Archive for : February, 2009

Metro North An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing

9th February, 2009

An Bord Pleanala have just confirmed to the RPA that the Metro North Preliminary Hearing will take place on 2nd March in Croke Park. The Inspector......

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I want to be reincarnated as the Bond Market

8th February, 2009

This is what James Carville, the American Democatic campaigner said after the early months of the Clinton White House. They found that all of their campaign......

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Opening of Sean O’Casey Centre, East Wall.

7th February, 2009

  I attended the opening of the new community centre in East Wall yesterday.  This centre has mostly been funded by the Dublin Docklands......

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Doing the Lisbon Referendum Earlier

7th February, 2009

  A chorus is beginning to develop around re-running the Lisbon Treaty earlier than October. Some are suggesting June. A very cogent example of......

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When Markets Collide

6th February, 2009

This is the name of a superb book which I’m reading late at night and early in the morning. The author is Mohamed El-Erian. The......

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People Really Hate You.

5th February, 2009

This is what Barney Frank, the Chairman of the US House of Representatives Finance Committee, said to top American bankers. The rest of what he......

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Just too much to take

5th February, 2009

I spent yesterday afternoon in the Oireachtas Transport Committee discussing the Dublin Bus cuts. The main thing that I established is that big reductions in bus......

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Update on Gaelscoil Bharra School Building

4th February, 2009

I raised again the situation with this local school with the Minister for Education. It is a disgrace that parents, pupils and teachers are......

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Snowbound commuter hell shows urgent need for emergency Dublin traffic plan – Donohoe

3rd February, 2009

This was probably the worst recent congestion seen in the greater Dublin area. Thousands of motorists were stranded both inside and outside the city.......

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Real risk of social unrest if the planned reforms to respond to the recession are not fair or not understood.

3rd February, 2009

There is now the very real risk of social unrest if the planned reforms to respond to the recession are not fair or not......

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