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What have the Green Party ever done for us?

January 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics

(With apologies to the Green Party and Monty Python writers.) Following their departure from government this afternoon the Green Party have released an infographic detailing their time in government in the past three years. The Party listed the following as their top ten Helped create 20,000 new green jobs: through initiatives such as National Insulation […]

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When 140 Characters won’t do

January 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics

So I did say it was going to be a very long day. Worse off then when we started, people who are not going for re-election convince a Taoiseach who doesn’t reveal information and can’t run the country that he has done nothing wrong. So he’s going to have a chat with a load of […]

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Mammies

November 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Green Party, Irish Politics

Paul Gogarty TD was on his way to a Green Party Parliamentary Party meeting tonight (sans childer we presume) in the Department of Agriculture and he spotted this in a kitchenette. Who says our Civil Service is devoid of a sense of humour? There is a market opportunity for Deputy O’Rourke here – if I […]

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Green’s oppose cuts to pensioners

November 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on Green’s oppose cuts to pensioners · Equality, Green Party, Irish Politics

Interesting press release (aka kite being flown) in tonight from Mary White, Minister for State for Equality and Deputy Leader of the Green Party. (She’s even tweeting about it!) Ms. White was speaking out against recent comments which said that pensioners can bear cuts and said that they ‘were both insulting and inaccurate.’ “Studies for […]

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Senator Dearey and the poor paying

October 19th, 2010 · 7 Comments · eejit.., Equality, Green Party, Recession

The Order of Business in the Seanad brings up all sorts of kites to be flown by Senators checking in for their part time job which attracts the payment of an amount many times over the national minimum wage. Today Green Party appointed Senator Mark Dearey joined some of his kin in the SME sector […]

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