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04 Aug 2008
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 2008
'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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 »
Sunday…
An article about Enda Kenny seen on windsandbreezes.org
But that was in a debate about supporting Enda Kenny, so possibly disillusionment with how politics work in this country. About 7 years ago, when I had absolutely no money, there was an ad for a house somewhere in Brittany. …... Continue reading »
13 Jul 2008
HOW THINGS CHANGE - OR DON’T
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on jacuddihy.wordpress.com
Fine Gael TD Olwyn Enright kicked off the local recriminations. “The Fianna Fail leadership contest was a huge distraction from Lisbon, taking up a whole lump of time,” she said. Mr Cowen had departed Offaly for Dublin at 7.30am, …... Continue reading »
Voting pact for Lord Mayor disgusting, says Cllr Joan Collins
An article about Catherine Byrne seen on joancollins.wordpress.com
Catherine Byrne (Fine Gael) was voted Lod Mayor the following year under the same arrangement. The trend was bucked briefly when Vincent Jackson was voted Lord Mayor. This time the vote between the Labour candidate and Vincent Jackson …... Continue reading »
11 Jul 2008
Cork South Central - How have the TDs been doing so far?
An article about Deirdre Clune seen on peoplesrepublicofcork.com/forums
Deirdre Clune - Has been better than people said she'd be, but can still do a lot better. Being a backbencher in an opposition party isn't the easiest of roles, but we still need to see more effort. Simon Coveney- Has been very quiet so …... Continue reading »
Naughten calls for outdated driving tests to be tackled
An article about Denis Naughten seen on roscommonherald.ie
A MAJOR revision of the “our outdated driving test”, which will force many competent and capable drivers off the roads in the coming weeks, has been sought by Deputy Denis Naughten.... Continue reading »
10 Jul 2008
Water charges on the way - again?
An article about Fergus O'Dowd seen on frankgallagher.wordpress.com
Fergus O’Dowd (now a TD), at a public meeting of residents organisations in the local Community Services Centre, slammed the leadership of the ITGWU (now Siptu) and the ATGWU (now Unite) in Drogheda as “irresponsible” for openly backing …... Continue reading »
Ahern says recent seizures show policy against drugs is working
An article about Charlie Flanagan seen on irishtimes.com
FINE GAEL justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan criticised the Government’s performance in curbing the distribution of illegal drugs.... Continue reading »
04 Jul 2008
The No Vote and The Pesky Immigrants
An article about Lucinda Creighton seen on hughgreen.wordpress.com
Fine Gael deputy Lucinda Creighton said she believed the phrase used frequently by Sinn Féin of a ‘race to the bottom’ had become a code for stoking public fears about migrant workers driving down Irish wage rates. …... Continue reading »
02 Jul 2008
P**s off, Fine Gael
An article about Fergus O'Dowd seen on tinman18.wordpress.com
Their spokesman Fergus O’Dowd said:. “I plan to raise this with the Minister because quite clearly if the accompanying driver is p****d and not fit to drive themselves they cannot be properly supervising the learner driver. …... Continue reading »
Who's really to blame for "Rip Off Ireland"
An article about Michael Ring seen on valueireland.blogspot.com
On Thursday last week, only a few days after I wrote this post about whether it was consumers or businesses that were at fault for the perception of “rip off Ireland”, Michael Ring, the Fine Gael TD for my home county of Mayo came up …... Continue reading »
01 Jul 2008
FF steady in new poll
An article about Lucinda Creighton seen on greatdearleader.blogspot.com
FG TD's Lucinda Creighton and Leo Varadkar have admitted it came up on the canvass. The former claims that half the questions at one public meeting concerned immigration, while Varadkar claimed it came up in the context of terminology …... Continue reading »
30 Jun 2008
More on FAS
An article about Leo Varadkar seen on richarddelevan.com
Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar on Morning Ireland today. The 2004 letter to Mary Harney gets mentioned. What was Paul Cunningham on about? Where’s the newspaper followup? Oh wait, here it is. Richard Oakley is on the job at the suddenly …... Continue reading »
28 Jun 2008
Hitler: the remix
An article about Enda Kenny seen on memex.naughtons.org
That stupid Fuckwit Kenny [Enda Kenny, Leader of Fine Gael, the main Opposition party] couldn’t even win his own constituency! Couldn’t even keep the No margin in the single digits. And those blubbering bastards over in Labour couldn’t …... Continue reading »
Free News
An article about Enda Kenny seen on grandgesture.blogspot.com
Monday morning, if you've a hankering to see what Brian Cowen's been up to over the weekend and what Enda Kenny has to say about it, click on http://www.irishtimes.com/ and read away. Then try to figure out how a paper can stay in …... Continue reading »