The Dáil is on holiers and I am not. Excuse the lightness on the blogging as the day job keeps me occupied and tired. However you could peruse the programme for Stranger than Fiction – this is a documentary film festival taking place in the Irish Film Institute this weekend. Of note besides Pyjama Girls, […]
Update: The Abbey released a statement this evening in response to this post and other queries regarding access to the Peacock and the forthcoming productions. A play opens next week in Dublin – a piece of documentary theatre on the Ryan Report on abuse in institutions. Written by Mary Raftery, No Escape is the first […]
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or not… I refer of course to Fair City. Yvonne Doyle who when I last watched Fair City years ago was one of my most despised characters, is going out with Connie – whom the RTE website describes as ‘Self-taught, independent and strong-willed’ (secret telly code for lesbian). Yvonne met Connie in Australia it seems […]
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Ok so it’s unasked for advice but here goes anyway. You may have heard that Brian Cowen is interested in blogging and twittering. On Saturday last while speaking to Marian Finucane about Twitter I had hoped to be able to deal with the matter of the Taoiseach and Twitter but alas there was only so […]
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Today’s Sunday Business Post reports that there will be changes to the Civil Partnership in the coming weeks and the legislation continues it’s progress through committee stage in the Dáil. Niamh O’Connor reports that the name of the Bill is to be changed to the Civil Partnership and Cohabitation Bill 2009 to reflect the fact […]
Tags: Irish Politics · LGBT · Same Sex Partnerships