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Entries Tagged as 'Irish Politics'

Are you registered to vote?

November 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Elections, Irish Politics

The draft electoral register for 2011 has been published and you have until 25th November to check the details and get yourself included. You can check online and download a form to correct it or add yourself on to it and return to your county/city council BEFORE November 25th. We may all be going to […]

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The Eurogroup statement from Brussels on Ireland

November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Recession

Statement by the Eurogroup Ireland The Eurogroup welcomes the significant efforts of Ireland to deal with the challenges it faces in the budgetary, competitiveness and financial sector areas. The Eurogroup welcomes in particular the announcement by the Irish authorities that their four-year budgetary strategy will be frontloaded by € 6 billion in 2011 on a […]

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We have ways of making you vote

November 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics

I mentioned the posters and ‘the eyes’ earlier today and promised further evidence.   Thanks to Joe today who snapped these on his phone. I wasn’t making it up was I?  Someone said that it’s  like he wants to hypnotise you into voting for him – well he should sack the photoshopper anyway for starters.

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Once a sports reporter

November 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Elections, Irish Politics

Barry O’Neill (FG) pictured with Irish Soccer Internationals  Shay Given and Seamus Coleman. Barry is a sports producer with RTE.  (H/t Mark Tighe) So while I wait for photos of Brian O’Domhnaill to appear with Packie Bonner can we wonders who would Frank McBrearty be pictured with? Pearse Doherty?

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Shopping

November 15th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy

Maybe my staycation is really addling my brain but why are the only job creation initiatives being created in the past few weeks those in the retail sector? Tesco managers refer to Ireland as Treasure Island because the profit margins are so high. (They don’t like us knowing that they call us that or what […]

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