On sale in the Oireachtas Bar in Leinster House tonight – Senator Ronan Mullen is doing a stellar job selling these knitted ducks (with a creme egg inside!) for the missions . It’s a busy evening in Leinster house and he’s doing a steady trade with his basket – (including purchases by some members of [...]
Entries from March 2010
Just a few words
March 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
Last week at the same time as the Civil Partnership Bill began it’s committee stage, GLEN were holding a launch of their Guide on LGB Diversity in the Workplace. The project was developed in conjunction with IBM, the Irish Business Employers Confederation, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Business in the Community Ireland and the [...]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·Discrimination·Ireland·Irish Congress of Trade Unions·Lesbian·LGBT·Minority group
Thanks
March 29th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Blogging, Irish Blog Awards
I was delighted and honoured to win an Irish Blog Award (for Best News and Current Affairs) on Saturday night. I was very happy to be in great company with the other finalists in the category. Many thanks to all the people who came up and said hello and I know I missed seeing lots [...]
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Lambs arrive in Dublin 1
March 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Blogging
I bought a painting yesterday, yes I know for some people who know me that Art and Suzy are not usually good bedfellows. But I know what I like or something pithy like that and it’s my first ever purchase. I’ve been watching Liam Daly paint live in his studio thanks to his Ustream feed. [...]
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Minister (s) for Equality
March 24th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics
It seems we are blessed with 3 Ministers for Equality this evening – our cup truly runneth over! Brian Cowen emailed supporters this evening inviting them to see his ‘New Cabinet Team’. The Fianna Fáil website is full of smiling faces and mini biographies along with brief explanations of the new remits for the changed [...]
Tags:Department of Justice·Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform·Equality·Human rights·Minister of State·Pat Carey
Leo’s off again
March 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Irish Politics
Poor Enda Kenny – it’s not often that you’ll hear me say that. Today on reshuffle day the eye should be on Brian Cowen’s minimalist reshuffle and demoting of Mary Hanafin. But instead all eyes tonight are on Leo Varadkar who I mentioned yesterday as having a go at Garrett Fitzgerald over the weekend at [...]
Tags:Fine Gael·Garrett FitzGerald·Jack Lynch·John Bruton·Leo Varadkar
Pesky Gay Journalists eh?
March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · LGBT
That Gay Times interview with David Cameron was covered on Channel 4 News this evening. It’s a mess and he’s not very good when quizzed on the finer points of voting, equality and human rights, and even though he knows he’s being filmed wants to do a press interview when it all goes pear shaped. [...]
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Civil Partnership Bill – Committee Stage
March 23rd, 2010 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday 24th) the Committee stage of the Civil Partnership Bill will commence in the Oireachtas. The meeting commences at 10am and will be available to watch online. (Link to Windows Media Player or Link to Flash ) The Committee stage is where amendments are tabled and debated. This will take place over a [...]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·Dáil Éireann·Legislation·Oireachtas
After Killarney some feathers ruffled
March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics
This morning I though we had lost an elder statesman such were the gushing tributes on twitter (twibutes!) from Fergus O’Dowd Louth FG TD. Fergus had come to twitter a few months ago to talk about his weight loss on Operation Transformation. Now we get progress reports (3 Stone gone) interspersed with concerns about transport [...]
Tags:Alan Dukes·Alan Shatter·Fine Gael·Garret Fitzgerald·LEO VARADKAR TD·Lucinda Creighton·Richard Bruton·Simon Coveney
Noel Dempsey – GameShow Host
March 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
In case he loses his job next week, Noel is showcasing his talents…
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