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Entries Tagged as 'Irish Politics'

Enda Kenny – He’s Alive!

December 12th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics, Recession

Enda Kenny – remember him? Leader of the opposition from Mayo, longest serving member of the Dáil, survivor of the heave. He’s been missing a lot this week – of course he’s in the Dáil asking the long strangulated question of the Taoiseach (ok not as long and strangulated as Gilmore’s can be) but generally […]

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Coming up Tonight with Vincent Browne

December 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics

Thanks to the chicken who delivered this egg – later after 11pm on TV3 James Reilly and Pearse Doherty are having words. Late evening political repartee from maman poulet on Vimeo.

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Budget witterings

December 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Newsdump, Recession, Social Policy

While we think we know the cuts to come because of the leaks and the four year plan there will be many cuts not announced in the budget speech but in documents released shortly afterwards by government departments. I will be having a look out for these to keep an eye on the seemingly smaller […]

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Bludget 2011 – your online wakes

December 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Bludget 2011 – your online wakes · Blogging, Irish Politics, Recession

You’ll find me here later today looking at Budget 2011 from a disability and social welfare/health angle. The Irish Internet’s cup truly doth run over in terms of online coverage. If you are on twitter and following #budget11 you may not be able to keep up with the stream and may need a bit more […]

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Budgetjamming the myths

December 1st, 2010 · Comments Off on Budgetjamming the myths · Blogging, Irish Politics, Live Blogging, Newsdump, Newstalk

Over on Politico.ie a fine bunch of people are spending time between now and Budget day liveblogging the myths of the economy, reflecting on the state we are in and all the other phrases that make up what we are told is the ‘national discourse’. The project is part of Budgetjam and there will be […]

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