The Marriage Equality initiative was launched yesterday, I’ll have more later in the week on the issues raised by the campaign but I have some immediate thoughts and questions. The Civil Registration Act amendment move is one that has been called for before and it would be good to get an answer from Government that [...]
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Little did I think I’d be seeing another slip up entry so soon!!! Mel Gibson on receiving IFTA for World something or other – looks at it, jokes and says ‘oh my god what happened to his arms [refering to statuette] some people are like that anyway.’ Yes Mel…they are, well done on adding this [...]
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Jim Rodgers – Lord Mayor of Belfast speaking this week on Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ulster on the matter of the state of Belfast’s appalling pavements at the moment. From the Belfast Telegraph. During a live radio discussion yesterday about the poor condition of pavements in Belfast city centre, Mr Rodgers said the footpaths were [...]
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Today’s Irish Times has a feature on Michael Lynn’s property ‘empire’ in Portugal. (subscription required) Simon Carswell who has been investigating Lynn for the Irish Times for several months visited the Algarve this week in search of Ireland’s country and western singing, hippo owning, brazillian residency holding, runaway solicitor. Carswell was particularly interested in Lynn’s [...]
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There are editorials and then there are editorials… Today’s Irish Times Trials and tribulations The Taoiseach would have the public believe he is anxious to answer all and every question from the Mahon tribunal concerning his unorthodox financial affairs while minister for finance, as well as deal comprehensively with a series of statements he made [...]
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He’s going to court to stop the Mahon Tribunal asking him about things he said in the Dail because they think he’s been telling porkies about what he gave them, did, said, didn’t do!? So things he said in the Dail are different to things he was telling the Tribunal?? He’s defending his constitutional right [...]
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As the BAFTA awards are quickly forgotten, BAFTA itself stays in the headlines for censoring the work of a disabled film-maker at the close of a film festival on disability. The BAFTA HQ are to be used for the closing film in the festival this week. When BAFTA heard what the closing film was going [...]
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Sometime after midday the shortlists for the blog awards emerged from the ether. I’ve been shortlisted for the first time ever. Best Blog and Best News and Current affairs. Thanks to the judges for getting me this far. And thanks to the sponsors of Best Blog and indeed all the other categories Congratulations to all [...]
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Last week I received an invitation from John Gormley‘s office to attend a consultation that the Green Party was holding to discuss forthcoming developments in the legislation for Civil Partnerships for same sex couples. Readers of MP will know I have been vocal on the issue of the Green Party policy in government regarding same [...]
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I’m not live blogging what’s happening on the telly, far too tired for that…But having a look around at gadgets for Super Tuesday I’ve been watching the Twitter and Google Coalition with the map of people twittering as they vote and their reactions to the results. And Google News have the gadget below to count [...]
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