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20 Feb
€10m upgrade for schools – Kilkenny Today
An article about John McGuinness seen on kilkennypeople.ie/NewsFront.aspx
Deputy John McGuinness who has been working with the school for the last number of years is delighted. “The school plays a central part in the provision of education in County Kilkenny and has lobbied for the refurbishment and new build …... Continue reading »
26 Apr 2009
Ocean FM » Tanaiste hits back at McGuinness' criticisms
An article about John McGuinness seen on oceanfm.ie
Tánaiste Mary Coughlan is hitting back over scathing comments made by sacked Junior Minister John McGuinness. The former Junior Minister criticised the Taoiseach and the Tanaiste's ability to run the country on RTE's Late Late Show last …... Continue reading »
25 Apr 2009
An Spailpín Fánach: John McGuinness is Not John the Baptist. Irish …
An article about John McGuinness seen on spailpin.blogspot.com
An Spailpín Fánach is stunned by the reaction to John McGuinness' whining during the week. McGuinness got the road during the junior minister reshuffle and isn't happy about it. Nobody would be – some people have enough in to take it on …... Continue reading »
PaddyAnglican: John McGuinness on Late Late – More of this please!
An article about John McGuinness seen on paddyanglican.blogspot.com
How refreshing it was to listen to TD John McGuinness on last night's Late Late Show – Finally someone who is not afraid to put Country before Party and someone who actually seems to have some idea of what they are talking about! …... Continue reading »
True Economics: Daily Economics 25/04/09: John McGuinness
An article about John McGuinness seen on trueeconomics.blogspot.com
John McGuinness' appearance on the Late Late Show tonight was a logical conclusion of months of pinned up rage that this country is feeling toward the Cabinet – and primarily this applies to Mr Cowen, Mr Lenihan and Mrs Coughlan …... Continue reading »
24 Apr 2009
Govt abandons Social Housing commitments with €250M slashed from …
An article about John McGuinness seen on phelan4europe.com
Loss of Junior Minister a further blow to “high and dry” Carlow Kilkenny. The Government's decision to drop John McGuinness' Junior Ministry leaves Carlow-Kilkenny high and dry and the only constituency in the . …... Continue reading »
15 Nov 2008
Kilkenny farmers come out in force for budget cuts meeting …
An article about John McGuinness seen on kilkennypeople.ie/NewsFront.aspx
In response, Minister John McGuinness said that these were hard times indeed and that the country as a whole was under severe pressure and we all have to bear the burden of this. He did say he was willing to work with IFA on all the …... Continue reading »
04 Oct 2008
Irish Minister for Trade and Commerce, John McGuinness TD …
An article about John McGuinness seen on rialtas.net/blog
from an Article by Marie Boran on Siliconrepublic.com. Given the current state of the economy, there is no better time than right now to take a serious look at Web 2.0 technologies, or the social web, and figure out how these tools can …... Continue reading »
28 Sep 2008
Podcamp push
An article about John McGuinness seen on davescanlon.blogspot.com
I met John McGuinness, Minister for State at DETE, and was very impressed with his outspoken support for blogging within the civil service. Just checked out his site there, and I seem to have missed the media storm from last week …... Continue reading »
23 Sep 2008
McGuinness faces union backlash after attack on public service
An article about John McGuinness seen on kilkennypeople.ie/NewsFront.aspx
A WAR of words has erupted between Kilkenny Minister for Trade John McGuinness and the SIPTU trade union after comments Minister Mc-Guinness made in a nat-ional newspaper ange.... Continue reading »
17 Sep 2008
Minister's attack on public service
An article about John McGuinness seen on irishtimes.com
Madam, – The junior minister at Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mr John McGuinness, has caused a lot of anger among public sector workers by claiming they are so cosseted by their unions as to constitute “a reactionary, inert mass at …... Continue reading »
16 Sep 2008
It's not easy being mean
An article about John McGuinness seen on skinflicks.blogspot.com
So it is with a degree of trepidation that I say this – John McGuinness, junior Fianna Fail minister of State, is correct. People want him to resign because he said there is a culture within the Irish civil service that stifles ambition …... Continue reading »
Union calls on Minister to retract 'outrageous attack'
An article about John McGuinness seen on irishtimes.com
A CALL on Minister of State for Trade John McGuinness to stand down unless he retracted an “outrageous attack” on the Civil Service was made by the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU) at a meeting in Dublin yesterday.... Continue reading »
John McGuinness’ comments
An article about John McGuinness seen on twentymajor.net
In comments over the weekend, Minister of State John McGuinness said there was now a culture in the civil service that destroys ambition and that workers are over-protected by unions. No wonder they’re angry. …... Continue reading »
31 Jul 2008
Local Enterprise Is "Critical" To Ireland's Economic Prosperity
An article about John McGuinness seen on irishexaminerusa.com/mt
John McGuinness TD, the Minister for Trade and Commerce welcomed the opportunity to work closely with the Enterprise Boards to tackle the economic challenges facing Ireland. The Minister said that he was confident that the Enterprise …... Continue reading »
10 Jul 2008
Funding for local schools
An article about John McGuinness seen on kilkennypeople.ie/NewsFront.aspx
TWO Kilkenny schools are to receive funding totalling 95950 euro for dining area and canteen equipment, according to Minister John McGuinness.... Continue reading »
20 Mar 2008
Infacta Meets with Irish Minister for Trade and Commerce in Seattle
An article about John McGuinness seen on messagingtimes.com/blog
I had the pleasure of meeting with the Irish Minister for Trade and Commerce, John McGuinness and Enterprise Ireland’s Silicon Valley team in Seattle on St. Patrick’s Day. We discussed the value and opportunities for Irish software and …... Continue reading »
04 Oct 2007
Podcamp Ireland – the gift that keeps giving
An article about John McGuinness seen on Letters from the idiot
Well Podcamp Ireland 2007 is over (and Podcamp Ireland 2008 is already being talked about. I'd like to thank everyone who made it possible … . Just when you thought it was all over, more come out. Like this John McGuinness TD, Irish Minister for Trade … , Will tags : podcampireland, podcamp, John McGuinness, Edgecast Media, uStream, intruders.tv... Continue reading »
29 Sep 2007
Kilkenny plays host to pod people
An article about John McGuinness seen on Silicon Republic
[28.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic] Ireland’s first ever PodCamp, an event promoting podcasting and other new media methods, will kick off with an official opening by the junior minister for trade and commerce, John McGuinness, in Kilkenny tomorrow morning. PodCamp Ireland is a ‘non-conference’ where the attendees... Continue reading »
11 Sep 2007
Launch of the Spirit of Enterprise
An article about John McGuinness seen on IrishEyes aka topgold
The Minister Explains TODAY THE MINISTER for Trade and Commerce, Deputy John McGuinness (at left), launched the Spirit of Enterprise Programme, an enterprise activity that will spin up as week-long seminars in venues throughout southeast Ireland. Minister McGuinness visited Clonmel in County... Continue reading »
03 Sep 2007
EI hosts trade mission to United Arab Emirates
An article about John McGuinness seen on Silicon Republic
[31.08.2007 first posted on silicon republic] Seven Irish telecommunications companies will showcase their wares at the GSM-3G exhibition in Dubai … is organising a three-day trade visit to the United Arab Emirates led by Minister for Trade and Commerce John McGuinness TD. The country is the fastest-growing market for Irish companies in the Gulf... Continue reading »
22 Aug 2007
Rewriting History at the New Old Lady of Tara Street
An article about John McGuinness seen on The Dubliner Magazine
Max McGuinness on a bit of self-editing at the Irish Times You may have heard about Wikiscanner, … the wikipedia exploits of a number of Irish institutions such as the Central Bank(where a very active John... Continue reading »
29 Jul 2006
It Is Your Data
Seen on podcasting in Ireland
On a slow Saturday, some compelling headlines jumped off my Sony Walkman phone newsreader and prompted this [18.5 MB 96kbps MP3 file] podcast about dreams of migrant workers, digital rights in Ireland, a cameraphone competition, hassles faced by TDs trying to get access to local government and some podsafe music from three artists. That’s a photo... Continue reading »
22 May 2006
Eircom accused of charging customers for unused…
Seen on BreakingNews.ie: Business
Fianna Fail TD John McGuinness has accused eircom of charging customers for phones that they no longer use.... Continue reading »
22 Jun 2005
Daft cafe bars
Seen on Sunny Southeast
KILKENNY — Straight-talking John McGuinness has described plans by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell to introduce cafe bars as a “daft notion”. Even in the laneways of charming Kilkenny, cafe bars with outdoor drinking would not work. That’s why no publican in the southeast is clamoring for them. Any weekend in Kilkenny it is easy to see... Continue reading »