Maman Poulet | Clucking away crookedly through media, politics and life

Entries from July 2008

Michael Lynn is going to be a video star!!

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Michael Lynn

Isn’t justice a wonderful thing?? (cue Maman Poulet sarcasm of highest order tone!) Michael Lynn is wanted for contempt of court, struck off from being a solicitor and loads of banks and clients want their money back…but he doesn’t want to come home (poor diddums) but there’s another court case going on where his testimony [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:

Civil Partnership – what/where are the responses?

July 31st, 2008 · 7 Comments · Irish Politics, Same Sex Partnerships

Update: I’ve heard from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (I have readers there don’t you know!) that they will still accept submissions on the Scheme of legislation for the next few weeks – so if you have opinions get writing/submitting!! The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform‘s deadline for submissions to [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:

Jon Stewart on ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’

July 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Equality, Homophobia

If you are wondering who Elaine Donnelly is, aka the fount of all ‘wisdom’ on gays in the army, she works for the Center for Military Readiness – or to put it simply she spends her time campaigning against women and gays in the army!

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:

The end of seperate/’independent’ equality and human rights infrastructures in Ireland?

July 24th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession

Deaglán de Bréadún’s report in this morning’s Irish Times does not come a surprise. The Department of Justice had a meeting yesterday morning with the agencies linked to it and the Equality Authority, the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Data Protection Commissioner have been told their days are numbered. Well they have been told [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:·

Maman Poulet Nerve Severed Links

July 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments · linkiness

Mulley suggests we find our own fluffy links while he apartment hunts in Dublin (not true but it should be!!) – and as I’m a bit brain fogged link is all I can do (that previous post on the Airport was programmed ahead for my hospital sojourn.) First to a fluffy link refluffied which is [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:

Saturday is D day in more ways than one

July 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Consumer blogging, Disability

Image via WikipediaI promised to update you on my consumer moaning regarding my treatment as a disabled passenger in Dublin Airport. Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) were in touch within 24 hours of the complaint being lodged – by phone and a later email confirming the contents of the phone conversation. 10/10 for complaint handling processes. [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:·

Jib Jab Indecision 2008

July 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Ah yes there is an election happening somewhere this year… Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today!

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:

Can I ram raid them now? Pretty Please!!!

July 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Disability, eejit..

I know there has been a lot of commentary and citizen activismonline about those signs in the last few weeks. To recap briefly – Commuters and pedestrians have noted the dangers presented by the signage and many others have commented on the deal that was done, the cityscape that was sold and the execution of [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:

An evil part of me wants this to happen

July 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Recession

Dublin’s top shopping area may see Lidl replace Habitat Just to see the faces of the southsiders who like to shop. Abercrombie doesn’t think that Grafton Street has the right combination of shops needed to open there, and if Lidl did open well…?! Part 101 of ‘You know we’re in a recession when…

Share

[Read more »]

Tags:·

Have you seen Thomas Byrne? Tell him to look at the ad in papers!

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · dodgy solicitors, Michael Lynn

I thought I was going delirious from the sick bed today when I heard something about solicitors for IIB bank being told by a judge to put an ad in the Irish Times looking for former solicitor Thomas Byrne. Why don’t they all get in a bus and go to Skerries rather than relying on [...]

Share

[Read more »]

Tags: