The Minister was like a chased hare at a coursing event. He was getting attacked and questioned from all sides on this. This session of committee stage had to finish by 1:30pm and I reckon it couldn’t come soon enough for the Minister. He was taken away by his minders and we all went back [...]
The Public Sector workers in Kerry are still protesting on TD’s doorsteps. A short video published this week gives me an opportunity to ponder on the special backbencher that is Jackie Healy Rae. From his website June 1997. The night Jackie Healy-Rae was elected TD for South Kerry the scene in Killarney was like Puck [...]
Leaving aside Sargent’s error in writing the letter. This is not rocket science. Help me out here. There are maybe three general groupings that the letters could have come from (and it could have been from one or more of them) Trevor Sargent’s Office The Gardai, or sources close to the Gardai, DPP’s office or [...]
At 12.15pm Ciaran Cuffe posted on his blog with reflections on the last two weeks in Irish politics. An hour or so later the word on Trevor Sargent’s error of judgement emerged. By 5.00pm Trevor had resigned. Trevor Sargent resignation speech from Alexia Golez on Vimeo. Having listened to his interview on Six One News [...]
There has been much coverage in the past few weeks of a major disagreement between Niall Mellon’s Township Trust and Irish Aid – the state funding agency for overseas development aid. While the funding questions that Irish Aid have about the Trust may be resolved, I’m wondering about the questions about the sustainability of the [...]
In a new series on Maman Poulet, from time to time I’ll be bringing you snapshots of backbench TD’s you may never have heard of unless you are from their neck of the woods and well even then you may not know them! First up is James Bannon – a Fine Gael TD for Longford [...]
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Interesting footage from a protest last week by Kerry Public Sector Workers. They went to protest at the clinic of Tom McEllstrim TD, a Fianna Fáil backbencher. Tom warned them that they would face more cuts under any alternative government and he made a jibe at George Lee and also said his expenses were the [...]
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Ah Young Fine Gael what would we do without you for amusing posters? Wednesday night sees the TCD YFG annual general meeting take place. And they are looking for new recruits – just like Lucinda once was! Leo Varakar also ex TCD YFG not good enough for them?
There has been a flurry of searches of late on the blog for things concerning Palin and Ireland. A little digging led me to the news that Irish Central, the online brainchild of Irish American Publisher Niall O’Dowd, had published an article on Palin’s Irish cousin. The story said that Palin was being disowned by [...]
It’s been mentioned in the run up to previous elections but today I think is the first time Senator David Norris has seriously thrown his hat in the ring for nomination to contest the Presidency (Election to take place next year). In today’s Sunday Tribune Norris admits he is interested. There is a facebook group [...]
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