One of the services that the Oireachtas Library and Research Service provides for members is a Bills Digest Service and I received a copy of the digest that has been prepared for Oireachtas members on the Civil Partnership Bill. The purpose of the Bills Digest Service is to aid Members in the scrutiny of legislation [...]
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And so it begins. . . A few interesting items are starting to arrive in my inbox prior to the debating of the Civil Partnership Bill. First is a letter from the Christian Solidarity Party sent to all TD’s and Senators. (Text is also uploaded here). In summary; Marriage is threatened by the bill, homosexuals [...]
How many words does it take in his first blog post for the Fianna Fáil blog for Charlie O’Connor TD to mention Tallaght? Count-a-long-avec-MamanPoulet… I have always been concerned for the safety of animals at Halloween but it has become a major focus of mine following a dog hanging incident in my constituency in Tallaght [...]
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The Taoiseach needs a new photographer or website editor or both! I was looking for contact information for the Chief Whip’s office earlier and was questioning my eyesight and reaching for my lenses cloth. There are three photos on the front page of the Department of the Taoiseach’s site today (screencap) including one where Mr. [...]
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From Failblog (via Feministing) see more Epic Fails It’s only slightly worse that the ‘push yer mate round campus in a wheelchair‘ type exercises I’ve seen carried out in Irish third level institutions or ‘blindfold yourself and be dragged round campus to fall into things.’
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Do the Iona Institute think the Irish public and their elected representatives are a few sultanas short of the full wedding cake? Well they must obviously with the latest line of lobbying that is underway with regard to the Civil Partnership Bill. Yesterday we heard that Iona Institute and their Director, my favourite passive aggressive, [...]
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You mean you haven’t heard? Ah don’t worry I’m here to fill you in thanks to the Cóir newsletter fairy. Cóir still have not produced their (much awaited) analysis of the Lisbon Campaign but Niamh (God Bless her) did find time this week to send out a newsletter to ask supporters to lend their support [...]
There is a nasty little spat underway between the Church of Ireland and the Department of Education over the funding of Protestant schools. Dr. John Neill, the Bishop of Dublin and Glendalough, has spoken last night about how Protestant schools will be forced out of business due to last years education cuts. He asserts the [...]
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The National Women’s Council of Ireland launched a new website yesterday and it was really lovely to be asked to do the launching at a function in Dublin. It’s a important development for the organisation with the site becoming the main source of information on their work and giving a profile for their many member organisations and [...]
Civil Partnership. No not Dermot, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who published the Civil Partnership Bill earlier this year but our Dear Iar-Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. As you may have noticed Bertie has a book out and has been on the book tour trail both here and abroad and has been enthralling interviewers with [...]
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