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13 Jul
HOW THINGS CHANGE - OR DON’T
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on jacuddihy.wordpress.com
Fine Gael TD Olwyn Enright kicked off the local recriminations. “The Fianna Fail leadership contest was a huge distraction from Lisbon, taking up a whole lump of time,” she said. Mr Cowen had departed Offaly for Dublin at 7.30am, …... Continue reading »
06 Jun
Cervical cancer screening call
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on laois-nationalist.ie
DEPUTY Olwyn Enright has called on the Minister for Health to roll out the nationwide programme of cervical cancer screening, pointing out that the service is currently not available to the vast majority of women in her constituency.... Continue reading »
05 Jun
The weather for the June bank holiday has turned out super after a …
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on killeens.blogspot.com
In the past few months Deputy Olwyn Enright contacted Waterways Ireland as to why the power points were not working and was told that they were looking into the problem. They are still looking. There has been a rumour that Waterways …... Continue reading »
19 Mar
Master class in evasion from Baffling Bertie
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on soapboxireland.blogspot.com
Last week, even Olwyn Enright was moved to take a snap at the lolling corpse, as Fine Gael's sweet girl noted of the land where no minister — let alone a useless bureaucrat — is ever sacked, pour encourager les autres, …... Continue reading »
14 Mar
Poll on Fine Gael on the Irish language
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on darrenjprior.blogspot.com
It may not officially be a policy but Olwyn Enright while our spokesperson on Education and Science raised the issue of our country's placenames being taught in school as part of the Gaeilge syllabus. …... Continue reading »
08 Feb
Irish Times Letter: Texting in the Dáil
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on theangryhedgehog.com
Madam, - Would someone tell Olwyn Enright of Fine Gael to stop texting while on the front bench in the Dáil? It looks very bad - and I have never seen any other TD do this. The camera caught Ms Enright texting twice during the …... Continue reading »
26 Nov 2007
FG TD Enright speaks out about her own cancer scare
An article about Olwyn Enright seen on independent.ie
Olwyn Enright, the Fine Gael TD, has spoken of her own breast cancer scare. Speaking from Portloaise yesterday, where she had come to talk with constituents affected by the latest breast cancer scandal, she revealed that she was sent to …... Continue reading »
25 May 2007
Donegal North East - Marriage made in Fine Gael
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Donegal North East - Marriage made in Fine Gael Writes Maman Poulet of Maman Poulet on May 25th, 2007 Read More: Donegal North East Joe McHugh is set top the poll and join his wife Olwyn Enright (yes Bloggorah that’s a female Olwyn Enright!) in Dail Eireann. Tallies… Blaney 6275 Doherty 330 Gallagher... Continue reading »
21 Mar 2007
Shell Hell Welly Well
Seen on Mark's Little Ed. Tech. Blog
I emailed all of my elected ‘representatives’ recently (not sure that they really represent me, and am nearly sure that I didn’t give any of them any kind of vote) about the Corrib Gas controversy. Sean Fleming TD phoned me with a very pleasant response, fair play to him. Of course, I didn’t agree with all he had to say, but he was certainly... Continue reading »
14 Mar 2007
Victim seeks an appeal as her rapist goes free
Seen on Primal Sneeze
Victim seeks an appeal as her rapist goes free From the Irish Independent (and fek their copyright - this is too important ). Other Bloggers, please link to this, or to any other Irish blogger’s post on this subject. e.g. The Swearing Lady; Twenty Major. If you are Irish, berate your local T.D.s and Senators to change the law now! If your are... Continue reading »
31 Oct 2006
Seamus Ryan: Health Matters- or at least it should!!
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Seamus Ryan: Health Matters- or at least it should!! Writes Cllr. Seamus Ryan of Seamus Ryan’s Blog on October 31st, 2006 Read More: Uncategorized, Irish Politics, Labour Party, Health, Column An interesting debate took place in the Dail last week on the Labour Party motion opposing the increasing privatisation of the health service and the... Continue reading »
VoteTube Competition Announcement
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VoteTube Competition Announcement Writes Simon McGarr of Tuppenceworth.ie on October 31st, 2006 Read More: Irish Politics, Video, Competitions VoteTube is a competition for the most entertaining, most persuasive and most effective political and civic message videos made about Ireland. There are two categories for entry. One is... Continue reading »
27 Oct 2006
Soiling your ballot
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Soiling your ballot Writes cparker of Planet Parker on October 27th, 2006 Read More: Uncategorized Be warned - don’t read this post while having your tea! One of the great things about being in a wheelchair, as I am, is that you get a postal vote. And this has allowed me in the past couple of elections to indulge in a personal... Continue reading »
Mobile Phone Masts
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Mobile Phone Masts Writes Simon of The Dossing Times on October 27th, 2006 Read More: Tipperary North, Health A democracy isn’t it great. It allows all types of people to run for election whether they are right or wrong. Take this for example. Last weeks Nenagh Guardian (Free reg regd) reports that A group lobbying against the erection of... Continue reading »
26 Oct 2006
Making Road Safety an Election Issue
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Making Road Safety an Election Issue Writes Damien Blake of DamienBlake.com on October 26th, 2006 Read More: Road Safety First, a plug. If you haven’t seen it yet, please give RoadSafetyBlog.com a visit. The site is co-ordinating a campaign among Irish bloggers to get people across the Island involved in the development of the next Road... Continue reading »
25 Oct 2006
What did for Labour? 1992, 1994, 1997 and the slow slow decline of the Irish Labour Party…
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What did for Labour? 1992, 1994, 1997 and the slow slow decline of the Irish Labour Party… Writes Worldbystorm of The Cedar Lounge Revolution on October 25th, 2006 Read More: Labour Party Originally posted on the Cedar Lounge Revolution. Continuing our dissection of 1990s politics and the implications for today and the forthcoming... Continue reading »
21 Oct 2006
A Busy Spring?
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A Busy Spring? Writes P O’Neill of Best of Both Worlds on October 21st, 2006 Read More: Northern Ireland, Law, Democracy, Referenda Notwithstanding the apparent temptation to roll a St. Andrews ratification into a general election, it looks now that the government is backing away from a combined vote in March next year. This means that... Continue reading »
The Right To Silence
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The Right To Silence Writes Cian of Where’s Me Country? on October 21st, 2006 Read More: Progressive Democrats, Coalition, Law Edit: It seems he has changed tack slightly since 2003 when he dropped similar plans to curb the right to silence where he said: “I am more concerned that a trial should be about the facts of the case rather than... Continue reading »
20 Oct 2006
The rugbyman bows out
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The rugbyman bows out Writes P O’Neill of Best of Both Worlds on October 20th, 2006 Read More: Fianna Fail, Dublin North It got lost in the focus on Fianna Fail’s good poll numbers last weekend but governments are formed by TDs, not opinion polls, and in that regard the party suffered a blow with Jim Glennon’s decision not to run again in... Continue reading »
19 Oct 2006
Underscoring Our Culture of Unaccountability
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Underscoring Our Culture of Unaccountability Writes Keith Gaughan of Talideon.com on October 19th, 2006 Read More: Corruption, Bertiegate I thought I’d wrap up the coverage of Bertiegate here with a rather interesting item I stumbled across on the RTÉ news site earlier today: Swedish minister resigns over TV licence fee. Continue reading... Continue reading »
Cllr Damien Blake: Beyond Bertiegate
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Cllr Damien Blake: Beyond Bertiegate Writes Damien Blake of DamienBlake.com on October 19th, 2006 Read More: Fianna Fail, Coalition, Bertiegate, Column I’ll be blogging here weekly in the run-up to the next election. I’m a Fianna Fail member of Letterkenny Town Council, elected in June 2004, and I served as Mayor of Letterkenny from June... Continue reading »
16 Oct 2006
Education, Integration and Immigration
Seen on Aidan Culhane: Dublin South: Comment
Looking Back: Looking Forward: 1916–2006 Impact of the Easter Rising and First World War in Ireland, North and South Cllr Aidan Culhane. Confederation of European Councillors, Derry, 12 October 2006 1916. I think it’s clear that in Ireland the term evokes two very different responses. For most of us, it is the Rising of 1916. For some,... Continue reading »