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28 Mar

The Sin of Judgement

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on turbulenceahead.com

Slowly but surely some in Government are recognising this - as witness Seamus Brennan's initiative to change welfare provisions for single parents. We need also to look further afield to how others have responded to the incentive issue ... Continue reading »

17 Mar

Minister’s hotel cost €1650 per night

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on soapboxireland.blogspot.com

Arts Minister Séamus Brennan, who held the social affairs portfolio at the time, represented Ireland at St Patrick’s celebrations in Rome and the Vatican last year. He stayed in a luxury suite in the Hassler Roma Hotel in Rome for two ... Continue reading »

14 Mar

Irish Roots Genealogy Site - Another Disastrous Waste of Money?

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on jamesgalvin.com

The website was officially launched today on the Jeanie Johnston in Dublin by Arts Minister Séamus Brennan and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. Such big names from both sides of the border, a high profile launch ... Continue reading »

05 Mar

Wexford Opera House set for July completion

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on ireland.archiseek.com

The building would set new standards for theatre design and, specifically for opera house design in Ireland, the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Séamus Brennan said yesterday as he performed the topping out ceremony for the Wexford ... Continue reading »

26 Feb

Arts Funding for Dublin in 2008

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on martinhogan.ie/articles

Green Party Representative for Dublin 8, Martin Hogan, has welcomed the news from the Minister of Arts and Culture, Seamus Brennan, for additional funding of €40 million for Arts and Cultural infrastructure projects. ... Continue reading »

15 Feb

Horseracing Ireland on a winner with new offices

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on kildare-nationalist.ie

HORSERACING Ireland’s new headquarters at Ballymany House on the Curragh was officially opened on Monday by the minister for arts, sport and tourism, Seamus Brennan.... Continue reading »

22 Dec 2007

Extraordinary Rendition and Extraordinary Stupidity

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on mcgarrsolicitors.ie

Minister Seamus Brennan, on RTE, justifies the Government attitude to CIA rendition flights (kidnap flights) at Shannon by claiming that some “specially trained” Garda officers have reported to the government that there is no evidence ... Continue reading »

09 Nov 2007

Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge and the Arts Council

An article about Seamus Brennan seen on poetbloggs.net/journal

In other arts funding related issues - something I meant to get back to much sooner than I am - the result of The Theatre Forum thing (a meeting with the larger Arts Organisations and Seamus Brennan). Mr Brennan has called on the RFO’s ... Continue reading »

11 Jun 2007

Eating Your Greens.

Seen on Arse End Of Ireland

Negotiations between Fianna Fail and the Green Party are set to resume this morning, apparently. Can you imagine it? … Seamus fucking Brennan see your point of view. The man’s like something that went to donate blood and couldn’t say when, in all fairness. “C’mere timme, Mr. Brennan, like. The Green Party... Continue reading »

08 Jun 2007

FF And Greens: Why They Stalled

Seen on Blogorrah

[ 90087350.jpg] 1) Throughout the negotiations and despite pleading from his own team Cowen continued to refer to Trevor Sargent as “Your leader, … tax if Bertie can rest money in Sargent’s post office account. “Two months tops,” promises Seamus Brennan. 5) Dónall Geoghegan complained that Brennan and Dempsey “pretend they are cutting... Continue reading »

25 May 2007

Labour candidates disappoint in Dublin South

Seen on The Labour Party and the 2007 General Election

Labour candidates disappoint in Dublin South May 25th, … and Culhane got 2,809. Seamus Brennan topped the poll with 13,123, Olivia Mitchell was next with 9,037, then Tom Kitt, Eamon Ryan, Alan Shatter and Liz O’Donnell with just over 4,000. Brennan... Continue reading »

14 May 2007

Every man for himself

Seen on The Honest Hack

As we enter week three it seems it’s definitely a case of every man for himself as far as Fianna Fáil are concerned … its promise of debt free status which Seamus Brennan pledged when he was Transport Minister. What’... Continue reading »

13 May 2007

A lot of Dung, More Doo-Doo

Seen on Plain of Pillars

Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I bought the Sindo, something I’d promised myself I’d never do for reasons that I hope are obvious. Now to be fair, there were mitigating circumstances. After all, they had an exclusive interview with one Bartholomew Ahern, leader of this fair nation,... Continue reading »

08 May 2007

Less Is More (Irritating)

Seen on - UnLaoised

via Semper Idem An excerpt from Seamus Brennan’s rebuttal of the Fine Gael manifesto: Implementation of the Fine Gael Manifesto would deliver 1,000 less Gardai onto our streets and 1,500 less acute... Continue reading »

07 May 2007

Stunning rebutal of Fine Gael manifesto

Seen on Semper Idem

Stunning rebutal of Fine Gael manifesto Filed under: Fine Gael, Irish Politics, General Election, Politics Fine Gael have launched their manifesto today, and more details on it can be found here. Seamus Brennan, the man who wrote Jack Lynch’s manifesto which bankrupted this country in the late... Continue reading »

04 May 2007

And We’re Off

Seen on Noel Dempsey

Today the campaign really kicked off. The day began early as usual, around 6.30 to organise everything for the canvass. The trick with canvassing is to be systematic. Technology has helped in the last few campaigns. We’re practically able to identify houses on a likelihood of voting basis, an issues basis,... Continue reading »

03 May 2007

And we’re off!

Seen on Noel Dempsey Election 2007

Today the campaign really kicked off. The day began early as usual, around 6.30 to organise everything for the canvass. The trick with canvassing is to be systematic. Technology has helped in the last few campaigns. We’re practically able to identify houses on a likelihood of voting basis, an issues basis,... Continue reading »

And we’re off!

Seen on Noel Dempsey Election 2007

Today the campaign really kicked off. The day began early as usual, around 6.30 to organise everything for the canvass. The trick with canvassing is to be systematic. Technology has helped in the last few campaigns. We’re practically able to identify houses on a likelihood of voting basis, an issues basis,... Continue reading »

01 May 2007

Cullen Slams Brennan

Seen on Fergus O'Rourke - Journal - Of Laws and Men

I have just heard Martin Cullen, the present Minister for Transport, say on George Hook’s programme that before he became the Minister, there was “no vision and no plan”.(Unfortunately, the radio station does not provide a facility to listen to the programme after the event). His predecessor, party colleague Seamus Brennan... Continue reading »

30 Mar 2007

Would I lie to you?

Seen on Daniel K. Sullivan

After weeks of telling us that auction politics is bad for us the Taoiseach gave us a big dollop of the bad stuff last Saturday night. Tax cuts and spending commitments galore even if many of them are reheated from 2002 and even 1997 in some cases. Of course he mentioned absolutely no time frame for the increases or whether or not any change in... Continue reading »


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