Last week Deirdre Clune TD (FG spokesperson on innovation) press released on youth unemployment. “The latest CSO live register figures confirm that unemployment is the single greatest challenge facing us as a nation. Youth unemployment continues to be a major problem that will have long-term consequences if it is not tackled now. “Since the Fianna [...]
Update: The Debate may not take place tomorrow due to an emergency round of statements from party spokespersons on Haiti. The Adoption Bill debate may have a large number of speakers and so time for the Civil Partnership Bill Debate may be restricted. The Second Stage of the Civil Partnership Bill will resume on Thursday [...]
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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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A slumber inspired rambling tangent on recent events. We now know that TV3 didn’t believe in it or stick by whatever the press office in the Department of Finance or Government Press Office asked for before Christmas. Some people, myself included, have difficulty in these agreements and the culture that surrounds them – ie.when a [...]
In the mid 90′s the joke about the Greens was that they didn’t care much about divorce once the fridge was disposed of correctly in the separation. This was the opinion of many regarding Green Party commitment to social justice issues. I know that this is an unfair description with regard to many Green Party [...]
Next Saturday afternoon the Green Party will debate a revised programme for government which is currently under negotiation with Fianna Fáil. Other than animal welfare/hare coursing (Now backpedalled?) and further changes to NAMA there has been mention that a new framework for Equality monitoring and enforcement being on the agenda. Another chance for John Gormley [...]
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Paschal Donohoe is a rare breed – a politician who blogs and tweets his way through the summer. Yesterday’s blog entry was rather special though. Our Oireachtas is now led by a man who is literally a waster. I can’t understand why he is still in his job and why he hasn’t commented on a [...]
It’s a year since the Heads of Bill were published on Civil Partnership. I noted the Sunday Business Post’s story this week saying the publication of the bill is imminent. While the mothership is not parked outside Stephens’s Green awaiting smoke from the Ministers office I’ll be keeping an eye out. I was wondering if [...]
Understatement! I’ll let other people talk about the liveblog and the results. The weekend was stunning on a personal note and it was brilliant to work with Cian, Alexia, Mark, and Damien over Saturday and Sunday in bringing it all to life and have inputs from so many others around the country. Thanks again to [...]
They’re down to 3% in the TNS/MRBI Poll however tomorrow the Green Party are launching their local election manifesto and a new election website. And in the fine tradition of the Irish Blogosphere finding all the Political Party’s new websites first (ok so they did not really hide it too well – I just went [...]
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