Irish Politics, Politicians in Ireland, TDs, Irish Government

Bus Strike – 60000 stuck in the rain

An article about Joan Burton seen on cuffestreet.blogspot.com

Joan Burton said she was having a bad hair day in the Dáil this morning, and even Bertie was expressing his sympathy for commuters stuck walking to work in the rain today. Interestingly, the bus drivers simply want to start their routes …... Continue reading »

Burton is new Labour deputy leader

An article about Joan Burton seen on RTÉ News and Current Affairs - Irish and International News

Joan Burton has been elected as the new deputy leader of the Labour Party.... Continue reading »

Three TDs interested in Labour post

An article about Joan Burton seen on RTÉ News and Current Affairs - Irish and International News

Eamon Gilmore, Tommy Broughan and Joan Burton have expressed interest in the role of Labour Party leader.... Continue reading »

Web Round up – Day 25 + 4

Seen on Irish Election

Web Round up – Day 25 + 4 Writes Maman Poulet of Maman Poulet on May 28th, 2007 Read More: … d round them up for ye. Joan Burton had fish, chips and left over chablis to celebrate her re-election on Friday, she avoided the count like many other candidates. Unlike the cinema going kind, Joan went... Continue reading »

INSIDE POLTICS – ELECTION, THE OVERVIEW

Seen on Harry McGee

By the times the polling stations closed at 10.20 last Thursday night, Bertie Ahern was exhausted. This had been his toughest campaign as Fianna Fail leader, physically and psychologically. The first one in 1997 had been hard but he was a younger man and also the challenger... Continue reading »

Final Poll in Dublin West

Seen on Irish Election

Final Poll in Dublin West Writes Cian of Where’s Me Country? … . Final Poll in Dublin West Brian Lenihan, FF, 8496 Leo Varadkar, FG, 8710 Joan Burton, Lab, 7905 … . Varadkar elected on fifth count which just left Burton and Higgins. Burton takes the seat by about 500... Continue reading »

What’s the reaction from Labour’s candidates?

Seen on The Labour Party and the 2007 General Election

So now that the election has been called, what’s the reactions from Labour’s candidates? Well, the few of them who blog at least. Eric Byrne is pretty sanguine: Well, Bertie has finally sounded the starting gun …but I can’t say today is any different from yesterday, we’ve been campaigning for years. Still, it’s a relief to finally know the ... Continue reading »

The legacy of bad education planning in Dublin 15

Seen on Roderic’s Dublin West Election Blog

The legacy of bad education planning in Dublin 15 April 27, 2007 at 4:52 pm · Filed under Blog [ Roderic O’Gorman at St Patrick’s school protest outside Dail] The lack of education facilities in Dublin 15 has been the dominant issue of the week. On Tuesday I was invited to attend a demonstration outside the gates of the Dail which was ... Continue reading »

Unsolicited, Unnecessary, Unwelcomed

Seen on Notes On The Front

[ Imagesca84cgii] It came at the end of the speech. Covering all the bases, including his Commitments for Change, with passionate words on the health service (‘health is a community service, not a market commodity’: absolutely), the Labour Party leader was drawing to a close, with a final appeal to the electorate and a motivation to the ... Continue reading »

Government Anti-Family? – Ireland

Seen on CLERICAL WHISPERS

The Government’s controversial tax individualisation scheme has been branded unfair by the main Opposition parties. Labour and Fine Gael have both pointed to a growing income gap between homes with a stay-at-home spouse and those where both spouses are working. Now the issue looks set to become an election issue. The difference in take-home pay ... Continue reading »

Debt, bad sums and property taxes

Seen on ie-politics

It’s extraordinary that the Minister for Finance can glide over a hideously inaccurate budgetary forecast by saying that it’s a result of prudent and far-sighted government. Yet this is how Brian Cowan explains the Exchequer returns for 2006, issued by the Department of Finance, which show that there was a surplus of €2.265 billion in 2006, ... Continue reading »

The usual M50 chaos

Seen on Semper Idem

The usual M50 chaos Filed under: Dublin The brilliance of this country’s traffic management was shown this morning on the M50. A crash on the M50 at the point of the N4 caused major delays heading south and added more than an hour and a half to my father’s journey from Ratoath to Tallaght. The really excellent thing though was that whilst no ... Continue reading »

Third Level Grants Bonanza for Some

Seen on Finfacts Blog

It’s hardly news that big farmers who get welfare cheques from Brussels (one of Ireland’s richest beef baron Larry Goodman gets more than €500,000 each year), have also been able to wangle third-level grant support for their children, never mind the potential bonanza that’s available from land rezoning. When I went to UCC, I knew a few... Continue reading »

Think Tank

Seen on Camphill Ireland Blog

Possible Participants for a Think Tank on Camphill Communities the Challenges of Unorthodoxy in a new Culture of Compliance Prof. Tom Collins – Professor of Education, NUI Maynooth Ann O’Kelly – old friend, parent, widow of Kevin O’Kelly former Chairman Fr. Enda McDonagh – retired Professor of Moral Theology,... Continue reading »

Daily updated ireland tesco products. Go here…

Seen on ireland tesco

IRELAND: Tesco Managers Dont Want To Work Nightshift Namnews subcription, UK A plan by Tesco in Ireland to have its store managers work one week of night shifts every month at the groups 24-hour stores is believed to have met with Cash in hand Guardian Unlimited, UK along with the bulk of taxpayers,” said Joan Burton, of Ireland s... Continue reading »

Big Ell’s Soap Box

Seen on Big Ell's Blog

Fred Phelps and Bono hate taxes. After a few months off, I am back with another edition of the wildly unpopular Big Ell’s Soapbox. I am going to look at two phenomenon, Fred “I hate Fags,’ Phelps and Bono “I hate taxes’ Vox. I am not saying that Bono’s hypocrisy is in any way comparable to Phelps hate I just had two posts I wanted... Continue reading »

Messiah Avoids Tax Sacrifice

Seen on Politaholic

U2 have moved some of their multi-million pound fortune out of the Republic of Ireland (to Amsterdam) as a tax-avoiding measure. The super-smug Bono – he of the Messiah Complex – has so far made no comment. The move is a response to a cap of £168,000 which the Irish Government has placed on the amount that artists can enjoy tax-free (in... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to U2 Criticized for Minimizing…

Seen on [ Irish KC ] Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events

U2 Criticized for Minimizing Tax August 8th, 2006 Since we keep an eye on Bono at Irish KC, we should report that U2 have been criticized for recently moving a fair chunk of their income out of Ireland for tax purposes. This stems from the recent tax changes in Ireland with a ceiling of €250,000 on the tax-free incomes in the scheme brought in... Continue reading »

Celebrity Role Models

Seen on Oxford NTC Alliance Ambassador

Joan Burton, Irish Labour’s finance spokesman, said: “Having listened to Bono on the necessity for the Irish Government to give more money to Ireland Aid, of which I approve, I am surprised that U2 are not prepared to contribute to the Exchequer on a fair basis along with the bulk of Irish taxpayers. “I share Bono’s desire to see more... Continue reading »

More fallout on U2’s asset move decision

Seen on @U2 Blog - U2 News, live reports, commentary and more!

Wow – has this exploded in the newspapers…. The Daily Telegraph has a story today: U2 move their assets out of Ireland By Tom Peterkin, Ireland Correspondent (Filed: 08/08/2006) The rock band U2 came under criticism yesterday after reports that it has moved a portion of its multi-million-pound business empire out of Ireland for tax reasons.... Continue reading »

You too Bono!

Seen on The Ranting Kraut

You too Bono! Posted by rantingkraut on August 8th, 2006 The Irish band U2 has moved part of its assets out of Ireland after a cap for artists’ tax exempt income was introduced. An interesting move, given that the band’s singer Bono has quite recently been campaigning for an increase in development aid: Joan Burton, Irish Labour’s finance... Continue reading »

Bono runs from the Irish tax man.

Seen on Narcissistic views on News/Politics

EU: Not so happy paying into the system eh Bono? The rock band U2 came under criticism yesterday after reports that it has moved a portion of its multi-million-pound business empire out of Ireland for tax reasons. The band, fronted by Bono, the anti-poverty campaigner, has reportedly transferred some of its publishing company to Holland.... Continue reading »

Pro Bono?

Seen on An Englishman's Castle

Telegraph | News | U2 move their assets out of Ireland The rock band U2 came under criticism yesterday after reports that it has moved a portion of its multi-million-pound business empire out of Ireland for tax reasons. The band, fronted by Bono, the anti-poverty campaigner, has reportedly transferred some of its publishing company to Holland.... Continue reading »

Has Joan Burton found her “blog voice”?

Seen on Damien Mulley

Joan Burton’s latest blog post actually comes across as human. And look NO CAPITALS IN THE TITLE this time. No pink suit either. Good. I had heard Blogorrah were going to do an exposé on it soon. I had also heard there was going to be some Google Maps mashup where you could see everywhere the suit went. But back to the main story. It’s good to... Continue reading »

Labour consider inviting bloggers to the Ard…

Seen on Damien Mulley

One of the things that annoys me about IrishElection.com is the fact those that post on it also post their thoughts on their own blogs so you see the same post replicated throughout the Blog O’Sphere. I find it probably cheapens the site as the content isn’t unique. Anyway, now I’m doing the same as I’m replicating comments I wrote on it. Adam... Continue reading »