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07 May
Goodbye Bertie. Off To Live in Darndale, then?
An article about Beverley Cooper-Flynn seen on everydayispaddysday.blogspot.com
They welcomed back Beverley Cooper Flynn who a court decided, urged people to dodge their taxes. Why would any party do that? Because it's good for the party in Mayo, that's why. Ministers are appointed, not because they're able (that's …... Continue reading »
30 Apr
Healy-Rae got €25000 in gifts from supporters
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on thekingdom.ie
KERRY TD Jackie Healy-Rae received at least €25000 in political donations, including generous contributions from wealthy business interests, in the lead-up to last year’s general election, it has emerged.... Continue reading »
Airports gone wild
An article about Niall Blaney seen on news.technophobiac.com
As it happens, Bertie left the DAA launch event for Buncrana to visit the site of a new “decentralised” government office and from there to open Niall Blaney’s new office. So Donegal gets a few bureaucratic and political crumbs while …... Continue reading »
27 Apr
Local Authorities are the worst polluters!
An article about Finian McGrath seen on paddybloggit.com
I’d give Finian McGrath the former teacher, turned turncoat a special colour ….. a ‘tar and feather’ mix. Jackie Healy-Rae: He’d have to get a yellow cable tie …. to match all his plant hire machinery that’s dotted on every road in …... Continue reading »
20 Apr
Healy-Rae urged to go public with list
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on thekingdom.ie
KERRY TD Jackie Healy-Rae has been urged to go public with the details of a deal he claims to have made with outgoing Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, regarding the future of Kerry General Hospital.... Continue reading »
13 Apr
Some highlights of Bertie Ahern’s career
An article about Michael Lowry seen on amanoftheleft.wordpress.com
Two of these independent TDs, Beverly Flynn and Michael Lowry, had previously been forced to resign from their parties after scandals. In May 2007, stockbroker Padraic O’Connor said that Bertie Ahern was wrong to say that he had given …... Continue reading »
We’re holding politicians to account for their antics at home. Now …
An article about Michael Lowry seen on thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine
The fact that the Mahon Tribunal has been able to expose the lies and hucksterism of our soon to be ex-Taoiseach, as Charlie Haughey, Ray Burke and Michael Lowry were exposed in their turn, is a testament to the relative health of Irish …... Continue reading »
10 Apr
Public Meeting in Swords
An article about Finian McGrath seen on forumoneuropepodcast.org
However, Independent TD for Dublin North-Central, Finian McGrath, said he believed that the Lisbon Treaty endorsed the creation of a centralised and militarised super state. “I belong to the People’s Movement and I strongly endorse …... Continue reading »
06 Apr
Irlands politische Wunderwelt
An article about Beverley Cooper-Flynn seen on irlandinside.blogspot.com
Wenn es noch irgendeiner Erläuterung bedarf, wie in Irland das politische System funktioniert, dann sei auf die Meldung verwiesen, dass Bertie heute (als eine seiner letzten Amtshandlungen gewissermassen) Beverley Cooper-Flynn den Weg …... Continue reading »
26 Mar
A conspiracy of silence
An article about Michael Lowry seen on gavinsblog.com
I saw the evidence of many ’star’ witnesses including James Gogarty, Ray Burke, Liam Lawlor, Charlie Haughey, Denis O’Brien, Michael Lowry, and many others. You may not be aware, given the lack of media coverage, but last week was …... Continue reading »
16 Mar
Dáil debate on the Primary School Capitation Grant
An article about Finian McGrath seen on paddybloggit.com
Finian McGrath, an Independent TD, a Fianna Fail bedfellow and a former primary school principal voted with the government against the motion. The government were bound to defeat the motion but it’s soul destroying to think that a …... Continue reading »
05 Mar
Healy-Rae gets pledge on house
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on thekingdom.ie
KERRY TD Jackie Healy-Rae has claimed he has been assured by the Department of the Taoiseach that work is to begin immediately on the restoration of Killarney House - the historic building which has fallen into disrepair since it was …... Continue reading »
“a significant change in direction away from Northern Ireland …
An article about Niall Blaney seen on sluggerotoole.com
The BBC’s Martina Purdy reports that the BIIPB steering committee member, Niall Blaney, TD, is in Belfast this week, meeting the DUP’s Peter Robinson and Ulster Unionist leader Sir Reg Empey. He hopes to persuade both parties to change …... Continue reading »
Abandoned
An article about Niall Blaney seen on letterkennypost.com
The woman told the Letterkenny Post: “The back biting that went on between Joe McHugh and Niall Blaney over the job losses at Oatfield was laughable if it wasn’t so serious. “We found ourselves in the same position as the workers in …... Continue reading »
26 Feb
Kerry TDs earn over three times the industrial wage
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on anriocht.blogspot.com
Independent Jackie Healy Rae is taking home 120-thousand-euro. This includes a payment of almost 20-thousand for being Chair of an Oireachtas Committee, and 6-thousand for having over ten years service as a TD. …... Continue reading »
15 Feb
News!
An article about Niall Blaney seen on donegalfriends.blogspot.com
Fianna Fail Deputy Niall Blaney says that Fine Gael Deputy Joe Mc Hugh is undermining Donegal by blaming the government for the job losses. He says while regrettable, the job losses are due to global economic pressures and fluctuations …... Continue reading »
10 Feb
Looted empire set to strike back
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on independent.ie/national-news
As I talk to Dublin Chamber's outgoing president Ronan King about the future of the nation's capital, it strikes us that Jackie Healy-Rae has started something really big. Something that might return to haunt him. …... Continue reading »
09 Feb
Snail’s Pace step by step
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on scamp.ie
I added a flat cap to one of the snail team to emphasise the bucolic atmos. In so doing, I inadvertently made the snail look like Jackie Healy-Rae. Cool! You can see more of Kevin’s excellent editorial work at McSherry.ie.... Continue reading »
04 Feb
Over 18 million euro announced for road building and upgrading in …
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on anriocht.blogspot.com
… 250000 euro for safety measures to be installed. The Lispole bridge will be strengthened and the Laune bridge will be underpinned. The announcement has been welcomed by Ceann Comhairle John O Donoghue and Deputy Jackie Healy Rae. …... Continue reading »
29 Jan
Currying favour… Anti-Semitism… A spinning success
An article about Niall Blaney seen on independent.ie/opinion/letters
By coincidence, Niall Blaney, a Fianna Fail TD from Donegal, has recently been in the letters columns of our national papers seeking to convince us that Mr Ahern is tax compliant. Mr Blaney's party has been in power for the greatest …... Continue reading »