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28 Aug 2006
Dublin lose to Mayo
Seen on GUBU
Personally I was disappointed. I’ve never really forgiven Mayo for complaining so hard and so long that Meath beat them years ago. Also, I think its good if Dublin are good at something. They are the capital after all. Sadly my views are not shared here in Meath where the anti-Dublin meeja edge takes hold. I thought there might be some... Continue reading »
Scandal of cancelled operations
Seen on Cllr Seamus Ryan's Blog
This mornings Irish Times reports that nearly 22,000 operations were cancelled in 34 hospitals nationwide last year. According to the figures received under a Freedom of Information request about half the operations cancelled at Waterford Regional Hospital were attributed to lack of bed availability. As a public representative I often meet... Continue reading »
tom savage being extradited falsely to Greece on…
Seen on tom savage being extradited falsely to Greece on 1st september 2005
This a file about Tom Savage who was falsely extradited from Holland to Greece on 1st September 2005. This file is to wake people up about corruption and set-ups in Holland working together with Ireland (where Tom Savage comes from) and Greece.  Hopefully someone who has a lot of mediapower and/or political power will help Tom Savage cause he is... Continue reading »
Liam Kelly: No Friend Of The Gak, The Gear, The…
Seen on Blogorrah
[ SUNDAYW.jpg] Despite Blogorrah’s efforts to provide him with a viable excuse (see HERE), troubled Fianna Fail councillor Liam Kelly – you know, the one who was captured on video allegedly snorting cocaine - decided to go with his own (white) line on the matter. Guess what? He was only smoking a rollie! Sez the Sindo: ‘Kelly, who claims the... Continue reading »
Roll up roll up another state asset being given…
Seen on Free Roaming
[ aer lingus] Used car salesman turned government transport minister Martin Cullen today slaps the price tag sticker on one of our most valuable state assets Aer lingus aided and abetted by Aer Lingus chief executive, Dermot Mannion. Next month’s planned initial public offering (IPO) is expected to value Aer Lingus at between €700 million and... Continue reading »
The joy and heartache - Irish Independent
Seen on Google News Ireland
The joy and heartache Irish Independent - 7 hours ago The Fine Gael leader didn’t have a sweat-drenched Mayo jersey to swap with Bertie at the end of yesterday’s pulsating All Ireland semi-final at Croke Park but it would hardly have made victory any sweeter. … Mayo rewrite the script in epic encounter Irish Times Caffrey unchanged as Mayo... Continue reading »
IBEC welcomes Aer Lingus announcement
Seen on BreakingNews.ie: News as it happens!
The business and employers group IBEC today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Transport Martin Cullen and Aer Lingus that the Aer Lingus IPO is to proceed in the coming weeks.... Continue reading »
Crowe welcomes funding for Childhood Development Initiative
Seen on Sinn Fein Newsroom
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Social and Family Affairs Seán Crowe TD has welcomed the belated decision to provide the funding announced today for the Childhood Development Initiative and the other community based projects in Dublin.... Continue reading »
Tribunal legal fees must be tackled, but not at expense of justice - Ó Snodaigh
Seen on Sinn Fein Newsroom
Responding to reports this morning that 80% of total tribunals costs result from legal fees, with individual barristers earning several million euros each, Sinn Féin Justice Spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh said legislation must be accelerated to address this issue but restated that the Government’s current proposed legislation is unacceptable.... Continue reading »
Greens criticise cancelled operations and HSE bonuses
Seen on Green Party/Comhaontas Glass Newsroom
Green Party Chairman and Health spokesperson John Gormley TD reacted to news that Irish hospitals cancelled nearly 22,000 operations last year – the majority of them due to insufficient bed capacity – saying:... Continue reading »
27 Aug 2006
Immigration and reactions
Seen on fallibilist
In May 2004, when the EU expanded from 15 to 25 member states, only Ireland, Sweden and the U.K. declined to impose restrictions on the free movement of workers from the 10 new member states. In the 28 months or so since, there has been a remarkable influx of Eastern European workers into this country. The majority seem to be Poles, but there... Continue reading »
Garret is Right on The Money
Seen on Irish Election
Garret is Right on The Money Writes Gerry of IE-Politics on August 27th, 2006 Read More: Uncategorized, Fine Gael, Irish Election After reading a friendly piece in today’s Indo by John Cooney in advance of the new RTE series to mark the former Taoiseach’s birthday, I turned to Garret’s weekly column in the Saturday Irish Times. It is a... Continue reading »
Call to cut mental health waiting lists - Irish…
Seen on Google News Ireland
Irish HealthCall to cut mental health waiting lists Irish Examiner - 27 Aug 2006 Urgent action must be taken to reduce waiting lists for psychiatric consultation which stand at more than 12 months in many areas of the country, it was claimed today. Dan Neville, a Fine Gael TD, called for … ‘NTPF should aid mental care’ Irish Health all 6 news... Continue reading »
Report of Inpsector of Prisons 2005
Seen on Irish Law Updates
Report of Inpsector of Prisons 2005 The report of the Inspector of Prisons, Dermot Kinlen, for 2005 is available at http://www.justice.ie/80256E010039C5AF/vWeb/pcJUSQ… Extract from pages 28-32: “10. Establishment of an independent Inspector of Prisons. “The Government has told the CPT in Strasbourg three times and in its Programme... Continue reading »
26 Aug 2006
A policy of doing the popular thing, not the…
Seen on Irish Election
A policy of doing the popular thing, not the right thing Writes adam of Adam’s Blog on August 26th, 2006 Read More: Fianna Fail, Progressive Democrats, Government, Europe, Policy Originally posted on AdamMaguire.com As silly season nears an end and we head towards the start of the real election campaign and a new Dáil term the cynic in me... Continue reading »
An attention whore’s wet dream
Seen on Limerick Blogs
The recent so-called controversy regarding the transportation of non-Protestant children on a schoolbus operated by Limerick VEC for Villiers Secondary School has been nothing more than yet another opportunity for the quarehawks in the renagade fringe of the Republican movement to get their ugly mugs in the content starved pages of the weekday... Continue reading »
Permanent Link to Tough one for Bertie
Seen on Could have been a contender
Tough one for Bertie August 26th, 2006 Forget Barcelona versus Chelsea in the Champions League, the tie of the tournament takes place on 13 September at Old Trafford. The first British team to win the European Champions cup will play the second one to manage the feat and all of Ireland will be agog. Between them Machester United and Celtic... Continue reading »
Garret is Right on the Money…
Seen on ie-politics
After reading a friendly piece in today’s Indo by John Cooney in advance of the new RTE series to mark the former Taoiseach’s birthday, I turned to Garret’s weekly column in the Saturday Irish Times. It is a most astute piece of commentary. Garret wants to reiterate the point that if Bertie Ahern is to be elected Taoiseach, when the new Dáil... Continue reading »
It will not be long now…
Seen on Thomas Byrne
…till our wedding day. There is so much going on in the world of politics that I almost have to keep reminding myself that Ann and I are getting married in less than two weeks. This afternoon, I have to finalize our Mass booklets which in fairness to Ann, she has put together. Mam and Dad (Cllr Tommy Byrne) are thirty years married today, so... Continue reading »
25 Aug 2006
Want a French rifle?
Seen on johnopedia
Want a French rifle? August 25th, 2006 by John Never been shot, and only dropped once. Kofi (I had no idea my son was such a crook) Annan has asked the French (surrender is what we do best) armed forces to lead the peace keeping force in Lebanon. For some reason, asking the french to lead this force (after being apparently guilted into... Continue reading »
EU Nations To Provide Core Of Lebanon Force
Seen on http://www.prophecyheadlines.com
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European nations agreed on Friday to offer more than half the troops for an expanded United Nations peacekeeping contingent in Lebanon. U.N. chief Kofi Annan hailed the move as creating the backbone of a credible force, which could total up to 15,000 troops, even though EU officials warned it could be months […]... Continue reading »
Is there any point to having both Fianna Fail…
Seen on John Mortell’s blog
Given that there’s an election coming up... Continue reading »
McDowell accused of fascist attitude to jail…
McDowell accused of fascist attitude to jail reform 08-25-2006 09:44:41 am by David Cochrane | Comments (2) Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and his department have been sharply criticised by the inspector of prisons for failing to introduce a range of penal system reforms. In his fourth annual report Mr Justice Dermot Kinlen accuses... Continue reading »
Chutzpah and Housing
Seen on ie-politics
That’s the word that springs to mind when looking at some of today’s headlines. “Ahern stands by performance on social housing” and “Minister vows to curb property speculator greed” appear together in today’s Irish Independent. So the Minister responsible for housing is looking for credit for promising to do something now that he has failed to... Continue reading »
Cullen announces four appointments to Aer Lingus…
Seen on BreakingNews.ie: Business
Minister for Transport Martin Cullen has announced four new appointments to the board of Aer Lingus.... Continue reading »