Brilliant video from yesterday’s Dáil debates on the Budget. Pat Rabbitte tears into the Greens, who claim their fingerprints are “all over” the Budget. Neil has more. fastswfembed(“http://www.youtube.com/v/QxxHganG4Kg&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0×006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1″,445,364,’518-0′);
April 9th, 2009 at
08:02 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
bludget,
budget,
budget 2009,
emergency,
green party,
humour,
irish politics,
john gormley,
labour party,
pat rabbitte,
public finances,
second,
supplemental,
supplementary,
youtube |
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I’ve been a bad blogger, and not updated in some time – mainly due to work pressures. Whether or not this is resolved is entirely undetermined at this time. In the meantime, here’s an amusing piece from today’s Irish Times, inspired, no doubt, by the brilliant scene from Yes, Prime Minister. It’s part of Anne [...]
March 23rd, 2009 at
10:14 in
Random Rocks | tags:
evening herald,
irish examiner,
irish independent,
irish media,
irish politics,
irish times,
media,
rooney,
us ambassador,
yes prime minister |
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On Saturday, I was at the IrishElection & European Commission-organised Blogging & Social Media Conference. It was a very interesting conference, as well as giving me a great opportunity to meet people whose blogs I’ve been reading for some time in person. RedMum was on photography duty, doing the same brilliant job as always. She’d [...]
October 8th, 2008 at
11:06 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
commission,
damian o'broin,
damien mulley,
eu,
european union,
irish blogging,
irish politics,
irishelection,
maman poulet,
social media,
suzie byrne,
zack exley |
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The Government says that the amount involved being guaranteed is €400bn. The current standard rate for interbank credit default swap insurance for the Irish banks ranges from 2% to 3.2% (as of last April). So, this guarantee is worth at least €8bn per annum to the Irish banks (or a maximum of €12.8bn). The four [...]
October 5th, 2008 at
11:34 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
aib,
anglo irish bank,
bailout,
bank of ireland,
banking crisis,
credit crunch,
ebs,
irish life and permanent,
irish nationwide,
irish politics,
Politics (Ireland) |
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Proof, tomorrow, if more were needed, that the European Commission is intent on taking over the world with its evil minions. Or not. The European Commission office in Ireland and IrishElection are hosting a seminar on Social Media and Blogging in EU House tomorrow, and I’ll be there. This year’s conference is entitled Organise, Activate, [...]
October 3rd, 2008 at
12:35 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
commission,
damian o'broin,
damien mulley,
dominic hannigan,
eu,
european union,
harry mcgee,
irish blogging,
irish politics,
irishelection,
maman poulet,
margot wallstrom,
simon mcgarr,
social media,
suzie byrne,
tom matzzie,
zack exley |
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The Labour Party‘s 21st Century Commission (the 21CC as it’s known in party circles) should be reporting to the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) soon. While there’s been plenty of speculation about what’s in it, none of it is particularly accurate according to those who’ve seen the current draft of the document (the Commission itself [...]
October 1st, 2008 at
15:02 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
21cc,
21st century commission,
eamon gilmore,
irish politics,
kilkenny,
labour party,
national executive committee,
nec,
organisation,
political organisation,
trade unions,
unions |
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Bye, bye Progressive Democrats, it would appear. At least according to the media. I think we’ve all known they were on the way out since the last General Election. It was just a matter of timing. Harry McGee also writes a bit more about this on the Irish Times Politics blog (a great source of [...]
September 15th, 2008 at
12:03 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
ciaran cannon,
fianna fáil,
fine gael,
fiona o'malley,
green party,
health,
irish politics,
labour party,
mary harney,
progressive democrats |
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