Tralee Town Council and Kerry County Council despite being asked to do so. Deputy Deenihan says the Minister was very badly ... Continue reading »

05 Aug

Letter to the Irish Independent

An article about Denis Naughten seen on mistermysterious.wordpress.com

So Mr Denis Naughten of the Fine Gael party is concerned about the “bubbling undercurrent of racism” in Irish society? Sunday Independent 3 August 2008. The Immigration and Integration spokesman for Fine Gael puts this “bubbling ... Continue reading »

Hospital bed record 'a sick joke'

An article about James Reilly seen on irishtimes.com

A CLAIM that only 10 extra beds have been provided in acute hospitals between 2005 and 2007 was made yesterday by the Fine Gael health spokesman, Dr James Reilly TD.... Continue reading »

04 Aug

Hospitals face cuts to meet soaring cleaning bills

An article about Damien English seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

Fine Gael TD Damien English — who obtained the figures through a Dail question — last night said the Government had to ensure the highest hygiene stands were implemented. “Reassurances must be given from Government that they will make ... Continue reading »

We were promised more patient beds - we got 10

An article about James Reilly seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

Fine Gael Health spokesman Dr James Reilly described the data as a “sick joke”. “A net gain of 10 beds since 2005. This is what the minister has to show after three full years and a €40bn spend in total — three in-patient beds a year,” ... Continue reading »

03 Aug

'Hostile' care system failing to protect young people

An article about Alan Shatter seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com

Alan Shatter, Fine Gael spokesman on children, said the reports revealed “scandalous failures” by the Government. Aidan Waterstone, HSE childcare and family specialist, said that overall he welcomed the feedback and would be applying it ... Continue reading »

30 Jul

Claims of queue jumping on flight unfair to Kenny

An article about Enda Kenny seen on westernpeople.ie

AN ALLEGATION made on RTE radio that Mayo Deputy Enda Kenny jumped a queue at Gatwick Airport at the expense of other passengers, including children, has been deemed unfair by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC).... Continue reading »

Things that interest me

An article about Alan Shatter seen on celticmusings.blogspot.com

The sole current Jewish member of the Dáil, Alan Shatter, holds the distinction of having had more private members' bills passed than anyone else in the history of the state. In the pre-1948 era Irish nationalists embraced Zionism as a ... Continue reading »

29 Jul

Kenny and the Aer Lingus flight

An article about Enda Kenny seen on irishtimes.com

the Broadcasting Complaints Commission's partly upholding a complaint by Fine Gael concerning allegations, aired on RTÉ's Liveline, that party leader Enda Kenny jumped a queue before boarding an Aer Lingus aircraft at Gatwick airport.... Continue reading »

26 Jul

Treatment of Somali woman 'unacceptable'

An article about Alan Shatter seen on hiiraan.com

THE TREATMENT of a Somali woman who was separated from her family for three years was “scandalous and unacceptable” and amounted to a “gross act of maladministration”, Fine Gael's spokesman on children Alan Shatter said.... Continue reading »

Open Europe press summary: 23 July 2008

An article about Billy Timmins seen on europeunitedstates.blogspot.com

Fine Gael's Billy Timmins said: “Mr Sarkozy's openness and frankness was refreshing and the Government should now reciprocate by telling him that there will be no referendum re-run before the elections and, thus, the upcoming European ... Continue reading »

Seó Beo an tSathairn: 19 Iúil 2008

An article about Enda Kenny seen on rte.ie/rnag/seobeoantsathairn.html

Alan Dukes ag caint faoi chuairt an Uachtaráin Nicolas Sarkozy ar Éirinn & é ráite ag Ceannaire Fhine Gael Enda Kenny go mbfhéidir nach gcasfadh sé féin leis; Alan Milton ag caint faoi chúrsaí spóirt na deireadh seachtaine.... Continue reading »

19 Jul

The Dubliner’s Dublin – Kilmainham

An article about Catherine Byrne seen on thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine

Politicians Kilmainham lies in the Dublin South Central constituency and as such is represented by Sean Ardagh (FF), Catherine Byrne (FG), Michael Mulcahy (FF), Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF) and Mary Upton (Labour). ... Continue reading »

14 Jul

July 14th Morning: The Recession Diaries

An article about Leo Varadkar seen on notesonthefront.typepad.com/politicaleconomy

Our man from Ongar, Leo Varadkar, TD, is in madness mode. At a debate on the Future of Social Partnership at the Young Fine Gael Summer School he demanded:. ' . . . a moderate pay deal that taxpayers can afford. ... Continue reading »


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