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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 »
16 Jun 2005
Today, we have witnessed a disgraceful yet utterly…
Seen on Wednesday's Irish politics blog
Today, we have witnessed a disgraceful yet utterly predictable display of moral cowardice on the part of the large majority of Dáil Deputies. All but 16 TDs failed to oppose the annual extension of the Offences Against the State Act, which allows the conviction of “membership of an illegal organisation” based solely upon the word of a garda. Given ... Continue reading »
02 Jun 2005
Martin Ferris in the Dáil today
Seen on Wednesday's Irish politics blog
Mr. Ferris: Like previous speakers, I welcome the second report of the Morris tribunal. The belief that what happened in Donegal was as a result of a small number of gardaà effectively being out of control is something that needs to be examined. If that were the case, one would assume there was never a heavy gang in the State. While a prisoner in ... Continue reading »