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26 Oct 2008
BUDGET 2009
An article about Willie O'Dea seen on thepropertypin.com
The speed and ferocity of deterioration in finances means cuts and tax increases can't apply just to others, warns Willie O'Dea By Willie O'Dea Sunday October 26 2008 Politicians are often accused of being out of touch. …... Continue reading »
Putting Dublin Mountains on the map
An article about Eamon Ryan seen on buckplanning.blogspot.com
Minister for Natural Resources Eamon Ryan said he would be asking the company to explore the issue as part of the Dublin Mountains Partnership, which he officially launched in Tibradden Woods yesterday. The Dublin Mountains Partnership …... Continue reading »
Trouble on the M50
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on extra-extra.blogspot.com
“Pensioners have kidnapped Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan, Mary Harney, and a bunch of Bankers. They're asking for a €30 million ransom, otherwise they're going to douse them with petrol and set them on fire. …... Continue reading »
Adhmhaidin: Dé hAoine 24 Deireadh Fómhair 2008
An article about Michael Lowry seen on rte.ie/rnag/adhmhaidin.html
Harry McGee, ón Irish Times, ag cur síos ar imeachtaí na Dála aréir & an Teachta Dála neamhspleách Michael Lowry ag cur i leith Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre, go raibh iarracht á dhéanamh acu leas a bhaint as an imní atá ar dhaoine aosta faoi …... Continue reading »
Harney can't explain how €100m in cost savings will be found
An article about James Reilly seen on hse-ireland.blogspot.com
But Fine Gael health spokesman Dr James Reilly said there doesn't appear to be any “serious intent” on the part of the minister to cut drug costs. “I don't know how they're going to make their savings, but money can definitely be saved …... Continue reading »
Batt O’Keeffe and Third-Level Registration Fees
An article about Batt O'Keeffe seen on everydayiselectionday.com
As a full-time undergraduate student I feel that by allowing the registration fee to be raised, Batt O’Keeffe has completely sold the lower middle-classes down the river. The Minister will be firmly aware that the Union of Students in …... Continue reading »
Money too tight for GPA to mention?
An article about Martin Cullen seen on munster-express.ie
Those of us who thought Martin Cullen getting the Arts, Sport & Tourism portfolio would mean a windfall for Waterford can curse the ‘credit crunch'.... Continue reading »
Gaelscoil raised in Dail
An article about Batt O'Keeffe seen on councillorkeithmartin.blogspot.com
However when questioned this week by Labour's Education Spokesman Ruairi Quinn TD, Minister Batt O'Keeffe was unable to give a timeframe for the project. According to the Minister the new building “is currently one of a number of …... Continue reading »
Finding €300 million for a poor finance minister
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on forthefainthearted.com
Surely in a country where there is now a 50 cent tax on each cheque a person writes and where an additional eight cent tax was imposed upon a litre of petrol, nothing could escape Brian Lenihan’s attention? …... Continue reading »
Why a general election now is morally justified
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on drtod.wordpress.com
They also profited greatly from the appeal of Bertie Ahern, whose personal vote-getting powers are legendary. 18 months later, the boom has departed along with Bertie, and we are left with a Government who in 11 years managed to …... Continue reading »
The fantasy world of Jim Cusack
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on fenian32.livejournal.com
None of these impossible contradictions stopped Cusack from claiming that the IRA was effectively back at war and that Garda Commissioner Conroy had informed Bertie Ahern of this development, a claim that provoked a quick response from …... Continue reading »
24 Oct 2008
Budget – Still not happy…
An article about Finian McGrath seen on stephenspillane.blogspot.com
The gainers from this have been Labour, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and Independents, especially Finian McGrath and newly indpendent Joe Behan. I think next years local's are a near dead cert loss for Fianna Fail over the Budget. …... Continue reading »
Flanagan says budget was callous and cowardly
An article about Charlie Flanagan seen on laois-nationalist.ie
THE government was labelled as “cowardly” by Laois TD Charlie Flanagan following last week’s controversial budget.... Continue reading »
23 Oct 2008
O Cuiv unveils De Valera plaque in New York
An article about Eamon O Cuiv seen on fenian32.livejournal.com
Government Minister Eamon O Cuiv will today unveil a plaque in the New York church where his grandfather, Eamon de Valera, was baptised more than a century ago. The former president and Taoiseach was christened in St Agnes’ Church near …... Continue reading »
Greens spend €2.2m on 14 studies
An article about Eamon Ryan seen on buckplanning.blogspot.com
Figures released by Green Party minister Eamon Ryan also reveal that his department has spent some €123000 on a study examining the pros and cons of controversial overhead power lines as opposed to underground power lines. …... Continue reading »
Frank Fahey and the banks
An article about Frank Fahey seen on valueireland.blogspot.com
It was interesting to see Frank Fahey in yesterdays Irish Times calling for the government to invest in the banks. In a statement that might lead one to think that he doesn't grasp the principles involved in investing through the stock …... Continue reading »
parameters
An article about Mary Harney seen on allsandm.blogspot.com
I actually commend him for this, since he was clearly putting himself forward when it would have been easy to hide behind the considerable frame of Mary Harney. But given the tensions surrounding this mess, what is the first thing to …... Continue reading »
Water safety conference held in Ennis
An article about Michael Kitt seen on clareherald.com
Michael Kitt, TD, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government addressed the Irish Water Safety Annual Examiners Conference in Ennis last night. The theme of this year's conference was 'First Aid …... Continue reading »
Make Your Voice Heard
An article about Mary Harney seen on biopsy.wordpress.com
The comments made over the weekend by our Minister for Health, Mary Harney and our Taoiseach, Brian Cowen have done nothing to allay the fears of the elderly. Now the Government is floundering around trying to find a way out of the …... Continue reading »
Coastline tax should replace air travel tax says Noonan
An article about Michael Noonan seen on clareherald.com
The Government's proposed €10 air travel tax should be replaced with a 300km coastline tax so that western and southern airports flying to the UK are not discriminated against, says former Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan. …... Continue reading »
Speaking out on the budget « arts management ireland
An article about Mary Upton seen on artsmanagement.ie
Labour’s Mary Upton criticised the decision to “slash the funding [to the department] by 22 per cent as a myopic soft option”. The ability of the Arts Council and the Sports Council to support the wider arts and sports community in …... Continue reading »
Castlebar – County Mayo – Minister Dempsey visits Ireland West …
An article about Dara Calleary seen on castlebar.ie
The Minister was met by Board Members Monsignor Quinn, Parish Priest of Knock, and Mr Des Mahon, County Manager Mayo, Mr Dara Calleary, TD, Mr Liam Scollan, Group Managing Director – Ireland West Airport Knock, and Mr Robert Grealis, …... Continue reading »
Riemann's Cut: Bertie Ahern – <i>The Musical</i>
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on gammagoblin.blogspot.com
But did you know that with some minor adjustments, the musical can also easily describe the political life of our own Bertie Ahern? The lyrics can be changed, song titles from the show easily amended: “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” …... Continue reading »
TDs differ on following party leader's example – News, frontpage …
An article about Andrew Doyle seen on braypeople.ie/news
Deputy Andrew Doyle said he didn't plan on taking a pay cut because as a politician he was self-employed and not in the most secure profession. Deputy Billy Timmins said he had no problem with such a move as long as it was across the …... Continue reading »
Councillor Keith Martin's website: A night at the races!
An article about Joanna Tuffy seen on councillorkeithmartin.blogspot.com
Cllr Phil Prendergast ... Continue reading »