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22 Sep 2007
Ahern and Sarkozy seek EU treaty progress
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on RTÉ News and Current Affairs - Irish and International News
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.... Continue reading »
SDLP Comments On Fianna Fáil's Designs On Northern Ireland
An article about Dermot Ahern seen on ElBlogador.com- The Voice of Irish Nationalism
SDLP Leader Mark Durkan MP MLA has today responded to An Taoiseach’s announcement that Fianna Fáil is to establish a new committee on all-island … . Indeed, members of the review team recently met Dermot Ahern TD as well as members of other parties … with Fianna Fáil through Dermot Ahern’s new working group, where we will set out our vision of the... Continue reading »
An Irish Shed
An article about Mary Harney seen on [ Irish KC ] » Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events
Currently I am of no fixed abode and still sorting out paperwork related to the life I just left in the US … outside the back door. You can blame Mary Harney and the Progressive Democrats... Continue reading »
Trinity brings knowledge economy to another level
An article about Michael Ahern seen on Silicon Republic
[21.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic] With speakers from Google and Apple, … process was also discussed. Speaking at the conference, the minister for Innovation Policy, Michael Ahern, said that the agenda of science, technology and innovation was a high priority for the Irish... Continue reading »
21 Sep 2007
SIPO press release
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on Gavin’s Blog
SIPO issued a stark press release yesterday following complaints over payments to Bertie Ahern. The press release differs from the letter that was sent to one of the complainants. The Standards... Continue reading »
Bertie Ahern
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars
The Taoiseach is up in front of the Mahon Tribunal today to explain where all those great big lumps of money came from. Continuing the theme, is the leader of the country - a man who signed blank cheques for Charlie Haughey, let’s not forget - : a) The victim of a witch hunt b)... Continue reading »
Irish government gets with IT
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on Silicon Republic
[20.09.2007 first posted on silicon republic] In a bid to combat child pornography and other kinds of illegal online activity, … Reform, Brian Lenihan said that with the huge increase of those using the internet over the past … -actively examine the effectiveness of our defences,” said Lenihan. “As Minister for Justice, Equality... Continue reading »
The Bertie Show
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on 20 - I win
I've been trying to post something over the last few days that doesn't have to do with Bertie Ahern. But really, I can't avoid it … anything wrong. Ever. I do not believe that Bertie is an evil man. I really think that he believes... Continue reading »
Democracy, shemocracy
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on Well done fillet
Democracy is very overrated, it gave the world G.W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher (milk snatcher), Tony Blair, and Bertie Ahern! I am your Fidel, get me a cigar and a nice tracksuit please... Continue reading »
Bertenstein
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on Bock The Robber
Back in 1994, £50,000 would buy you a house. Not a swish house in a fancy area, it’s true, but a good house nonetheless, in a solid, … their parents. Back in 1994, when £50,000 would buy you such a house, Bertie Ahern was clawing his way … re-elected him. Well, today Bertie Ahern told the Mahon Tribunal that he couldn’t remember... Continue reading »
20 Sep 2007
Swiss Toni gives his cars a respray
An article about Tommy Broughan seen on Splintered Sunrise
Swiss Toni gives his cars a respray September 20th, 2007 [ police_academy_2_film.jpg] … would have arrived at fascism long ago. There is also a bit of a kick at Tommy Broughan for his vision... Continue reading »
Listen hard to the silence
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on Head Rambles
Listen hard to the silence Grandad September 19th, 2007 Will someone please explain to me what this iPhone and iPod thing is all about? … ? Are you going to whither and die because you didn’t hear immediately that Bertie Ahern has been telling... Continue reading »
Rock steady?
An article about Brian Cowen seen on Pricewatch
I see that Brian Cowen this morning reassured Northern Rock’s Irish customers that his British counterpart Alistair Darling’s reassurances about the bank’s solvency would also hold good for them... Continue reading »
After the votes are counted…
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on On The Record
A couple of years ago, an old mucker of mine Katie Hannon wrote a great book about the Irish political process. The Naked Politician looked at just why hundreds and hundreds of seemingly sane men and women would go through the often demeaning motions of seeking a vote from their fellow citizens who were often happy to say one thing to their face... Continue reading »
19 Sep 2007
Irish students turning to prostitution to pay their way
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on Wapping Psycho
Today's Irish Independent carries an interesting story about Irish students turning to prostitution to help survive financially: … in Britain. Education Minister Mary Hanafin said she was “appalled” that any young person would turn... Continue reading »
18 Sep 2007
The XIII Celtic Congress letter to TD Gormley
An article about John Gormley seen on TaraWatch
[ celt.jpg] The XIII Celtic Congress, hosted by Permanent Bureau for the International Congress of Celtic Studies, held in Bonn this summer has sent the following letter to TD Gormley regarding the Tara environs situation: 16 August 2007 Mr John Gormley, TD Minister for the Environment Custom House, Dublin... Continue reading »
Fianna Fáil looks North
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on OurKingdom
Fianna Fáil looks North September 17, 2007 at 6:50 pm | In Ireland, Northern Ireland | No Comments Tom Griffen (London, The Green Ribbon) … the United Kingdom as we know it. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today. “It is time now for this Party to play … for organising on a thirty two county basis.” A committee headed by Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern... Continue reading »
IMC report calls for review of Diplock courts
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on SAOIRSE32
Irish Times 17/09/2007 The use of non-jury trials in Northern Ireland should be reviewed before a decision is taken in two years' time on whether to continue them, the latest report from the Independent Monitoring Commission urged today. The report on security normalisation said the British army had completed its demilitarisation programme,... Continue reading »
17 Sep 2007
SOLDIERS OF DESTINY TO MARCH NORTH?
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on A TANGLED WEB - Tangled Blog
Everyone knows that the Belfast Agreement has secured the Union and taken the United Ireland agenda off the table, right? … ! Irish PM Bertie Ahern is expected to announce details of this special group at the party's think-in today. Chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, it will explore how the party could advance... Continue reading »
16 Sep 2007
Campaigners gather to protest M3 motorway route
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on TaraWatch
[ marchmed.jpg] Irish Times: Tara protestors hold Dublin rally Press Association: … , calling on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to intervene and stop work on the multi-million euro road project … Richard Morrisroe said: “Mr Ahern is being challenged to revise the route of the M3 because public support... Continue reading »
Bertie Ahern "Liar in Chief" - Sue me.
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on Daniel K. Sullivan
So it turns out that Bertie has being lying all along in the lead up to the tribunal, … plain about this Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland, has lied and he has lied about his lying … and months it apparently took Bertie and pals to unearth all those tedious details about his bank... Continue reading »
15 Sep 2007
Brian Cowen
An article about Brian Cowen seen on Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars
Now looks more and more like Roy Hattersley’s Spitting Image puppet by the day. Brian Cowen and Roy Hattersley... Continue reading »
Co Meath School of the Future - Irish Dev News
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on Educational Technology
Dunshaughlin Community College, one of only twelve schools around the world announced by Microsoft Corporation Chairman Bill Gates, as a ‘School of the Future’, today hosted an ‘Innovative Schools’ Conference for staff of post primary schools in County Meath. Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, T.D. officially opened... Continue reading »
Official opening for Cork conservatory
An article about Mary Hanafin seen on RTÉ News and Current Affairs - Irish and International News
Europe's first purpose built music conservatory was officially opened by Minister for Education Mary Hanafin in Cork today.... Continue reading »
Keola Donaghy Case On KCLR (Audio)
An article about Ruairi Quinn seen on Ken McGuire - On Technology, On The Web - On The Web, Internet Developments, Technology Views
The afternoon show on KCLR 96FM this afternoon covered the ongoing case surrounding Keola Donaghy’s entry to Ireland. Speaking on the show via phone were Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Labour Party TD Ruairi Quinn. Hopefully we’ll still be able to see Keola at PodCamp Ireland in two weeks time. You can listen... Continue reading »