Gearoid Buckley (Labour) is the former Mayor of Bandon in Cork and local councillor. He has written to his Local Representative in Seanad Eireann to raise a number of issues.
Entries from July 2010
Not singing for the court
July 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · dodgy solicitors, Michael Lynn
It’s been a while since we’ve had news of former solicitor, contempt holder, and man of much debt, (though not as much as Seanie or others) and he’s on the run, Michael Lynn. Michael and John Riordan own 5 properties in Leitrim whom KBC Bank Ireland wish to repossess. Yesterday in court counsel for Mr. [...]
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President McAleese signs Civil Partnership and Certain Rights of Cohabitants Act 2010
July 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
Just in from the Department of Justice and Law Reform Ahern Welcomes Coming Into Law of Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 The Minister for Justice & Law Reform, Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D., welcomed the coming into law of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act [...]
Tags:Civil and political rights·Civil Partnership and Certain Rights·Civil Partnership Bill·Mary McAleese·Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform·Oireachtas
Civil Partnership Bill to go to Supreme Court?
July 17th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
I don’t usually do blog posts on rumours but there’s an awful lot of whispering going on regarding the President calling a meeting of Council of State and sending the Civil Partnership Bill to the Supreme Court to test it’s constitutionality. Early this afternoon the phone and the gchat started going from people in all [...]
Tags:Civil Partnership Bill·Constitutionality·Council of State·Politics·Supreme Court
Suspended for 20 sitting days
July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics
The verdict came last night just after 9pm, Dan Boyle brought the recommendation from the Seanad Select Committee on Members Interest’s investigation. The Senators who had been kept waiting in the house on the last sitting day until 9pm voted unanimously in agreement with the recommendation to suspend. Ivor Callely didn’t even show up after [...]
Tags:Government·Ivor Callely·Michael Lowry·Michael Lynn·Oireachtas·Select Committee
Ivor Callely and the €50 Cheque affrontery
July 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics
A bizarre evening of testimony from Ivor Callely at the reconvened sitting of the Seanad Select Committee to investigate members interests. As you may remember Ivor has been away in Norway and was unable to attend the committee until today. He spent a lot of time during the hearing (whilst not answering the committee’s questions) [...]
Round and Round the Garden
July 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority
The Chairperson of the Equality Authority says that the Authority has been the victim of a campaign of targeted misinformation. In the forward to the Annual Report launched yesterday she says that a campaign of misinformation commenced while the Authority was working to reorganise to ensure no diminution of service to the public. This campaign [...]
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Ivor Callely’s latest junket
July 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics
This afternoon Ivor Callely is supposed to be appearing at another sitting of the Seanad Select Committee of Members Interests investigating his mileage expenses. However word reached us yesterday via the Marian Finucane Programme that the Senator is in Oslo. (I got my spade out.) A little more investigation reveals that Ivor is the Head [...]
Tags:Democracy·Government·Ivor Callely·Leinster House·Oireachtas·Seanad Select Committee of Members Interests·Select Committee·Whips
Familia Lesbianus
July 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · LGBT, Social Media
Mockumentary from Sonya Mulligan who is studying media and sociology. More please! In fact we need a series. The Good Lesbian maybe? Perhaps we could set Sonya challenges in the comments! No need to thank me honest.
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The week the Seanad earned it’s keep
July 9th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships
For years this week will be remembered not only by lesbians and gay men and their allies but also by Senators past, present and future. It is popular to knock the upper house, it’s even popular to call for it to be scrapped. However for those of us who watch it on a regular basis [...]
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