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31 May 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 2008
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 »
03 May 2008
Plastic Bags Tax
An article about Dick Roche seen on dotie.wordpress.com
In a press statement on Monday last Dick Roche said “From representations I have received there would appear to be some anecdotal evidence of slippage in application of the levy. I have asked my Department to write to local authorities …... Continue reading »
Why Should You Vote No to Lisbon Treaty
An article about Dick Roche seen on irishmusings-markus.blogspot.com
Dick Roche as usual, running around like a headless chicken, imploring us to be good Europeans and vote Yes. The traiterous Greens, sold their soul (those in the government anyway) to the Yes side also imploring us to vote Yes. …... Continue reading »
Friday Face-Off – Yes or No to Lisbon?
An article about Dick Roche seen on unitedirelander.blogspot.com
It is built upon scaremongering from the likes of Dick Roche and Garret Fitzgerald about Ireland's standing being damaged by rejecting the treaty which is utter nonsense. There was no backlash against French and Dutch voters for …... Continue reading »
29 Apr 2008
Hope springs from Lisbon swing
An article about Dick Roche seen on unitedirelander.blogspot.com
Dick Roche, the Minister for European Affairs – who you'll remember has been trying to frighten people into voting Yes by saying a No vote would damage our standing in the EU – commented that it is all “very much to play for”. …... Continue reading »
23 Apr 2008
Minister Gormley must issue Ministerial Order to Dublin City …
An article about Dick Roche seen on peoplebeforeprofitdse.wordpress.com
Minister Gormley, stated in 2006 referring to Dick Roche’s attendance at pro-incineration conference in Dublin: “The Minister’s attendance is yet another demonstration of the enthusiasm with which this Government promotes incineration …... Continue reading »
21 Apr 2008
Lisbon Treaty Discussed by Dick Roche and Ulick McEvaddy
An article about Dick Roche seen on kerryview.blogspot.com
Dick Roche: Now pay particular attention to this first clause, because it's most important. There's the party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part. How do you like that, that's pretty neat eh? …... Continue reading »
13 Apr 2008
East Meath and the Environment
An article about Dick Roche seen on eastmeath.org/blog
4./ Ireland as part of the EU is committed to halting biodiversity loss by 2010. 5./ You don’t halt biodiversity loss by destroying habitat. 6./ When Dick Roche was minister the NPWS wouldn’t have bothered objecting. …... Continue reading »
10 Apr 2008
France boosts the Irish No campaign
An article about Dick Roche seen on blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/danielhannan
Ireland’s Europe Minister, Dick Roche, called the French economy minister’s remarks “untimely, unhelpful and inappropriate”. Note his language: “untimely” rather than “untrue”. What he really means is: Why couldn’t that Frenchwoman keep …... Continue reading »
07 Apr 2008
The Sycophantic Party
An article about Dick Roche seen on inishtrahoull.blogspot.com
Almost all cabinet ministers fell over themselves in their effort to portray the Tanaiste as God on Earth, but the most sickening sycophant of them all is Dick Roche (left). He was so anxious to make his feelings for Brian Cowen public …... Continue reading »
03 Apr 2008
The Electoral Register (Here we go again)
An article about Dick Roche seen on obriend.info
And then there’s this report, which was sent to Eamon Gilmore on my behalf and which ultimately found its way to Dick Roche’s desk. Pages 3 to 5 make interesting reading in light of the current proposals. Please note the negatives that …... Continue reading »
20 Mar 2008
Paddy Farce in China and the Silence of Dick Roche
An article about Dick Roche seen on come-on-sense.livejournal.com
As all the cabinet ministers were already booked for similar missions to places where there are more Irish and the tradition is established for longer, the Beijing job was given to Dick Roche, Fianna Fáil TD for Wicklow and Minister of …... Continue reading »
19 Mar 2008
Not Only Tibet
An article about Dick Roche seen on richardwaghorne.com/blog
Meanwhile, Dick Roche has said that he did not think it his duty while representing the country in China over the St Patrick’s Day festivities to draw the attention of his hosts towards Irish disapproval of the violent repression afoot …... Continue reading »
17 Mar 2008
Chinese authorities nervous about parade
An article about Dick Roche seen on garyfinnegan.blogspot.com
In the end, our Minister of European Affairs, Dick Roche, led what must have been the briefest march in the history of Paddy's Day parades. [Surely he should have been in Brussels or seat of the current EU Presidency, Llubljana.] …... Continue reading »
08 Mar 2008
Information Society – be careful what you wish for… it might come true
An article about Dick Roche seen on obriend.info
Perhaps my focus on Dick Roche’s bumbling mis-management of the Electoral Register issue and John Gormely’s apparent lack of a sense of urgency to implement the legislative changes required to correct the processes (rather than pissing …... Continue reading »
05 Mar 2008
Lisbon Treaty Public Debate in Tullamore
An article about Dick Roche seen on forumoneuropepodcast.org
The Tullamore meeting was addressed by Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche TD, one of the Government’s leading spokespersons on the Treaty and by Mr Roger Cole of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance, which is calling for a No vote …... Continue reading »
No to the Lisbon Treaty!
An article about Dick Roche seen on unitedirelander.blogspot.com
Ignore the disgraceful scaremongering tactics of men like Minister of State for European Affairs Dick Roche talking about how a 'No' vote would affect our standing within the EU. This is baloney. Are we expected to believe the EU would …... Continue reading »
25 Feb 2008
Le Pen in Ireland
An article about Dick Roche seen on catholic-perspective.blogspot.com
Europe Minister Dick Roche said it was “inappropriate interference” for Le Pen, Gollnisch and their colleagues to get involved in the referendum, adding that “the Irish people can make up their own minds without their help”. …... Continue reading »
22 Feb 2008
Update on Tara’s sacred lands
An article about Dick Roche seen on esoterickat.wordpress.com
The Green TD claimed when he came to office last June that he was powerless to over-turn a last-minute order made by outgoing Environment Minister Dick Roche for 2000 year old ruins discovered last year near the Hill of Tara to be …... Continue reading »
