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31 Dec 2008
fenian32: Ahern: I had to fight Adams at peace talks
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on fenian32.livejournal.com
Bertie Ahern, the former taoiseach, has revealed that the invective hurled between Irish and British politicians during the peace talks was the worst he had ever heard. “The level of abuse I heard grown adults give to each other has …... Continue reading »
Plea for aid for pig staff
An article about Martin Ferris seen on thekingdom.ie
KERRY TD Martin Ferris has called for compensation for workers affected by the pig meat scare.... Continue reading »
Anglo-Irish Bank: Unanswered Questions (part 1) – Fergus O'Rourke …
An article about Joan Burton seen on irish-lawyer.com/journal
This aspect has received plenty of attention in media comment, most notably from Joan Burton F.C.A.,T.D. (Labour Party Finance spokesperson) and Niamh Brennan F.C.A. (Professor of Management at University College Dublin), …... Continue reading »
Cllr Joe Ryan's Blog: Israel’s Gaza massacre, a foretaste of …
An article about Joan Burton seen on cllrjoeryan.blogspot.com
A messge from Joan Burton TD Deputy Leader. Would you accept higher taxes in order to restore the medical card to Over 70's? Is the Government right to guarantee Irish bank loans? Have you confidence in the government's ability to lead …... Continue reading »
An Réalt: Ainm i nGaeilge
An article about Enda Kenny seen on darrenjprior.com
Time Magazine alt i leith gaelscoilanna ... Continue reading »
TV3
An article about Willie O'Dea seen on tv3.ie
Brian Cowen and Willie O'Dea will meet the 233 members of the 39th Infantry Group who are serving at Camp Clarke in the country. Eight members of An Garda Siochana are also based in the region on a separate security mission. …... Continue reading »
Quinn still Ireland's richest man?
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on tribune.ie
If Anglo was rolling up interest payments on that debt, then Brian Lenihan did indeed just alleviate the Quinn empire's pain. Neither company will comment on questions about their relationship. An objective test of Quinn Insurance's own …... Continue reading »
The banks: from triumph to disaster
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on tribune.ie/section/business
Finance minister Brian Lenihan was left with little choice but to do something – anything – as Sheehy and his Bank of Ireland counterpart, Brian Goggin, paid him a visit in Government Buildings one night and told him deposits were …... Continue reading »
Why Ireland remains at debt's door
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on tribune.ie/section/business
Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has seen Ireland become a riskier investment proposition than Spain and Portugal. It was a year when every cliché seemed apposite: the economy's foundations were indeed built on sand, the property market …... Continue reading »
Gombeen Nation: Google searches abroad for recruits
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on gombeennation.blogspot.com
Brian Lenihan's Budget – “a call to patriotic acti… Gay Byrne calls for speed cameras. Again. Simon calls for Government to purchase unsold apar… Irish house prices drop but the penny does not ... Continue reading »
Inish Times Archive » Keep fighting for fishing industry
An article about Tony Killeen seen on inishtimes.com
The fishing industry has welcomed an increase in quotas secured by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tony Killeen, however, they have stressed there is more work to be done. There is a five percent increase in total quotas …... Continue reading »
Israel condemned for further strikes on Gaza | The Irish Sentinel
An article about Micheal Martin seen on irishsentinel.com
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, said “I suppose you could say the response from Israel was slightly disproportionate. A few eggs being thrown at a house is hardly justification for the slaughter of hundreds of men, …... Continue reading »
Munster Express Online » Archive » Council told to tackle ESB …
An article about John Gormley seen on munster-express.ie
His party, whose leader is the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley, is proposing that the local authority “take immediate steps” to address the condition of the building …... Continue reading »
An Druma Mór: Plean B ag O'Dea do Dell i Luimneach
An article about Willie O'Dea seen on andrumamornuacht.blogspot.com
Theip ar chuairt a thug an Tanáiste agus an tAire Willie O’Dea an tseachtain seo thart ar Michael Dell ag ceannáras Dell i dTexas nuair a dhiúltaigh sé, más fíor, dá n-achainí nach mbainfí den fhórsa oibre 3000 duine i monarcha Luimnigh …... Continue reading »
ThinkOrSwim (the Climatechange.ie Blog) » Blog Archive » Out with …
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on thinkorswim.ie
Expect Brian Lenihan to gaze dole-fully into the cameras telling us that ‘if only we knew then what we know now, we would of course not have sold you suckers, sorry, taxpayers down the swanee.’ On the bigger picture, with Copenhagen due …... Continue reading »
The Quiz of the Year
An article about Áine Brady seen on tribune.ie/section/news
1 What do Health Minister Mary Harney, Labour Party Leader Eamon Gilmore, independent Senator Ronan Mullen, and the Kitt siblings, TDs Aine Brady, Michael Kitt and Tom Kitt have in common? 2 Who is Fine Gael's chief whip in the Dáil? …... Continue reading »
Valerie Shanley's Hindsight Year
An article about Brian Cowen seen on tribune.ie/section/news
Bye bye, Bertie, hello, Brian… The Taoiseach resigns, but a new one waits in the wings. Brian Cowen gets the support of TD Jackie Healy Rae if in return, the leader will “help me with potholes”. …... Continue reading »
Popcorn Politics: The Year That Was…….
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on irishpoliticalpopcorn.blogspot.com
Former Taoiseach and Ireland's favourite northsider Bertie Ahern put Tina Turner and Luciano Pavarotti to shame this year – by staging the longest career goodbye ever seen in Ireland. Thanks to the Mahon Tribunal, Bertie Ahern had been …... Continue reading »
Dublin IRSP: IRSP opposed to second Lisbon Referendum
An article about Joe Costello seen on dublinirsp.blogspot.com
When the IRSP representative questioned Joe Costello, Labour Party, at the same meeting about his party’s apparent change of heart regarding a second referendum he was unable to give a straight answer. The question was put to Joe that …... Continue reading »
Gombeen Nation: A year in Gombeen Nation
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on gombeennation.blogspot.com
April saw the reluctant resignation of supreme shyster Bertie Ahern as Toiseach. However, while Gombeen Man was delighted the corrupt Ahern was forced to leave (there’s enough from the tribunals to prove that, or… …... Continue reading »
28 Dec 2008
Ten days of Gaelife: Thu 11th to Sat 20th December | gaelick
An article about Dermot Ahern seen on gaelick.com
Specifically the catty exchanges between Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, and Labour Spokesman, Pat Rabbitte, got so heated that the Dáil session had to be suspended for ten minutes to allow for the two …... Continue reading »
The Kingdom: Plea for aid for pig staff
An article about Martin Ferris seen on thekingdom.ie
KERRY TD Martin Ferris has called for compensation for workers affected by the pig meat scare. The Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture urged the government to ensure that workers who were temporarily laid off as part of the scare over …... Continue reading »
Regicide – why no celebrations? « Mac Uaid
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on liammacuaid.wordpress.com
Micheál Ó Siochrú mentions in his book God’s Executioner that Bertie Ahern walked out of Cook’s office on seeing Cromwell’s portrait on the wall saying that he wouldn’t return until the likeness of “that murdering bastard” had been …... Continue reading »
Laois Nationalist: Don’t cut CE scheme, says Flanagan
An article about Charlie Flanagan seen on laois-nationalist.ie
LOCAL Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has urged the government not to proceed with plans to slash the community employment scheme in Laois after the government admitted that it plans savage cuts to the scheme. …... Continue reading »
Wee Willie is Worth it : Alexia Golez
An article about Willie O'Dea seen on golez.net
Uploaded – 27\12\2008. Wee Willie O’Dea makes an excellent PR horse – “I’m listening”. Uploaded – 27\12\2008-1. I especially like it when roadsigns go missing and turn up in Kosovo. Willie is dispatched like a wee sniffer dog. …... Continue reading »