It seems we are blessed with 3 Ministers for Equality this evening – our cup truly runneth over! Brian Cowen emailed supporters this evening inviting them to see his ‘New Cabinet Team’. The Fianna Fáil website is full of smiling faces and mini biographies along with brief explanations of the new remits for the changed […]
Tags: Equality · Irish Politics
I was lucky enough to see Mat Fraser perform most of his new show ‘From Freak To Clique’ when he visited Dublin in December. I’m delighted to hear he will be back again this Thursday at the Axis in Ballymun with a full production and think you should go see him because he’ll wreck your […]
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David Stanton is a Fine Gael TD for East Cork and spokesperson on Disability Issues and Dáil Reform. Things you don’t know about David – reports of his link to Crystal Swing. The phenomenon that is sweeping the nation, and subject of excellent parodies, it seems that they are great fans of Fine Gael and […]
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I was intrigued but not surprised on Saturday night to read Cllr Dermot Looney’s blog about wanting to bring Dublin Pride to Tallaght. I have long had difficulties with the Dublin Pride March and it’s lack of message and meaningless ending in a scuttle down the back of of Wood Quay hidden from everyone. South […]
Tags: Equality · Irish Politics · LGBT
Colin Coyle in today’s Sunday Times reports on the appointment by Minister John Gormley of two former Green Party Councillors to the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board where they can earn up to €25,000 per year in fees and expenses. Indeed one of the former councillors was one of a few electoral successes […]
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