Irish Politics, Politicians in Ireland, TDs, Irish Government

Kelly’s broken promises

Seen on Patrick's Truths

You want to talk about broken promises. What about Liz McManus’ colleague Nicky Kelly , as you can read from these following articles: http://www.unison.ie/wicklow_people/stories.php3?ca=40&si... Continue reading »

First Post from Wicklow Campaign Team

Seen on Liz McManus

In the next few weeks campaign team members will be contributing to this blog. Here are my own personal experiences of the last 3 years of membership of the Labour Party and reasons why I strongly support Liz McManus. Around the time I entered college and during my time in student politics I first became really aware of the Labour party. I grew... Continue reading »

Services on ADHD and Autism Collapse in Kilkenny

Seen on Cllr. Michael O' Brien

Following a request from myself , to Liz McManus TD., our Spokesperson for Health & Children, The Department of Health has now requested a Health Services Executive (HSE) investigation into the collapse of ADHD and Autism services in Kilkenny. The question raised that Liz rouse from me was, “To ask the Minister for Health & Children when... Continue reading »

Election 2007: They want us to vote twice!

Seen on Kevin Rafter’s Blog

The latest opinion poll in the Sunday Business Post is even more positive for FF - and negative for FG - than the recent IMS survey in the Sunday Tribune. In the Sunday Independent Eoghan Harris was warning about writing off FG, and while he’s right - there’s still four months to go - it will take a huge swing in the public mood to get Enda Kenny... Continue reading »

Sinn Fein to take seat in Wicklow?

Seen on - Wicklow

Sinn Fein to take seat in Wicklow? January 22nd, 2007 On December 31st the Wicklow.com Election 2007 poll opened. We asked who will your first preference vote go to. Here are the results and if this were a larger sample, it would make for interesting headlines. Take these results with a pinch of salt as only 23 votes were received. Anywhoo,... Continue reading »

Tearing the arse out of a story: Indo hacks and Labour’s “dilemma”

Seen on ie-politics

“Wouldn’t it do your head in?”, Vincent Browne rhetorically asked today in his Irish Times column. He was talking about the positions adopted by Pat Rabbitte about possible post-election scenarios and putting Fianna Fáil back into government. What does my head in is endless arse-tearing by commentators about hypothetical situations out of which... Continue reading »

Labour are being drowned out in the debate on the healthcare system

Seen on The Labour Party and the 2007 General Election

Labour are being drowned out in the debate on the healthcare system Filed under: Healthcare, Policies — christineindublin @ 3:48 pm Every few weeks, often during a slow news period, a human interest story will pop up that[ Pat Rabbitte, Enda Kenny and Liz McManus launching the joint FG/Labour policy document on A&E] highlights the gross... Continue reading »

Seen on AtlanticBlog

Against freedom The Irish Examiner (registration required) reports that the Irish Labour Party is mad.The party’s health spokes-person Liz McManus accused ministers of putting sick people at risk by insisting on “a free market approach at all costs”.In the Labour Party, freedom really is a terrible, terrible thing. But I am feeling... Continue reading »

Sign up now to support Breast Cancer Screening

Seen on Cllr. Seán Ó hArgáin

I didn’t expect to be blogging quite so much today, but just got an email from Cllr. Séamus Walsh, former Chairperson (the last one I think), of the South Eastern Health Board. Séamus has started an online petition to highlight the poor availability of Breastcheck screening for women throughout the country. This is a National petition and can... Continue reading »

Scandal of cancelled operations

Seen on Cllr Seamus Ryan's Blog

This mornings Irish Times reports that nearly 22,000 operations were cancelled in 34 hospitals nationwide last year. According to the figures received under a Freedom of Information request about half the operations cancelled at Waterford Regional Hospital were attributed to lack of bed availability. As a public representative I often meet... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to DCMNR announcement on TG4

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

DCMNR announcement on TG4 August 17th, 2006 Following on from the Sunday Times article, which I blogged about here, the DCMNR has just released a statement on its plans to make TG4 independent by 2007, meaning the Irish TV market will be balanced with two independent stations and two state broadcasters; the deal that sees content provided by... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to Kidnap in Gaza leads to Irish…

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

Kidnap in Gaza leads to Irish confusion August 15th, 2006 It seems that the kidnap of a Fox News journalist and cameraman in Gaza has caused some initial confusion over the origin of one of the men involved. Sky News, highlighting the dangers of their high-speed news format had a ‘Breaking News’ alert on the story, claiming that the cameraman... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to Irish DTT to launch this week…

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

Irish DTT to launch this week (but don’t tell anyone) August 8th, 2006 Having just had an interesting conversation with an important member of staff at RTÉ I was surprised to find that to the best of her knowledge the Irish Government’s DTT trial is due to be launched this Friday. The two year trial, which has been in gestation for some time... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to Sargent plays it safe with…

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

Sargent plays it safe with semantics August 7th, 2006 Green leader Trevor Sargent today tipped his hat towards the ABB’s (Anyone But Bertie’s) in the country by announcing that a coalition between Fianna Fail and the Green Party would not happen, although he did so with some important small print too. According to RTÉ, Sargent stated that his... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to E-mail subscription added

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

E-mail subscription added July 27th, 2006 At the request of Terry Maguire (no relation, at least not that I know of!) I’ve added an e-mail subscription option; those who do subscribe should recieve a daily update from my blog thanks to FeedBlitz. E-mail subscription is not something I had given much thought to before; in a world of RSS the... Continue reading »

New RTÉ website on the way (SBP - 23rd July …

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

New RTÉ website on the way (SBP - 23rd July 2006) July 25th, 2006 I’m a little bit behind on this one; my article from the latest issue of the Sunday Business Post. RTE.ie, Ireland’s public service broadcaster’s website, is to undergo a massive redesign as part of an ever-increasing emphasis on online services. Marcus O’Doherty,... Continue reading »

Permanent Link to Robert Fisk’s speech on “…

Seen on AdamMaguire.com - Blog

Robert Fisk’s speech on “the conquest of the Middle East” July 21st, 2006 Pointed to on boards.ie, Robert Fisk’s superb speech on the Middle East, the War on Terror and Journalism linked below for your viewing pleasure (I would embed them but it did some crazy things to my formatting… While Fisk can be a devisive commentator at the best of... Continue reading »

Labour and the LGBT Movement

Seen on tomcosgrave / a weblog

This post was prompted by a post and subsequent comments over at Maman Poulet, and as a member of Labour, I felt obliged to put forth my two cent worth. To some of those people, I’d tend to suggest two things - contacting the Labour Parliamentary Party and ask questions of them - let them know you’re concerned about this issue. You could also... Continue reading »