UPDATE GLEN have tonight issued a press release clarifying the situation following contact with the Department of Justice – it seems there is an error in the Irish Times report? An Irish Times article on Wednesday 19th May seemed to suggest that a proposed amendment to the Civil Partnership Bill would not exempt from stamp [...]
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National media reported last Wednesday that a senior official from Wicklow County Council was arrested in connection with an investigation into the deaths of two fire fighters in the county in 2007. It was some senior official – and it took the local press to report that the person arrested was in fact the County [...]
The IFA and ICMSA and a few lawyers will be happy with the news that the Cabinet yesterday approved amendments to the Civil Partnership Bill which will see a five year period for rights to be granted to in terms of property, pensions etc in cases of claims of the death of one of the [...]
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Michael Lowry the Independent TD for Tipp North/South Offaly is running a competition to celebrate the ‘success’ of his new website and facebook page. This is no ordinary ‘come meet me in the Dáil for a cup of tea and meet a few Ministers’ competition. Ah no Michael has gone for the yoof vote. He [...]
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The week is yet young… but Liz McManus TD has joined Twitter – her first tweet of note
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Imagine this (not so) fairytale. MJ is an academic engaged in a disciplinary procedure, which is on it’s way to the Labour Court. The story gets leaked somehow (I see those innocent eyes…) and then the rest of the documentation relating to the 6 month enquiry are quickly leaked. MJ then agrees (even though the [...]
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Not a lot of young people and quite a few lads. Ogra Fianna Fáil are taking to Youtube.
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Irish Priest James Rafferty has hit the headlines this week as it was revealed that it was his intervention with a Catholic school in Boston which resulted in an offer of a place to an 8 year old being rescinded due to the child’s lesbian parents. The school like most religious schools in the US [...]
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I missed the speech last night to a few dozen people out in DCU. It’s getting very repetitive now, these speeches to not a lot of people with no questions that really quiz and oh Fianna Fáil just happen to have a few cameras there. Is this Blue State Digital at work? Then Brian emails [...]
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Earlier today Dáil na nÓg launched research on the experiences of senior cycle students of the Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum. It’s a great snapshot of the views of young people on the curriculum and their access to it. It was great to see senior cycle students who are members of Dáil na nÓG on [...]
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