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18 Dec 2006
New Labour website launch
Seen on Councillor Eric Byrne
I was at the press launch of the new and improved Labour Party website and it looks great with lots of new features that will allow more interaction from people accessing the website. You can read more about it here or here on the new website. [ EB] Speaking at the press launch with the new website behind me [ Labour website] With my party... Continue reading »
20 Nov 2006
Free Dublin wi-fi on the cards?
Seen on TechWire
Looks like free or subsidised wi-fi for Dublin city is still simmering as an issue. Dublin City Council looks set to put in free wi-fi in all Dublin library branches, according to documents I’ve seen. And a Labour TD, Tommy Broughan, has re-iterated his call for a free wi-fi zone between the canals in Dublin. More on this later.... Continue reading »
10 Nov 2006
Trouble flares as Shell to Sea Protest continues
Seen on A view from the Left - Cllr Seamus Ryan's Blog
Reports today of further trouble at the Corrib gas terminal site is extremely disturbing. According to the RTE report more than 200 Shell to Sea campaigners, some of whom travelled from Dublin, Cork and Galway, attempted to block the convoy of vehicles taking construction workers to the site at Bellanaboy. A number of people were injured... Continue reading »
26 Oct 2006
Fine Gael mistake
Seen on GUBU
You know, everyone knows I want Fine Gael to do well cos I hate FF so much but honestly, sometimes they just ask for trouble. From today’s Irish Times “Splits have opened up in both Government and Opposition over the proposed ban on drift netting for salmon. Fine Gael has joined forces with dissident Fianna Fáil TDs in an effort to block the... Continue reading »
21 Sep 2006
Broadband… yet again!
Seen on ElectricNews.net:News
Broadband… yet again! There’s really not a lot to add that’s not already been said by Labour’s Tommy Broughan TD, the Labour Party spokesperson on Communications. So here it is…. Labour’s Communications Spokesperson, Tommy Broughan, has slammed Minister Noel DempseyÂ’s comments trumpeting the advances in broadband rollout during his time... Continue reading »
21 Jul 2006
Proposed 34% gas price hike unacceptable
Seen on Cllr Seamus Ryan's Blog
I just read a press release from Labour TD Tommy Broughan regarding a proposed 34% price increase for gas for both householders and businesses. According to Tommy “The energy regulator, CER’s, proposal to approve a 34% increase in gas prices for householders and small businesses from October 1st next is shocking and unacceptable news for... Continue reading »