The Pipe, a documentary made by Risteard Ó Domhnaill on the Rossport community and the divisions brought by the installation of a pipeline by Shell and the Corrib Gas Project will get a nationwide release next month. A Gala night is being held on December 2nd in the IFI with a Q&A and further discussions […]
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Film on Rossport and Corrib gets national release
November 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Film on Rossport and Corrib gets national release · Irish Politics
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In case you missed it
November 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics, Recession
You didn’t miss much. Tonight Brian Cowen said that his government will call a general election after completion of the budgetary process in 2011. There are enough backbenchers calling on him to go to believe that he won’t be leading the government into that election. Brian Cowen’s statement 22/11/010
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RTE respond to complaints on coverage
November 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics
Last nights RTE coverage of the Government press conference confirming the cabinet’s decision to take a bail out has been heavily critcised. You can read more about what happened and what the complaints concerned here and here. RTE have been responding to many complaints on the coverage today with the following replies. RTÉ ran comprehensive […]
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Tick Tock
November 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics
Fianna Fáil Ministers are in an emergency meeting about the Green Party statement this morning. Backbenchers calling on Cowen to resign. A pre Christmas election?
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You’d think they would give up gracefully
November 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics
But no this is Fianna Fáil, the weekend before a bye-election. Eamon O’Cuiv who is director of elections for the bye election and his party are exhorting members to phone and email their friends who live in Donegal South West. They also encourage the use of Facebook and twitter – ah FF finally using social […]