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Entries from July 2007

Brian Lenihan’s narrow enquiry

July 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics

I assume Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan will also be investigating the ‘behaviour’ of the Diocese of Dublin Catholic social service agency Crosscare in providing support to the Roma Family on the M50 roundabout, they also called on the government to put pressure on investigate human rights abuses against Roma in Romania, and they fed […]

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Gardai investigate McElwee/University of Victoria cuts ties

July 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gardai investigate McElwee/University of Victoria cuts ties · Niall McElwee

Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy confirmed today that Niall McElwee is under investigation for a breach of the Sex Offenders Act. Gardai are examining if the offence that McElwee was convicted of in the Netherlands in 2005 would be one which would require him to report the offence in Ireland. If the crime committed in the […]

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TCD Seanad Election – First Count – Ross and Norris Elected.

July 24th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, irishelection2007

First Count announced before 11 pm tonight in the exam hall, TCD. The Quota is 4230  – Spoilt votes 60 Total Valid Poll 16917 Bacik 2794 Conway 214 Douglas 183 Efobi 201 Gueret 1155 Hutchinson Edgar 330 McDonagh 684 Martin 223 Norris 5240 O’Connor 514 Ross 5379 Shane Ross and David Norris were elected on […]

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TCD Seanad Count

July 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on TCD Seanad Count · Uncategorized

I’m not sure if there is any online source of info on the count taking place today. A very unreliable source of info might be found here as I hang around waiting for a vote to be seen.

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Going Offline

July 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on Going Offline · Blogging, Fact Check, Niall McElwee, Social Media

I’m offline now until Monday – it’s been a very interesting week as a blogger, lots of traffic, lots of comments, and lots of editing, moderating and deleting of comments. Those who’s comments I had to delete or edit were very nice about it! Thank you. Eoin O’Dell and Simon McGarr’s wise words at Bar […]

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