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28 Feb 2007
Convention speech on YouTube
Seen on John Gormley
Convention speech on YouTube February 28th, 2007 John Gormley’s speech to the Green Party convention has been posted on YouTube. Because of the 10-minute limit on video clips on YouTube, it has been split into two 7-minute sections. Part 1: Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Health, Speeches, Election, Video | No Comments »... Continue reading »
Free Heroin on the HSE says Ahern (Noel)
Seen on 'political quote'
Prescribing heroin to drug users is “something that might happen in the future”, says Noel Ahern the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy in yesterday’s Irish Times. I couldn’t agree……more! 80% of all crime is related to drug use. Heroin addicts needs a large sum of money every week to feed their habit. This... Continue reading »
Make a Change.ie
Seen on A view from the Left - Cllr Seamus Ryan's Blog
Each morning I log on to the Ireland.com website to catch up on the latest news from the Irish Times. This morning the first thing I noticed on the site was an advertisement from the Labour Party for Make a Change.ie the new online campaign from the party. “FF and the PD’s tell you they have a lot done but Make a Change.ie ” is the message... Continue reading »
Justice Minister joins thousands to pay tribute to fallen emergency workers
Seen on The Limerick Blogger
Justice Minister joins thousands to pay tribute to fallen emergency workers February 28th, 2007 The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell was in County Limerick this evening to join thousands of mourners who came out to pay tribute to Garda Brian Kelleher and fireman Michael Liston, who died on Sunday in a traffic accident on the N69 between... Continue reading »
27 Feb 2007
Time to remember Elderly Irish living in the UK.
Seen on Cllr. Michael O' Brien
The plight of our former emigrants was again brought home to me when I accompanied President McAleese to the Good Shepherd Centre, sheltered housing project in Kilkenny City. We had the privilege of meeting some residents, of whom many are returned emigrants from the UK. During our visit I discovered that President McAleese’s husband and I both... Continue reading »
They haven’t gone away you know… UK party funding and the shape of the political future.
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
They haven’t gone away you know… UK party funding and the shape of the political future. February 27, 2007 Posted by WorldbyStorm in British Labour Party, Irish Politics, Northern Ireland. add a comment Will come back to the question of some sort of detente on the left that Michael Taft, franklittle, smiffy and others have been discussing here.... Continue reading »
An Toghchán is An Geilleagar
Seen on Roinnt Smaointe
Bheifeá as do friggin meabhair a bheith ag iarraidh a bheith sa chéad rialtas eile sa tÃr seo dar liom, agus tiocfaidh mé chuig sin i gceann tamaillÃn. An bhfuil FF agus Brian Cowen ag iarraidh an olltoghcháin a chailleadh cosúil leis an eipeasóid sin den Father Ted, an ceann nuair a chaitheann siad an EoraifÃs nó Eurosong uathu d’aon ghnó, ar... Continue reading »
Loyalty and Neary
Seen on GUBU
sigh..still no ST “regional” edition online so you are stuck with the version that has not had the benefit of the diligent and elegant work of the ST editorial staff [ ;-)] also apologies for delay. I had a severe dose of PMT and couldn’t muster the focus to write anything or even post this yesterday. But all better now [ ;-)] Speaking as... Continue reading »
Stardust Campaigner to Run in Dublin
Seen on The Jaundiced Ireland
The maths in Dublin North Central just got more complicated with the announcement that Antoinette Keegan, a survivor of the Stardust Tragedy, will seek election in the coming battle. The candidate will be seeking to raise the pressure on the government to launch an enquiry into the tragedy. Dublin North Central is a four seater and is home to... Continue reading »
26 Feb 2007
Another Minister visiting but who picks the Honorary Consul and more to the point who can remove him.
Seen on Lebanon an Irish Experience through the bottom of a glass
Willie O’Dea will become the Second Irish Minister to visit Lebanon in a month. First we had the Minister for Foreign Affairs and now we will have the Minister for Defence. What makes this surprising is that Lebanon is not deemed important enough to have an Irish embassy but yet the army has had personnel serving here since the seventies and... Continue reading »
Lessons from Europe for Labour?
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
Lessons from Europe for Labour? Posted by franklittle in Irish Labour Party, Irish Politics, The Left, European Politics, Ireland. 2 comments I thought about making this simply a comment after finding WBS had just posted on it, but I’d like to broaden the discussion out a little bit. Our ‘friends’ in the SWP are fond of pointing to... Continue reading »
Labour Party Concerns About Data Retention
Seen on Digital Rights Ireland
It’s been some time coming, but we’re glad to see the Labour Party shares our concern about data retention: The Labour Party Spokesperson on Justice, Deputy Brendan Howlin TD, has called for a review of the operation of powers given to the Gardai under the 2005 Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act to access personal telephone records,... Continue reading »
Oh, Just Leave Me Alone
Seen on Arse End Of Ireland
Ban life. Ban work. Ban paying large vomit-like chunks of PRSI that you’l never be allowed to claim back. Ban your nagging family. Ban fucking 52 inch HD-ILA televisions. Ban Surf ads, Finish ads, electrical goods retailer ads, and evil, good-character-changing Red Bull ads. Ban Mary Harney, Micheal Martin and that gobshite who wants to ask... Continue reading »
A Ben-Hur for Donegal- Joe McHugh (FG)
Seen on VoteTube
A Ben-Hur for Donegal- Joe McHugh (FG) Posted on February 26th, 2007 by Simon McGarr. Categories: Irish Video. Fine Gael don’t have a seat in Donegal North West. Joe McHugh wants to change all that in the upcoming election. As part of this push, he has managed to put together an epic bio-pic of himself, narrated in the third person. Sit back,... Continue reading »
Teen binge drinking
Seen on Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars
Apparently the government are thinking of introducing random testing of school students to check for drink and drugs. They’re worried about this so-called ‘binge drinking’. Minister for Children, Brian Lenihan said: We need to find out why young people drink, how they are introduced to it and how they view excessive drinking. We will also seek... Continue reading »
25 Feb 2007
FF support drops
Seen on 'political quote'
Fianna Fáil has dropped four points to 38 per cent while Fine Gael has increased support by one to 22 per cent and Labour has climbed two to 14 per cent. The Progressive Democrats also climbed one to 4 per cent while Sinn Féin was unchanged at 7 per cent. Independents dropped 1 per cent to 7 per cent. As the chinese say “May you live in... Continue reading »
Sinn Fein vote Yes for the kiddies
Seen on Riemann's Cut
Click here to see guidelines for child rearing from breakingnews.ie… “Sinn Féin has declared that it will campaign for a ‘Yes’ vote on the children’s referendum. The party said it believes the bulk of the proposals put forward by the government represent progress on children’s rights.” So what have we here then. A party who throws human... Continue reading »
Where next for Labour? Or the new party system. 2 and one halfs and two quarters and a twentieth… and counting.
Seen on The Cedar Lounge Revolution
Where next for Labour? Or the new party system. 2 and one halfs and two quarters and a twentieth… and counting. February 25, 2007 Posted by WorldbyStorm in Irish Labour Party, Sinn Féin, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Irish Politics. add a comment Reading smiffy’s thought provoking post here and some of the responses to it, what strikes me most... Continue reading »
an Irish Sunday
Seen on Winds and Breezes
an Irish Sunday I’ve come to the conclusion that the biggest risk to Ireland is not, at the moment, Sinn Féin, but the Sunday Independent. No, seriously. Sinn Féin will get a few votes, and they make a lot of noise, but really, they’re about as important as the Green Party in the grand scheme of things. Making up the numbers. No, the big problem... Continue reading »
Convention 2007
Seen on Garreth McDaid
[ In discussion with Trevor Sargent] I attended the Green Party Convention in Galway over the weekend. The organisation was superb, and talking to other delegates and candidates, there was a real sense of a party on the move. I was also very glad to see that the Party had no interest in getting into the tax rate auction that has kicked off... Continue reading »