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26 Feb
Minister Coughlan Announces Details Of The 2008 Single Payment Scheme
An article about Mary Coughlan seen on irishfarming.ie
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mary Coughlan TD, today announced details of the application arrangements for the 2008 Single Payment Scheme (SPS), the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the Energy Crops Scheme and the …... Continue reading »
Kerry TDs earn over three times the industrial wage
An article about Jackie Healy-Rae seen on anriocht.blogspot.com
Independent Jackie Healy Rae is taking home 120-thousand-euro. This includes a payment of almost 20-thousand for being Chair of an Oireachtas Committee, and 6-thousand for having over ten years service as a TD. …... Continue reading »
Ireland putting the brakes on immigration?
An article about Enda Kenny seen on blog.foreignpolicy.com
Recently, Enda Kenny, leader of the Irish parliamentary party Fine Gael, released a statement calling for a “genuine national debate” on immigration and for immigrants to acknowledge that they have both rights and responsibilities …... Continue reading »
Arts Funding for Dublin in 2008
An article about Seamus Brennan seen on martinhogan.ie/articles
Green Party Representative for Dublin 8, Martin Hogan, has welcomed the news from the Minister of Arts and Culture, Seamus Brennan, for additional funding of €40 million for Arts and Cultural infrastructure projects. …... Continue reading »
Minister Coughlan announces new anti-bluetongue measures
An article about Mary Coughlan seen on independent.ie/breaking-news
The Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan has announced a number of new measures to prevent the spread of bluetongue here.... Continue reading »
Autism school row rages on as Hanafin snubs TD's invite
An article about Mary O'Rourke seen on independent.ie/national-news
EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin seems set to spurn an invitation from her predecessor and Fianna Fail parliamentary colleague Mary O'Rourke to visit a special school for children with autism.... Continue reading »
25 Feb
Links
An article about Mary Harney seen on edelmandublin.com/blog
The other prevailing line in the advertising for Powers program is her promise to put your questions to Mary Harney. Are people really naive enough to believe that Newstalk is willing to put these questions for any reason other than to …... Continue reading »
Bellygrass and beyond!
An article about Liz McManus seen on lizmcmanus.blogspot.com
Well, I've seen the future and its called bellygrass… At yesterday's Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change a presentation given by Jerry Murphy of UCC had us all sitting up on our hind legs. He talked about biofuel and grass can be …... Continue reading »
Gilmore calls for election changes
An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on independent.ie/national-news
LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has called for major changes to Dail constituencies before the next election.... Continue reading »
Le Pen in Ireland
An article about Dick Roche seen on catholic-perspective.blogspot.com
Europe Minister Dick Roche said it was “inappropriate interference” for Le Pen, Gollnisch and their colleagues to get involved in the referendum, adding that “the Irish people can make up their own minds without their help”. …... Continue reading »
TD expenses soar as they 'work hard, claim hard'
An article about Joe Behan seen on soapboxireland.blogspot.com
This year many new arrivals in the Dail such as Lucinda Creighton and Joe Behan have had to set up constituency offices, and for that they are entitled to a grant of €8888 to help them do that. They also receive the same amount every …... Continue reading »
24 Feb
IRL: Ryan’s oil security review will cost government €224000
An article about Eamon Ryan seen on peakoil.com
Energy minister Eamon Ryan is spending almost a quarter of a million euro on a review of the security of Ireland’s oil supplies, which will include assessing the possibility of constructing an oil pipeline to Britain or continental …... Continue reading »
See no Evil
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on eastmeath.org/blog
Second the 30 grand “loan” from a FF/Bertie Ahern account to Cecilia Larkin merits no further investigation by the FF organisation because it has now been paid back because the organisation is not “out of pocket”. …... Continue reading »
Writing to John Gormley
An article about John Gormley seen on nicdhana.blogspot.com
An excerpt from my most recent letter to Irish Minister for the Environment, John Gormley:. Whether or not one cares about Irish history, the traditions and beliefs of our ancestors, or the spiritual lives of those who value these …... Continue reading »
23 Feb
McDaid under fire in fresh mental health row
An article about Jim McDaid seen on independent.ie/national-news
CONTROVERSIAL Fianna Fail TD Jim McDaid last night branded mental health tribunals a “gravy train” after it was revealed that more than €10m has been spent on hearings since 2006.... Continue reading »
Presenter says HSE 'bullying' radio show with ads ban
An article about Sean Haughey seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
Currently, she is trying to track down Minister of State Sean Haughey to query him about the axing of a €50000 grant for single Galway mothers to train for work. The Minister for Life-long Learning's press officer was outraged when he …... Continue reading »
Cullen: ‘The case has been made and the momentum and impetus is …
An article about Martin Cullen seen on munster-express.ie
Waterford Minister Martin Cullen has welcomed the publication by the Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin.... Continue reading »
Fine Gael fail to understand the concept of Supply and Demand
An article about Fergus O'Dowd seen on valueireland.blogspot.com
Fergus O’Dowd, Fine Gael TD for Louth and Tipperary native, bemoans the fact that Irish Rail charge €27 return to get from Tipperary to Dublin, but it costs €45 return to get from Dublin to Tipperary. Obviously the cost of getting home …... Continue reading »
22 Feb
Bertie Ahern comparable to Taliban?
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on jazzbiscuit.com
THE Irish Government has been described as ‘on par with the Taliban’ by an environmental group who plan to disrupt Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s address to Washington DC. Campaigners opposed to the development at the site of Tara have …... Continue reading »
The Bertie Ahern Show
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on weboutsiders.wordpress.com
Its time to put on make-up. Its time to tell some lies. Its time to con the public. On the Bertie Show tonight. Its time to get amnesia,. Its time to take the p1ss,. Sylvio has nothing on this. Its the Bertie show tonight. …... Continue reading »