Archive for : August, 2009
Things continue to frey
28th August, 2009
Fine Gael Dublin Central Senator, Paschal Donohoe, said the discovery of bomb-making equipment this morning (Friday) near Smithfield is extremely worrying, especially as this is......
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Things are freying
27th August, 2009
As I wrote on Tuesday I met with a drugs project to discuss problems in the constituency and the wider issues in dealing with......
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John O’Donoghue is a waster, I can’t understand why he has not resigned.
26th August, 2009
I am not a TD but most people do not distinguish between TDs and Senators. We are all members of the Oireachtas. Our Oreachtas......
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A little chair
25th August, 2009
Visited a wonderful drugs project in my constituency this afternoon. They focus on harm reduction in the inner city. Was having a look around their facilities.......
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Guns
24th August, 2009
More shootings in my constituency over the weekend. Thank God nobody was killed. It happened on the NCR on Sunday morning. Again, the easy availability of......
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Update from our man in Washington
21st August, 2009
More news from our representative in Washington. Click HERE to read Ambassador John Bruton’s Weekly Message...
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Tax Breaks, Tax Broke?
20th August, 2009
Excellent piece of work by the Labour Party in the Irish Times today. It notes that 400 of the highest earners in Ireland received......
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Best Intentions for a New Parliamentary Year.
19th August, 2009
Some of my colleagues have started new blogs over the summer recess. Particularly like www.richardbruton.ie (nice piece on Richard’s musical tastes) and Lucinda Creighton......
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The Bigger Picture
18th August, 2009
The debate about the McCarthy report is beginning to heat up again…...
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The Bigger Picture
18th August, 2009
The debate about the McCarthy report is beginning to heat up again…...
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