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2007 YFG National Conference

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:27:17 +0000

Also in attendance were Brian Hayes TD, Olwyn Enright TD and I missed the opening by Bernard Durkan TD and the debated chaired by Richard Bruton TD. The N7 before Roscrea was closed and I still don’t have a GPS device. …... Continue reading »

Parties grilled online over tech policies

Politics in Ireland — Thu, 10 May 2007 04:15:33 +0000

[10.05.2007 first posted on silicon republic] The Green Party has called for the permanent free broadcast of Dail proceedings once digital … spokesperson Bernard Durkan TD and Labour spokesperson Tommy Broughan TD. The politicians responded... Continue reading »

Kildare North - change of FG personnel?

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:25:25 +0000

The battle for Kildare North could well focus on an internal struggle within Fine Gael. Without a seat, FF must be certain to gain what is the ‘extra’ new seat here. Independent by election winner Catherine Murphy looks sure to hold on, as does long time Labour TD Emmet Stag. That leaves the last seat for FG - but who? By-election candidate... Continue reading »

Blueshirt Pot Calls Kettle Black In an uncharacte…

Politics in Ireland — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:55:54 +0000

Blueshirt Pot Calls Kettle Black In an uncharacteristic outburst of frankness, Kildare FG TD Bernard Durkan yesterday made the shocking revelation that there were TDs who should never have been elected to the Dáil. The man from Mayo is obviously trailing his coat for the ‘Every dog on the street knows that’ Award, 2007. In a debate on the... Continue reading »

Smart crisis damaged telecoms regulation system,…

Politics in Ireland — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:47:15 +0000

Smart crisis damaged telecoms regulation system, committee told Posted October 10th, 2006 Categories: Broadband, Fixed Line Telephony, Internet, Residential, Business Last week’s Smart Telecom crisis, in which 55,000 customers were disconnected without notice, has damaged the regulatory system for telecommunications, an Oireachtas committee... Continue reading »

Irish Broadband failure rate 8000 times higher…

Politics in Ireland — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:49:37 +0000

Irish Broadband failure rate 8000 times higher than NI yet ComReg tells the Govt otherwise September 17th, 2006 ComReg lied lied lied to the Oireachtas when they testified in front of them a few months ago. They told them the failure rate in the Republic was the same as the North. It’s 0.0015% there and 12% here. 8000 times higher. I’m glad... Continue reading »