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25 Aug

DICK

An article about Dick Roche seen on sharona.wordpress.com

Dick Roche has announced his (’personal’) opinion that a second referendum on Lisbon is the only way to go. We got the answer wrong, or something. So if the fine people of Wicklow accidentally re-elect him next time around, ... Continue reading »

Roche and Brady on Lisbon

An article about Dick Roche seen on theconnollycolumn.blogspot.com

Le Salon Beige notes recent comments by Dick Roche, Mininster for European Affairs, who is Brussel's yes-man in the Irish cabinet. (He gave a speech to my class at college in January of this year, and was typically slavish in his ... Continue reading »

Second Lisbon referendum needed - Roche

An article about Dick Roche seen on irishtimes.com

A SECOND referendum on the Lisbon Treaty would “ultimately” be required and ratifying key elements by legislation was not a viable option, Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche said at the weekend.... Continue reading »

29 Jul

Open Europe press summary - 29 July 2008

An article about Dick Roche seen on europeunitedstates.blogspot.com

The piece notes that “There have been accusations from Dick Roche, the Minister of State for European Affairs, that the questions were 'extraordinarily skewed' on Newstalk yesterday morning. That is, perhaps, a line the Minister would ... Continue reading »

26 Jul

Heaven is a halfpipe

An article about Dick Roche seen on lowlyjourno.blogspot.com

This opened the door for other councils to get similar cover, and in November 2005, the then Environment Minister, Dick Roche, announced some e2 million in funding for the construction of 21 skate parks around the country (with planning ... Continue reading »

19 Jul

Sarkozy advisor: Irish should vote again, but on a slightly …

An article about Dick Roche seen on openeurope.org.uk

Ireland will have to hold a second Lisbon Treaty referendum. “It is far, far too early to be talking about a referendum or about some specific policy to go forward,” the Irish European Affairs Minister, Dick Roche, told Newstalk radio.... Continue reading »

Large crowd attend Left Unity Meeting in Dublin

An article about Dick Roche seen on peoplebeforeprofitdse.wordpress.com

Dermot Connolly (Campaign for an Independant Left) and Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit) and in Waterford around 25 people came to hear speakers including Jimmy Kelly (Unite Trade Union) and Dick Roche (Waterford Trades ... Continue reading »

03 Jul

Just "a question of when"

An article about Dick Roche seen on eureferendum.blogspot.com

A planned state visit by Sarkozy has been postponed until 21 July due to “pressure of work” while Europe minister Dick Roche is refusing to comment on developments. “I don't think the background noises coming from different member ... Continue reading »

01 Jul

‘Truth on Tara was buried deep due to culture of lies’ - Irish …

An article about Dick Roche seen on tarawatch.org

In May 2005, following preliminary archaeological reports made by the NRA, the then-environment minister Dick Roche sanctioned 38 archaeological excavations in the Tara-Skryne valley in Co. Meath, effectively approving the route. ... Continue reading »

23 Jun

DCC-DDDA & "The Big Lie"

An article about Dick Roche seen on galwaytent.blogspot.com

Environment Minister Dick Roche passively confirms deaths in Dublin City from the proposed incinerator (Dail Question on Environmental Health dismissed - see Board Pleanala transcripts). Environment Minister Dick Roche gave DDDA total ... Continue reading »

The Irish Government lines up with Brussels against the Irish people

An article about Dick Roche seen on nationalplatform.wordpress.com

Talk of “respecting” Ireland’s vote turns out in practice to be a cover for setting out to overturn it in a referendum re-run, with Brian Cowen’s, Michael Martin’s and Dick Roche’s full support - and behind a thick barrier of hypocrisy, ... Continue reading »

Why Lisbon Lost

An article about Dick Roche seen on tinman18.wordpress.com

During the last General Election the story was that Dick Roche and Martin Cullen were kept out of the spotlight, since both were regarded with total contempt by the media and by the public, and neither could be trusted not to suddenly ... Continue reading »

15 Jun

It's A No Vote

An article about Dick Roche seen on americanirish.blogspot.com

Ireland's minister for European affairs, Dick Roche, said the country was constitutionally barred from passing the treaty now. He predicted it would be difficult, if not impossible, for EU leaders to find a solution that would permit a ... Continue reading »

Irish Minister: EU Treaty Vote Lost

An article about Dick Roche seen on rhodonpublicaffairs.blogspot.com

Earlier, Europe Minister Dick Roche had admitted “it is not looking good,” said after state broadcaster RTE said that the Yes vote was “in difficulty”. The BBC's Jonny Dymond in Dublin says a rejection of the treaty, meant to streamline ... Continue reading »

Ireland Saves Europe, for Now

An article about Dick Roche seen on thenewfaith.org

Ireland’s minister for European affairs, Dick Roche, said the country was constitutionally barred from passing the treaty now. He predicted it would be difficult, if not impossible, for EU leaders to find a solution that would permit a ... Continue reading »

13 Jun

Open Europe press summary, 12 June 2008

An article about Dick Roche seen on europeunitedstates.blogspot.com

Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche told El Pais: “We think that certainly within the last 72 hours there has been a big swing towards the Yes”, citing private polling carried out by the government. The FT notes that a second Irish ... Continue reading »

07 Jun

[news item about cork] : Roche backs FF TD arrested on suspicion …

An article about Dick Roche seen on feckthat.com

The Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche has said there should not be any political implications for a Cork South-West Fianna Fáil TD after he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving over the bank holiday weekend. ... Continue reading »

06 Jun

This Week's Sunday Live

An article about Dick Roche seen on adamboulton.typepad.com/my_weblog

Adding an international political flavour to the show - Dick Roche the Irish Europe Minister and Wayne Swan, the Australian Treasurer. Martha Wainwright brother of Rufus and pop-folk singer in her own right will be telling Adam all ... Continue reading »

31 May

Lisbon Treaty - Vote No.

An article about Dick Roche seen on bifsniff.com

To illustrate the kind of thing I’m talking about, Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche was quoted in the irish Times as saying:. “There is no way the Government would have negotiated anything that was detrimental to our interests,” ... Continue reading »

Talking Treaty in Bray

An article about Dick Roche seen on forumoneuropepodcast.org

The Minister of State for European Affairs, Dick Roche TD, has said that the Treaty of Lisbon makes theEuropean Union ‘infinitely’ more democratic. “The big winners in this Treaty are national parliaments”, he said. ... Continue reading »

22 May

Reading the treaty

An article about Dick Roche seen on irisheagle.blogspot.com

Dick Roche, my local TD & Europhile in chief for the government, berates Irish Independent columnist Bruce Arnold for misrepresenting the Lisbon Treaty in his column from May 3. Roche asserts this to be the case because Arnold misread ... Continue reading »

20 May

Lisbon And Me - Roche’s Reactionary Rant

An article about Dick Roche seen on darrenbyrne.com/wordpress

I’m not the biggest fan of Minister Dick Roche at the best of times. Fianna Fáil hid him away during the General Election, so why on earth they would allow him to run their Lisbon Treaty Campaign is beyond me. ... Continue reading »

18 May

Lisbon and Me

An article about Dick Roche seen on darrenbyrne.com/wordpress

Should I get Dick Roche on the phone? Sarah Carey made a throw-away post a few days ago about not being around to vote on the treaty and I was all set to make a funny retort when I saw the comments ahead of me. ... Continue reading »

17 May

Lisbon and Me - Deciding the Future

An article about Dick Roche seen on darrenbyrne.com/wordpress

So my second reason, an extension of my first, even if everyone is given a detailed breakdown of the 294 page document, even if Dick Roche goes around to each voter in Ireland and explains which treaties will be amended, what Articles ... Continue reading »

04 May

Taking JL to task for his Lisbon post

An article about Dick Roche seen on 73man.blogspot.com

Libertas have every right to spend their money on glossy brochures and challenging Dick Roche on ineffectual, consensus-building radio interviews but aligning them with Sinn Fein, the SWP and JM Le Pen does them all a grave disservice. ... Continue reading »


Who is Dick Roche?

Party: Fianna Fáil

Constituency: Wicklow

Donal Moynihan (born 2 October 1941) is an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician who sat in Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála for Cork North West until 2007 when he lost his seat.
Donal Moynihan was first elected to Dáil Éireann in November 1982 general election. He retained his seat until the 1989 general election, when he lost out to his running mate, Laurence Kelly.
Moynihan regained his seat in 1992 general election, unseating Kelly in the process and was re-elected in the 1997 general election and 2002 general election. In Dáil Éireann, he was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Heritage and the Irish Language, and was also a member of the Joint House Services Committee. He lost his seat in the 2007 general election to party colleague Batt O’Keeffe.
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Donal Moynihan

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