In the first of this weeks Guest Posts – Louise blogs about Imprisonment for Debt Imprisonment solely on the grounds of failure to fulfil a contractual obligation is considered a human rights violation and is prohibited by Article 1 of the 4th Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Article 11 of [...]
Entries from May 2010
Guest Post – Imprisonment for Debt
May 31st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Social Policy
Tags:Civil and political rights·ECHR·High Court·Human rights·Law·Prison
Civil Partnership Bill Committee Stage reconvenes
May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Equality, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
At 10 am this morning in Committee Room 2, the Committee stage of the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 will reconvene. This is the stage where amendments are proposed and debated on the bill. The first part of these proceedings took place last month and saw a number of amendments tabled by the opposition. Some of [...]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·Debate·Government·Joint Oireachtas Committee·Oireachtas·Politics
The Sky might fall down!
May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics
A private members debate concluded tonight with the Government defeating a Fine Gael proposal to compel that by-elections to be held within six months of a vacancy arising. There are currently 3 vacancies to be filled in Donegal South West, Dublin South and Waterford. The Donegal vacancy is nearly a year old with the resignation [...]
Tags:Alan Shatter·Dáil·Donegal South West·Fine Gael·Ireland·John Gormley
Consent and RTE PrimeTime
May 24th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Irish Media
Who checked that the people who took part in the RTE Prime Time Investigates programme last night and if they truly understood how they would be portrayed in the programme or even wanted to participate? I refer to the people diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimers. Their families were no doubt asked and consented for them [...]
Tags:Alzheimer's disease·Dementia·Family·Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Catholic Communications Office complaint to RTE
May 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Irish Media, Religion
There was a bit of toing and froing between RTE and the Catholic Communications Office this week over a report on PrimeTime last Tuesday on the problems facing the Catholic Church and on the decision by Cardinal Sean Brady to stay in office. The report featured a number of inaccuracies that I spotted myself on [...]
Tags:Bishop of Clogher·Bishop Willie Walsh·Canon Law·Catholic Church·Donal Murray·Joseph Duffy
Donegal Politicians do Rocky Impressions
May 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics
Tonight in Letterkenny Niall Blaney TD, Cllr Barry O’Neill (FG) and Cllr Frank McBrearty (Labour) took to the boxing ring as part of a Charity White Collar Boxing Competition. Both Niall Blaney and Barry O’Neill lost their fights, but Frank McBrearty took to the ring and won. Thanks to Damien Blake for the picture and [...]
Tags:Boxing·Fine Gael·Frank McBrearty Jnr·Labour·Niall Blaney
Ladies and Gentlemen… Your Opposition
May 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments · Irish Politics, Social Media
Fine Gael have this week launched a new campaign titled NewEra, with accompanying website outlining their plans for jobs, broadband, energy and water policies. The website has videos from Enda Kenny, Simon Coveney and Leo Varadkar talking about these plans (George Lee look at what you are missing!) And then there is this – Whack [...]
Tags:Enda Kenny·Fine Gael·Leo Varadkar·Politics·Simon Coveney
State funding of political parties – lots of money for the lads?
May 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments · Irish Politics
The Standards in Public Office Commission this week released a report into the state funding of political parties. The purpose of the state funding is laid out in the Electoral Act 1997 ” … the general conduct and management of the party’s affairs and the lawful pursuit by it of any of its objectives and, [...]
Tags:Fianna Fáil·Fine Gael·Ireland·Political party·Politics·Standards in Public Office Commission
Irish Government issue statement on Malawi Sentences
May 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
There has been wide international condemnation of the 14 year hard labour jail sentences for Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza in Malawi today. The two men were found guilty of indecency for celebrating their relationship in public with an engagement party. On trying to find out more about Ireland’s relationship with Malawi I was surprised [...]
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Seeking Guest Posts
May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Blogging
If you are a reader, blogger or organisation who would like to post about some issue or campaign that may be of interest to other readers on Maman Poulet let me know. It may be a way to introduce yourself to a few thousand new readers and get them to come and read your website! [...]
Tags:Blogger·mamanpoulet.com
