Press release just received… Greens praise Govt pledge on same sex unions – Legislation to be introduced by March 2008 The Green Party’s Justice spokesperson Ciarán Cuffe TD has welcomed the Government’s commitment to publish legislation by March 2008 that will give legal recognition to same sex unions. The development will extend to cohabiting gay [...]
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I get more than a few visits to the blog – Google is kind to me – lots of google searches for Steve Staunton, Niall McElwee, more recently People in Need land here. This morning a commuter from yesterdays Dublin-Waterford 4.25pm train searched visited and went to the post on signage for people with disabilities [...]
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Updates to this post can be found here and here Ciaran Cuffe – is this what doing a deal with the devil is all about? Today on Lunchtime on Newstalk you were laying out the various reasons why it might not be the right time to vote in favour of redebating the Labour Party’s Civil [...]
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So the holiers were blissful and I return post ‘C’mon Everybody‘. What did I miss? Gwan fill me in!? 28 degree Tenerife turned into freezing Dublin quickly enough today and I had my first hot chocolate of the ‘season’. Whilst waiting for herself to emerge from Butlers on Henry Street I had a first. I [...]
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I did my first wheelie in the mothership the other day. It was not intentional – but the ramp into Easons in O’Connell Street is absolutely shite. It’s the first time I’ve been on two wheels rather than four getting round a corner and it was rather cool! But I don’t think it’s my introduction [...]
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As I pack the bags for the somewhere other than here I find out that one of the Celebrities going to go Wild and ‘raise thousands for People in Need‘ is Michelle de Bruin. Ah I predict the content of Monday’s Liveline already. Some might query the attempts by someone banned for tampering with a [...]
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‘Charity advertising serves as the calling-card of an inaccessible society’. David Hevey 1992 In 1981 Evan Kemp wrote in the New York Times about the Jerry Lewis telethon in the USA which raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The telethon emphasizes the desperate helplessness of the most severely disabled. In doing so, it reinforces [...]
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Ok further to yesterday’s post some more very random thoughts on elective medical procedures, women with disabilities, capacity to consent, advocacy, mothers and parents in general. It’s long and you need to click on the link down below to read it all! (First time I’ve used the jump…wonder will it make you read it all!) [...]
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Shane Hegarty writes about moments where one makes mistakes – and it seems I missed a big one whilst I was avoiding Ryan Tubridy on RTE on Saturday night. So RTE when are you putting it up on the website? I’m waiting!!!
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