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28 Jul 2006
Ahern criticises US stance on Middle East…
Ahern criticises US stance on Middle East ceasefire 07-28-2006 12:56:50 pm by shaneholden | Comments (11) Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has criticised the US stance on the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Lebanon. The European Union is demanding an immediate ceasefire in the region, but the United States has said a ceasefire should... Continue reading »
Ireland calls in Israeli Ambassador
Seen on European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.
Ireland calls in Israeli Ambassador by Colman Wed Jul 26th, 2006 at 07:43:53 AM EDT I’d forgotten we still had a few troops deployed with Unifil:The Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern today summoned the Israeli ambassador to his department to convey the Government’s shock and anger at yesterday’s attack on a UN post in southern Lebanon.... Continue reading »
Feeney Watch - 28.07.06
Seen on A TANGLED WEB
They say that if you kiss the Blarney Stone you’ll never lose the gift of the gab. It’ll be an age, if ever, before I visit the Republic again, so my chances of kissing the stone from that precarious ledge are pretty much zero. I have no desire to spend my hard-earned money in a country where the nearly 10% of the electorate think it is... Continue reading »
27 Jul 2006
Permanent Link to Ireland passes new rules on…
Seen on Capsules - Meetingsnet
Ireland passes new rules on physician conduct July 27th, 2006 According to Irish Medical News: The long-awaited Medical Practitioners Heads of Bill has been lashed in the media for caving into the medical profession on retaining self-regulation and for, it seems, maintaining private misconduct hearings. Compared to Micheál Martin’s proposals... Continue reading »
Ireland’s Competitiveness Strategy
Seen on URENIO Portal: Innovation, Environments of Innovation, Intelligent Cities and Regions
Growing research capability is a core component of the European Union’s drive to become the most competitive and dynamic, knowledge-driven economy. Ireland has fully embraced that challenge by releasing its Strategy for “Science, Technology and Innovation 2006 – 2013”. According to Micheal Martin T.D., Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade... Continue reading »
UN observers begged Israelis to stop shelling…
Seen on International News (I.N. Daily)
UN observers begged Israelis to stop shelling their position Thursday, Jul 27 2006 Palestine-Lebanon and International News Editor 5:00 pm By Steve Farrell and Nicholas Blanford UN monitors made ten phone calls to military commanders before the air strike that killed four of them Times On Line   PEACEKEEPERS spent six hours... Continue reading »
Fucking Bullshit
Seen on Tangents of the unstable...
IRA adhering to peace commitments, Ireland and Britain say LAST UPDATE: 7/25/2006 1:09:39 PM DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - The outlawed Irish Republican Army is observing its peace commitments and is not an obstacle to a revived Roman Catholic-Protestant administration for Northern Ireland, the British and Irish governments declared Tuesday in their... Continue reading »
Murder Inc.
Seen on Suburban Guerrilla
Am I somehow supposed to ignore this when the Israelis do it, when I scream bloody murder (which is, after all, what it is) when my own country does it? The most senior Irish army officer in Lebanon warned Israel six times on Tuesday that its bombs were landing close to a United Nations base. Israeli authorities ignored the warnings and later... Continue reading »
Green Party calls on Irish Govt to ensure no…
Seen on John Gormley, Green Party TD for Dublin South East
The Green Party today called on the Government to ensure that no weapons of any description would be exported to Israel through Shannon Airport. Green Party Chairman and Foreign Affairs spokesperson, John Gormley TD said: “We already know that planes carrying Apache helicopters for Israel have landed at Shannon. We also know that planes used for... Continue reading »
Mediocre teaching & Discarded Colleges of…
Seen on Pedablogy
cf. www.mercatornet.com Shades of Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society” here, and TBH IMHO overstated and exaggerated. However, it might serve to shake and wake the establishment who are serving an increasingly outdated curriculum in terms of content and pedagogy. As politicians pay lip-service to the knowledge society, one wonders if they... Continue reading »
Corruption at Tara?
Seen on Blog Curry: Blogs and Politics
… is acutely embarrassing for Bertie Ahern and will probably prompt a political storm. … speculation than it cares to admit – or the rest of us would wish. … Irish politics has come a long way in recent years, we cannot afford to …... Continue reading »
ireland.com and The Irish Times, Ireland’s…
Seen on ireland.com and The Irish Times, Ireland's Online Newspaper
12:05 Agency to examine drop in Irish abortion figures More Breaking News » A wounded Israeli soldier is taken to hospital in Haifa yesterday. Hizbullah kills nine Israelis as Rome talks are stalled Hizbullah guerrillas have killed at least nine Israeli soldiers in Lebanon in fierce fighting which looks set to continue after... 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 »
I never get “political” but…
Seen on V-Neck Press Conference
I remember back in highschool when I had a big stack of zines that toted a bunch of anti-government such and such with no real firm grip on what was happening in the world. I ate it up because it felt great to be a part of some “movement,” even though I really didn’t no where it was going and what the course of action would be (the course of... Continue reading »
Government majority increases by 1
A 35-year rift between Fianna Fáil and the Blaney organisation in Donegal, which began after the Arms Crisis, ended yesterday when Independent TD Niall Blaney agreed to a merger of the two organisations and became a Government deputy, writes Stephen Collins, Irish Times. Other coverage Blaney gets his apology as FF finally get their man -... Continue reading »
Mark Manning:BLOG FLASH !-Mary Hanafin TD to…
Seen on Mark Manning's Blog
Mark Manning:BLOG FLASH !-Mary Hanafin TD to star as John Denver in Hollywood biopic. Champagne corks popped in the Dail last as TD’s celebrated Minister Hanafin’s success in winning the role of the late John Denver in a soon for production hollywood biopic.A seven figure paypacket will bring... Continue reading »
Permanent Link to On the limits of…
Seen on StealthBadger.net
On the limits of “self-defense” Posted July 27th, 2006 by StealthBadger From the Jerusalem Post: The United States blocked the UN Security Council on Wednesday from issuing a statement that would have condemned Israel’s bombing of a UN post on the Lebanon border that killed four military observers overnight Tuesday. US diplomats refused to... Continue reading »
O Brien To Be Selected For Labour North Kerry
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O Brien To Be Selected For Labour North Kerry Writes Cian of Where’s Me Country? July 27th, 2006 Read more: Uncategorized, Fianna Fail, Labour Party, Fine Gael, Kerry North From the Indo, former Mayor Terry O Brien is due to be selected tonight as Labour’s candidate for Kerry North. They are trying to win back Dick Spring’s seat which... Continue reading »
Report: U.N. observers’ calls unheeded
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U.N. observers in southern Lebanon called the Israeli military 10 times during a six-hour period to ask it to halt an airstrike before their observation post was hit, according to details of a preliminary U.N. report on the incident. Four U.N. observers were killed in the bombing Tuesday. During each phone call, an Israeli official promised to... Continue reading »
‘Break’ in health care reform?
Seen on Health Care (Health Care)
‘Break’ in health care reform? July 27, 2006 at 1:15 am · Filed under Health Care Portlaoise not on Tanaiste’s itinerary for visit to health care … Midlands 103, Ireland - Jul 25, 2006However, Mary Harney will not attend the Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, where a protest over staffing levels took place last month. … Source:... Continue reading »
“We were begging them to stop.”
Seen on Jon - MySpace Blog
UN observers begged Israelis to stop shelling their position By Steve Farrell and Nicholas Blanford UN monitors made ten phone calls to military commanders before the air strike that killed four of them PEACEKEEPERS spent six hours begging Israeli commanders to halt multiple air bombings near a United Nations observation post before a... Continue reading »
Israeli Military Raided U.N. Posts
Seen on Seagull Reference
Lieutenant Colonel Du Zhaoyu was among the dead with three colleagues from Austria, Canada and Finland when their underground bunker was hit by a precision guided bomb in the night of July 26, 2006. The unarmed U.N. observers were taking shelter in a U.N. base in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam. According to the U.N. peacekeeping forces... Continue reading »
Martin strategy promises financial support for…
Seen on BreakingNews.ie: Business
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheal Martin delivered details of the Government’s new Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006-13 at Grange Castle today.... Continue reading »
Principal Casting Announced for B’way-Bound Hi
Seen on In Web
Principal Casting Announced for B’way-Bound Hi July 27th, 2006 just sets him up for one of the top five romantic comebacks ever. The tuner features music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Amanda Green and a book by David Lindsay-Abaire. The show, directed by Walter Bobbie, is scheduled to begin its world premiere engagement at Posted in Uncategorized |... Continue reading »
26 Jul 2006
OUTRAGE !!!
Seen on CIIII> DECOMPRESSION DIGEST <IIIID
I read this article off Google news today. I’ve never harbored a lot of sympathy for Israel, much more for the Palestinians and Lebanese. And now this war i have even less respect for Israel and tend MORE to believe the conspirators about the true nature of Israel’s intentions. and now THIS? How can they explain this away? oops? sorry? accident?... Continue reading »