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Suspended for 20 sitting days

July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics

The verdict came last night just after 9pm,  Dan Boyle brought the recommendation from the Seanad Select Committee on Members Interest’s investigation.  The Senators who had been kept waiting in the house on the last sitting day until 9pm voted unanimously in agreement with the recommendation to suspend. Ivor Callely  didn’t even show up after […]

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Ivor Callely’s latest junket

July 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics

This afternoon Ivor Callely is supposed to be appearing at another sitting of the Seanad Select Committee of Members Interests investigating his mileage expenses.  However word reached us yesterday via the Marian Finucane Programme that the Senator is in Oslo.  (I got my spade out.) A little more investigation reveals that Ivor is the Head […]

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Ivor Callely’s House – more than a mileage issue?

June 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics

I’m back from the land of serrano ham, great weather and good company (fully paid for by myself) but while I was away I did catch Ivor Callely’s statement to the Seanad as he made it.  It’s on video if you missed it! I have had a number of people get in touch about the […]

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Civil Partnership Bill Committee Stage reconvenes

May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Equality, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

At 10 am this morning in Committee Room 2, the Committee stage of the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 will reconvene.  This is the stage where amendments are proposed and debated on the bill. The first part of these proceedings took place last month and saw a number of amendments tabled by the opposition. Some of […]

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To name or not to name

May 19th, 2010 · Comments Off on To name or not to name · Irish Media

National media reported last Wednesday that a senior official from Wicklow County Council was arrested in connection with an investigation into the deaths of two fire fighters in the county in 2007. It was some senior official – and it took the local press to report that the person arrested was in fact the County […]

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