09 Feb
Business And Leadership: FG condemns €4.4m revamp of Irish …
An article about Billy Timmins seen on businessandleadership.com
Fine Gael foreign affairs spokesperson Billy Timmins described the spend as “outrageous”. “Those bearing the brunt of the recession at home are entitled to feel infuriated at the Government's decision to prioritise funding for a …... Continue reading »
Shocked! G.Lee kicks FG in the Gee | election.ie
An article about Michael Ring seen on election.ie
Olivia Mitchell dispelled Lee's assertions saying that he went to parliamentary party meetings but added nothing 'new' to the meetings. Newstalk is reporting that Mitchell and Michael Ring both said Lee should have given it more time. …... Continue reading »
The Art of the Grand Gesture: Oh Canada
An article about Micheal Martin seen on grandgesture.blogspot.com
Micheal Martin, Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, realizes that it's a lot of money, but Ireland needs to maintain its embassies, after all. Yes, people do need hospitals and schools and libraries, but the citizens need fine …... Continue reading »
Reckless drivers let off the hook on points « Student Smart
An article about Noel Dempsey seen on studentsmart.ie/blog
Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey is to further outline legislative plans to lower the drink driving limit at a meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party this evening. Several backbench TDs have expressed reservations about …... Continue reading »
Cork Politics
An article about Ned O'Keeffe seen on corkpolitics.ie/wp
Ned O'Keeffe DEPUTY Ned O'Keeffe has been appointed chairman of the Joint Administration Committee. In his role as Chairman, Deputy O'Keeffe will be responsible for managing the work of the committee which deals with the services …... Continue reading »
Pat Corkery: A Prophet is never accepted…
An article about Noel O'Flynn seen on patcorkery.blogspot.com
Early in his career he challenged the professionalism of the Dáil Chamber when he pointed out some Fianna Fáil deputies appeared to be dozing, to which the acting-Chairman, Noel O'Flynn restored that Mr. Lee was just inexperienced with …... Continue reading »
Lee Resigns From Fine Gael | The Emergency
An article about Seamus Brennan seen on theemergency.ie
Lee took up the position just over nine months ago when the previous holder of the post, Fianna Fail's Dundrum correspondent Seamus Brennan, finished his lifetime stint in the role. Lee has featured on television screens little for the …... Continue reading »
As of today I predict that Exchequer tax revenues for 2010 will be …
An article about Michael McGrath seen on corkeconomics.com
“Department of Finance official Michael McGrath said the department would not be changing its budget day tax forecasts, despite the “slight improvement” in revenues in December. The Government said last month that it expects to receive …... Continue reading »
George Lee -Fine Gael -Dublin South By-Election 2009 « Irish …
An article about Olivia Mitchell seen on irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com
Lee at the time RTEs economics correspondent was a huge capture for Fine Gael. I wonder would Enda be as enthused now? I always felt that Alan Shatter and Olivia Mitchell were grimmacing in the photo with George. …... Continue reading »
Criticism of Drug Use in Country's Prisons
An article about Charlie Flanagan seen on dublins98.ie
That's the question from Fine Gael amid new figures that show that almost 13 hundred seizures were made in jails across the country last year – with over 500 of those in Mountjoy alone. The Party Justice Spokesperson is Charlie Flanagan …... Continue reading »
Hundreds at Limerick meeting to consider new life Down Under …
An article about Eamon Gilmore seen on limerickleader.ie/NewsFront.aspx
Labour leader Eamon Gilmore claimed in the Dail on Wednesday that one in three men aged between 21 and 24 was now on the dole. But the USIT roadshow also attracted plenty of middle-aged workers and a number of people from Africa and …... Continue reading »
Kenny keeps a low profile after resignation | ireland
An article about Enda Kenny seen on digireporter.nl/ireland
FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny (pictured) opted last night to remain silent about George Lee's dramatic departure from the party.... Continue reading »
Oireachtas Comm meeting on electoral reform – Tue Feb 2 – The Story
An article about Jim O'Keeffe seen on thestory.ie
… Professor Ken Benoit, head of the Department of Political Science, Senator Ivana Bacik, Trinity Fellow, Seán Ardagh, Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, Jim O'Keeffe, Vice Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, The Hon. …... Continue reading »
Politicians don't enjoy funerals. « Error – Positive Infinity
An article about Noel Grealish seen on errorpositiveinfinity.wordpress.com
… time on local issues tend to have safer seats then those who spend less; of only two Progressive Democrat TDs to survive the last election, one of them survived solely on the basis of his impressive constituency work: Noel Grealish. …... Continue reading »
Minister says we should 'wait and see' about new speed limit …
An article about Noel Dempsey seen on newstalk.ie
The Transport Minister says the controversial new speed limit in Dublin City should be kept under review. Noel Dempsey says, however, that the setting of the.... Continue reading »
07 Feb
Technical Support in Schools (Irish Style) | anseo.net
An article about Batt O'Keeffe seen on anseo.net
It would also leave Batt O'Keeffe a few more million euros to pay for curriculum content, which could be accessible by everyone in the country. There is little to no government initiated curriculum content in this country yet we have …... Continue reading »
Knife killer taunted victim's girlfriend in court's canteen …
An article about Charlie Flanagan seen on studentsmart.ie/blog
The party's Justice spokesman Charlie Flanagan TD said it was “unacceptable” that a murderer was able to intimidate his victim's partner during a break at a trial. Deputy Flanagan said the incident was “very disturbing and unacceptable” …... Continue reading »
kathleen barrington: Playing beggar-my-neighbour could prove a …
An article about Eamon Ryan seen on kathleenbarrington.blogspot.com
Against that background, it will be interesting to see the reaction of voters if the government agrees to implement the ideas floated by communications minister Eamon Ryan of the Green Party. He suggested that a system should be set up …... Continue reading »
ESRI rejects the SBP claim that Dublin waste report will be …
An article about John Gormley seen on election.ie
The report, which was published last week, criticised environment minister John Gormley's waste strategy, leading the minister to query the think-tank's standards in preparing the report. Now, in an embarrassing move for the ESRI, …... Continue reading »
The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » Civil Servant U-Turn …
An article about Kathleen Lynch seen on irisheconomy.ie
Labour TD Kathleen Lynch yesterday alleged in the Dail that the Tanaiste had misled the House with her statement, so perhaps more can be expected about it next week? Not that it will mean anything, if upheld, beyond a further …... Continue reading »
James Lawless – View from the Tracks » Blog Archive » Updates on …
An article about Michael Fitzpatrick seen on jameslawless.ie
The meeting was also attended by Cllr. Liam Doyle, Cllr. Brendan Weld and Michael Fitzpatrick (who had to vote in the Dáil) was ably represented by his aide Johnny Callaghan. We discussed the root causes which included increased …... Continue reading »
The closure of one man's tax relief – The Story
An article about Michael Noonan seen on thestory.ie
In May of that year Charlie McCreevy, then minister for finance, in response a written question from Michael Noonan said… Around the same time, the Department of Arts, Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht wrote supporting the case and …... Continue reading »
Eddie Collins, Austin Deasy -Fine Gael -Waterford 1987 General …
An article about John Deasy seen on irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com
Austin Deasy, Father of John Deasy, was first elected in 1977 and served until 2002. He served as Minister for Agriculture from 1982 to 1987. He was behind attempts to remove both Alan Dukes and later John Bruton as Leaders of Fine Gael …... Continue reading »
06 Feb
Business And Leadership: Central Bank revealed as agency paying …
An article about Bernard Allen seen on businessandleadership.com
However, notwithstanding the C&AG's error, the Chairman of the Dail Public Accounts Committee Bernard Allen said yesterday that the committee would question the Central Bank on the number of trips involving spouses, saying that these …... Continue reading »
Road maintenance budget slashed
An article about Bernard Allen seen on corkpolitics.ie/wp
THE Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Cork TD Bernard Allen has described the national road maintenance grant allocated to Cork as “derisory” and “totally inadequate” to meet the extreme demands placed on both the county's …... Continue reading »