Currently in Malaga (as in the birth place of Picasso rather than Torredelargerlout) en route to Seville continuing the love affair with Spain. The weather is pleasant enough, no woolies needed. The cigarettes are €3.10 a pack, the locals are friendly and the food is rather good. The hotels booked have laptops in every room [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Brian Cowen should be learning his Mandarin phrases for his trip to China on Monday or at least downing a few pints in Clara. Instead he’s in RTE studios in Montrose on a Friday night talking to Una O’Hagan wearing his sackcloth and talking about hard times, gravity and processes to review [...]
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Brian Lenihan gave an interview on George Hook’s programme on Newstalk this evening which indicated that he was not for turning on the medical card issue. Referring to the fact that the medical care provided by GP’s under the GMS cost €64,000 per 100 patients he said that if it was not dealt with now [...]
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Myself and Denis O’Brien have something in common. We won’t have to pay the travel tax announced in Tueday’s Budget. Tipped off earlier today I’ve had a bit of a root (as you or maybe that should be only I do) and found the schedule regarding the imposition of the tax. Air Travel Tax An [...]
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Tonight I thought I’d take the night off and get an early night (ok earlyish) but I’m still awake and not live blogging. My fingers are itching to write on this… 02.12 John McCain got the Irish Corporate Tax Rate wrong again. It’s actually 12.5 percent Senator, one of the few things that Brian Lenihan, [...]
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by the press coverage of late about his indispostion to appear in court. (This is not to appear on any charge against himself you will remember, it’s to give evidence in proceedings between a former client, property developer Brian Cunningham, and building society, First Active. ) If he’s offended at the coverage given by Dearbhail [...]
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If you discriminate against people due to their nationality or race, gender, sexuality or disability, are violent towards your partner or commit other human rights violations, indeed if you are a government that does so, well this budget is good for you! The agencies which work in this area have been savaged today. There were [...]
Tags:Advocacy Organizations·Domestic violence·Equality Authority·Human rights·Human Rights Commission·Irish Human Rights Commission
Cuts in government spending are being announced quietly this evening – I’ve not counted them up yet but it’s more than the dozen – seven so far in social welfare alone- it’s been announced (not in a speech in the Dáil) that there are to be a number of changes to the entitlements to Jobseekers [...]
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Probably not by demand… but I’m going to do it anyway. Please come join me – Brian ‘Jazz Hands’ Lenihan gets up to speak at 3.45pm. The live blog will also be viewable on this page when proceedings commence.
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Maureen Dowd treats us to her version of why McCain and the Republicans are not ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici-ing.’ It is absolute gold! Bellum Gallium Manes Julii Caesaris paucis diebus aderant — “O, most bloody sight!? — cum Ioannes McCainus, mavericus et veteranus captivusque Belli Francoindosinini, et Sara Palina, barracuda borealis, qui sneerare amant Baracum Obamam [...]
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