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Ireland Inc. bankrupt not only financially

November 19th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics, Personal, Recession

You have probably seen it already. I’m hoping that it was genuine anger and not thinking about the next election. My reaction and those of thousands of people was ‘at long last’ after a truly terrible week and many terrible weeks to come somebody turned to a Government Minister and said stop the lying, look […]

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Donegal South West Round Up Uimhir a Dó

November 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics

There’s Pearse Doherty on top of a pole, he’s also on top of the Paddy Power commissioned Red C Poll of how voters intend to vote in the by-election next week.  The poll conducted amongst over 500 voters (+/- 4.4%)  showed that Doherty would poll 40% of first preferences, with O’Domhnaill following in second with […]

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FFNua

November 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics

Not that I think many are interested in the future of Fianna Fáil at the moment but a few weeks ago I heard about the meeting of FF activists interested in rebuilding the party.  Led by Jerry Beades, a member of the FF National Executive, it was disclosed on RTE yesterday that they intend to […]

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Dick Roche on Newsnight

November 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

On the night the ECB/IMF said they were coming to Dublin and that the bailout was ready, Dick Roche, Minister for Europe, chuckling away, fabricating rubbish, went on Newsnight looking for votes for FF. From 8.14 in

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‘I believe that Children are our future’

November 17th, 2010 · Comments Off on ‘I believe that Children are our future’ · European Union, Irish Politics, Social Media

Today is International Students Day and the Irish Second Level Students Union and the Children’s Rights Alliance are holding  Your World – Your Say a Consultation on Children’s Views on their Engagement in European and International Levels of Decision-Making. 100 young people from all over the country are gathering in Dublin to talk about the […]

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