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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: Quick note on Harneygate
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Quick note on Harneygate. As much as I dislike Mary Harney - and boy, do I dislike her - I'm finding myself fairly disgusted with the calls for her step down for getting her hair done. On the public purse. It's not that I think the expenditure was justified. But I can't recall anyone saying that Bertie should step down when it was revealed that more than the average industrial wage. Office holders - has an excessive personal appearance budget. View my complete profile.
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: October 2007
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. It’s reported today that the Common Travel Area. Between Britain and Ireland will officially come to an end in 2009. For example. In the Dáil today, the Taoiseach also confirmed my long-held suspicion that the CTA excuse previously offered for us not joining the Schengen open border arrangement was only a pretense:. 8230;should we join Schengen, the answer is "no". No doubt, there will be more instances of Irish nationals being subjected to racist requirements. Summary av...
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: August 2007
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Latest news from the Land of the Welcomes. Prime Time last night carried a report on EU citizens whose non-EU spouses are being threatened with deportation on the grounds that the couple did not live together in another EU state before moving to Ireland. This is happening because of the government’s interpretation of a recent EU directive which, ironically, was intended to strengthen. The family rights of EU citizens. What happened is this. The government’s soli...To be g...
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: August 2008
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. What's wrong with this picture? A 17-YEAR-old girl, whom gardaí believe was trafficked into Ireland to work in the sex industry, has been remanded on continuing bail. The girl, who is from Nigeria and cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with failing to produce a passport or another form of identification. The threat of prosecution, deportation and other such punitive measures is a very effective way to discourage trafficking victims coming forward. This is a...
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: November 2007
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Latest news from abortion-free Ireland. RTÉ has just carried the shocking news that women in Ireland are illegally ordering Mifepristone, the abortion pill, from an online site hosted outside the country. At least, the news is shocking to RTÉ and to a doctor interviewed for the segment. Not shocking at all here in Wednesdayland, where it was predicted almost two years ago. Why the Offences Against the State Act needs to go. Part 342. Labels: Offences Against the State Act.
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: Overheard in Leinster House
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Overheard in Leinster House. A Fine Gael TD making a call on their mobile:. Hello . , can I get back that €20 I loaned you yesterday? I'm meeting someone for coffee.". No wonder Enda Kenny has been so critical of the Government this week. You know times are tough when even culchies earning upwards of €95,000 have to go around begging for change for a cuppa. I like this blog. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Crá Croí Cois Cuain.
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: July 2007
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Justice has been done. I'm on holiday at the moment but, predictably, I'm still checking the news from Ireland every day and as might be expected from this post. I've particularly been following the Joe O'Reilly trial. The verdict today was exactly what I'd expected, and hoped for. Explain it away, I mean) - and Joe O'Reilly's didn't. The jury has to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt - not beyond any. About his whereabouts at the time of the murder, it w...
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: September 2007
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Subs required) reports that black taxi drivers are finding it difficult to pick up fares in Dublin and other areas. They say that passengers at ranks are going past them and getting into cabs with white drivers. The National Taxi Drivers' Union president, Tommy Gorman, denies that racism is involved and suggests that people may have had previous experience with "coloured" drivers (what century are we in again? Not knowing where they were going. The suggestion that taxi dr...
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: Quick note on "pairing"
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. Quick note on "pairing". I'd imagine that few people, other than anoraks such as myself, had any idea what Enda Kenny was talking about when he announced that Fine Gael would refuse to "pair" with the Government over their refusal to allow a debate on the economy. Under the vote-pairing deal, opposition TDs absent themselves from votes if a minister – with whom they have been “paired” cannot be present due to official business. And if you want to know how I know that FG (...
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog: No sex please, we're Irish
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Wednesday's Irish politics blog. No sex please, we're Irish. Ah, the irony. Only yesterday over at the Cedar Lounge. And Labour calls for laws to fight sex shops. Let’s look at these one at a time. The first article tells us that the DVDs were seized “as a result of an ongoing Community Policing Unit investigation into breaches of the Video Recording Act of 1989”. Yes, you read that correctly. A. In Dublin 2. Honestly, have the community police there no better use of their time? There’s an argument...
