09 Nov
An Irish Town Planner's Blog: Mayo councillors up in arms over …
An article about John Gormley seen on buckplanning.blogspot.com
However, in July, environment minister John Gormley issued a directive to the council to ‘‘prioritise and develop residentially zoned lands in the Castlebar-Ballina hub over other locations in the county’’. …... Continue reading »
Kerry Airport grant allocation in doubt « Kerry News Blog
An article about Martin Cullen seen on kerrynews.wordpress.com
Then minister for transport Martin Cullen said the investment reflected the belief that the airports had a key role in facilitating balanced regional development. In the Budget it was announced that grant aid for the six airports was to …... Continue reading »
the chancer » Blog Archive » Enda’s Weapon Of Mass Delusion
An article about Enda Kenny seen on thechancer.ie
This entry was posted on Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm and is filed under Edna Kennedy, Enda Kenny, Fine Gael, Nurse - The Screens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, …... Continue reading »
ValueIreland.com - Irelands Only Truly Independent Consumer Watchdog
An article about Brian Lenihan seen on valueireland.com
bank bail-out package, brian lenihan, government nominee director. I posted a week or so ago looking for suggestions as to who should be appointed as the taxpayers nominees on the boards of banks following their bailout by the …... Continue reading »
Pat Corkery: The Last Charge of the Light Brigade
An article about Alan Shatter seen on patcorkery.blogspot.com
Of the entire Fine Gael frontbench (with the exception perhaps of Alan Shatter), Richard Bruton is the only one I would see as being fit for government. The rest of Enda’s team are pretty pathetic, with my fellow Corkman, Simon Covney …... Continue reading »
Gombeen Nation: Does the RSA really want to save lives?
An article about Frank Fahey seen on gombeennation.blogspot.com
Frank Fahey's property portfolio... Continue reading »
Green Ink: Live Blogging the US Election
An article about Frank Fahey seen on greeninkpen.blogspot.com
Snoop Dogg was Pants but the Bloggers were Good... Continue reading »
Cuffe Street: An absentee ballot for Obama
An article about Ciaran Cuffe seen on cuffestreet.blogspot.com
Name: Ciarán Cuffe: Location: 96 Patrick Street, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. Born in Shankill, County Dublin, as the snow melted after the long hard winter of 1963. After a scenic route through College involving sojourns at the University …... Continue reading »
On the Grapevine blog: Christmas to be cancelled - Brian Cowen
An article about Brian Cowen seen on onthegrapevineblog.blogspot.com
Government sources have said that T-Shock Brian Cowen will make a televised address later this week to clarify the latest deal on the medical cards. It is also expected that he will make the shock announcement that Christmas will be …... Continue reading »
[news item about cork] : FF TD banned and fined for drink-driving …
An article about Christy O'Sullivan seen on feckthat.com
FF TD banned and fined for drink-driving Cork South West TD Christy O'Sullivan (Fianna Fáil) has been disqualified from driving for one year and fined €300 after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving. …... Continue reading »
The Clare Courier ¦ Features ¦ Indian community celebrates Diwali …
An article about Timmy Dooley seen on clarecourier.ie
Mayor of Shannon, Cllr Gerry Flynn, represented the people of the town while Cllr Tony Mulcahy deputised for the Mayor of Clare, Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley also attended as did other distinguished guests. …... Continue reading »
Green Ink: Cardinal Brady Warns Over Civil Unions
An article about Tom Kitt seen on greeninkpen.blogspot.com
M.O.S. Tom Kitt TD “There’s a virulent group of people out there helping this campaign, especially on the internet, the blogs reached an incredible level of abuse in the last ten to fifteen days, and I mean really bad stuff. …... Continue reading »
Bertie - The First Movement « Conor Reidy
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on conorreidy.wordpress.com
Tonight the four part documentary concerning former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern commenced on RTÉ One, a slick production it provides for an intriguing piece of viewing, even for us political anoraks who would have been fairly familiar with …... Continue reading »
Digital Media Island » Blog Archive » Update Digital MoMo & MS …
An article about Jimmy Devins seen on digitalmediaisland.com
Dr. Jimmy Devins, Minister of State for Science and Innovation; Paul Rellis, Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland; Cliff Reeves, General Manager of Microsoft’s Global Strategic and Emerging Business Group. …... Continue reading »
United Irelander: The Irish Govt - Heartless cretins
An article about Mary Harney seen on unitedirelander.blogspot.com
“The planned national cervical cancer vaccination programme for around 75000 young girls, due to start next year, has been scrapped by the Health Minister Mary Harney due to Budget cuts. “The vaccine was to be offered to all 12-year-old …... Continue reading »
Susan Hated Literature » Money is more important than health
An article about Mary Harney seen on susanhatedliterature.net
Health Minister Mary Harney that such a vaccination programme would also be cost-effective, weighing up the cost of administrating the vaccine versus its effectiveness in preventing cervical cancer and in terms of savings made in the …... Continue reading »
European Tribune - Lisbon. Is. Doomed.
An article about Mary Harney seen on eurotrib.com
The only silver lining is that the Progressive Democrats, Mary Harney's party who took a serious beating at the last election, are about to disband, killing the only party that is formally right-wing here: Fianna Fail blows with the …... Continue reading »
ValueIreland.com - Irelands Only Truly Independent Consumer Watchdog
An article about Olivia Mitchell seen on valueireland.com
Fine Gael’s Olivia Mitchell had the following comment to make on the fare increase:. This is against both taxi driver and consumer interests and unions are misguided if they think this is going to solve the problem of a lack of business …... Continue reading »
The Dubliner Magazine: My Dublin
An article about Sean Ardagh seen on thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine
And politicians who face the music in difficult times – Micheál Martin and Sean Ardagh spring to mind. Villians I hate how controlled the whole press officer/media relationship has become. Press officers are heroes actually. …... Continue reading »
The Munster Express Online » Archive » Carrick-on-Suir author has …
An article about Martin Mansergh seen on munster-express.ie
Minister Martin Mansergh, perhaps the only sitting TD whose breadth of Irish political knowledge rivals that of Mr FitzGerald’s, braved the elements (and a few over 70s, I’d imagine) to deliver a lecture on Walsh’s book. …... Continue reading »
A True Blue Dub « Worth Doing Badly
An article about Bertie Ahern seen on tinman18.wordpress.com
Especially since, as if Live Aid weren’t enough, his most famous quote (”just give me your fuckin’ money”) was later adopted by Bertie Ahern as the basis for his whole political career. If that didn’t get him recognition, …... Continue reading »
ElBlogador.com- The Voice of Irish Nationalism: Progressive …
An article about Noel Grealish seen on elblogador.blogspot.com
Mary Harney TD will probably re-join FF and Noel Grealish has in the past held meetings to discuss joining FF, but chose to wait it out with the PD's. Posted by Pierre Brasfort at 6:23 PM. Labels: Progressive Democrats …... Continue reading »
Fergal Reid: The sun sets on evening time.
An article about Noel Grealish seen on fergalreid.blogspot.com
Claire On: Blogging... Continue reading »
08 Nov
The Munster Express Online » Archive » ICMSA: Minister Smith is …
An article about Brendan Smith seen on munster-express.ie
ICMSA Deputy President John O’Leary questioned Minister Brendan Smith’s grasp of the damage inflicted on the Irish dairy sector. Another week in farming and another divergence of views has been clearly expressed with respect to the …... Continue reading »
Schools may be forced to withdraw from hurling - Kilkenny Today
An article about Phil Hogan seen on kilkennypeople.ie/NewsFront.aspx
Fine Gael Deputy Phil Hogan slammed the cuts, describing them as “backward, unjust and absolutely abhorrent”. “Imagine if a school like St Kieran's College, Kil-kenny CBS or Castlecomer Community School - renow-ned nurseries of hurling …... Continue reading »