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Posts from March 2008

31 Mar

Celebrity Bainisteoir

An article about Mary O'Rourke seen on jazzbiscuit.com

Mary O’Rourke: I cannot believe she agreed to do it. Easily the sexiest of all 8 of them.*. Nell McCafferty: The lads faces when she walked in was priceless, and then the shallow applause and the polite handshaking… what else can they ... Continue reading »

Cop On Brian Cowen

An article about Brian Cowen seen on greeninkpen.blogspot.com

Revenue difficulties? €96351 means your brother is another tax dodging prick.... Continue reading »

30 Mar

Minister for the Environment calls for clarification from Ahern

An article about John Gormley seen on citizenjon2008dublincastle.wordpress.com

Green Party Minister John Gormley calls for the Taoiseach to clarify his position Minister for the Environment and Local Government John Gormley.... Continue reading »

Something must be done - II

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on cearta.ie

At last September’s launch of the first two (new media, filtering technologies), Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Brian Lenihan, trailed an announcement of an Office for Internet Safety (OIS). Then, at last month’s launch ... Continue reading »

Coast to Coast Criticism of Bertie Comments in US

An article about Bertie Ahern seen on 33rdcounty.blogspot.com

“with all the subtlety of a head-butt, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern turned his government's back on supporting recent proposals put forward by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.” Irish American organizations have united in opposition to ... Continue reading »

Bertie Ahern and Charlie Haughey Ride Again (Leader's Questions)

An article about Rory O\'Hanlon seen on kerryview.blogspot.com

John Wilson, Rory O'Hanlon, Gerry Collins and Ray Burke were other Ministers who came out in support of Mr Haughey without any undue delay. Most commentators felt that Mr Haughey was going to survive yet again. ... Continue reading »

Ministers brother is tax dodger

An article about Brian Cowen seen on eire.nihilisten.com

A brother of Minister for Finance Brian Cowen has been named in the latest list of tax defaulters published by the Revenue. Christopher Cowen, a publican from River Street in Clara, Co Offaly, is listed as having settled a tax bill for ... Continue reading »

Bertie on the back-foot

An article about Bertie Ahern seen on eire.nihilisten.com

The total value of lodgements and other transactions that have to date been queried by the Mahon tribunal in its public inquiries into the finances of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, exceeds £452800. The total is the equivalent of €886830 ... Continue reading »

Is Bertie finally on the way out?

An article about Bertie Ahern seen on wappingpsycho.vox.com/library/posts/page/1

Could Bertie Ahern's financial ghosts finally be catching up with him? Could good sense overcome political and legal maneuvering? It would seem the tide is turning at last… First was the shocking breakdown of his former secretary . ... Continue reading »

29 Mar

Meet me in the morning..

An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thebadambassador.blogspot.com

Today I had intended to post about Willie O'Dea's habit of speaking from both sides of his mouth. I had intended to mention how, Mr. Potato Head… sorry, Mr. O'Dea attacks the Mahon tribunal each time the holes in the Taoiseach's “new ... Continue reading »

Coast to Coast Criticism of Bertie Comments in US

An article about Bertie Ahern seen on irishvoices.blogspot.com

“with all the subtlety of a head-butt, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern turned his government's back on supporting recent proposals put forward by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform.” Irish American organizations have united in opposition to ... Continue reading »

Healy-Rae Defends Bertie Ahern

An article about Bertie Ahern seen on kerryview.blogspot.com

Our Kilgarvan correspondent writes… Now wonder Jackie Healy-Rae thinks Bertie's 15k sterling is small beer. His take from the current Dail is around €120k. (including his chair fee of €20k).Jackie Healy Rae is taking home ... Continue reading »

Tommy Broughan

An article about Tommy Broughan seen on thedailministers.blogspot.com

Tommy Broughan is hard. He is one of those politicians who you see walking around Leinster House like a mad yoke sporting a Ben Sherman luminous rainjacket, white Lacoste runners with his hand constantly rammed down a pair of Adidas ... Continue reading »

Coalition partners seek clarification of account

An article about Mary Harney seen on sluggerotoole.com

Both John Gormley, of the Green Party, and Mary Harney, from the PDs, have called on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to clarify his account. Another Minister of State, Bertie Noel Ahern, disagrees. More from Cian at Irish Election.... Continue reading »

28 Mar

Mary Hanafin and the elusive €252m

An article about Mary Hanafin seen on anseo.net/blog

Teachers have been waiting for quite some time now for Mary Hanafin to announce when she will be releasing €252m for ICT in schools and the INTO annual congress is where she chose to tell us:. “Of course, I am conscious that ICT has ... Continue reading »

Death by a thousand cuts

An article about Mary Harney seen on skinflicks.blogspot.com

I do not like Mary Harney or her policies in the Department of Health. She has presided, literally, over a repudiation of responsibility that verges on criminal and has undoubtedly contributed to circumstances in the Irish health ... Continue reading »

Top 6 Friday: Instances of Censorship

An article about Michael D. Higgins seen on thedossingtimes.com/blog

The Section 31 broadcasting ban was lifted in 1993 by Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht Michael D. Higgins as part of the peace process. 1. ‘Ulysses’. There seems to be an interestign pattern of great literature having been ... Continue reading »

Irish language

An article about Noel Treacy seen on irishmagick.blogspot.com

The new arrangements came into effect on 1 January 2007, and Irish was first used at a meeting of the EU Council of Ministers, by Minister Noel Treacy, TD, on 22 January 2007. According to the 2002 Census of Population, ... Continue reading »

It’s official!

An article about Brian Lenihan seen on knucklehead.wordpress.com

Brian Lenihan is a muppet. Okay, Mr Justice John Edwards actually said that the grounds for his ruling were the inadequacy of reasons given, irrationality and the perceived arbitrariness of the process. But that’s just legal jargon for, ... Continue reading »

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern Turns His Back on Reform for the …

An article about Bertie Ahern seen on irishvoices.blogspot.com

Patrick’s afternoon, and with all the subtlety of a head-butt, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern turned his government’s back on supporting recent proposals put forward by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) for a ... Continue reading »


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