I am Twittering!
30th January, 2009
If I lose every election in the future party HQ may well look back and say that if I had spent less time wasting time......
Read More >A little victory
29th January, 2009
Just received my Seanad plan for the week. The Harbours Bill is on next Thursday. No end point has been set for it. Will I......
Read More >Killing me softly…part 2
28th January, 2009
Just finished in Seanad Chamber on Harbours Bill. Started at 12.20 and finished at 4. Senator O’Donovan took up most of this time. His conclusion in......
Read More >Off to Davos
28th January, 2009
Oh dear. My contribution on the order of business today caused a bit of a stir. I posed a number of questions about the discussions......
Read More >Killing me slowly – the Harbours Amendment Bill 2008
28th January, 2009
I normally associate ‘filibustering’ with giants of the American Senate such as Senators Byrd and Kennedy. This is where a Senator speaks at great length to......
Read More >Do we ever learn?
27th January, 2009
The EU affairs committee met today. Most of our meeting was taken with a discussion on the Commission’s Work Programme for 2009. This document reviews what......
Read More >First day back
27th January, 2009
Today is the first full day back of the Oireachtas since Christmas. The Cathaoirleach of the Seanad has written to all senators warning us of......
Read More >First Active Job Losses
26th January, 2009
The job losses in First Active are terrible news and I am so sorry for the many families that will be dealing with this and......
Read More >Passing the Anglo Irish Legislation
25th January, 2009
The Irish Times published an article yesterday about the Fine Gael leader in the Seanad Frances Fitzgerald challenging the result of the vote on the nationalisation......
Read More >The Green Party and the Bus to Oblivion
24th January, 2009
Thursday was a bad day for the Green Party. 2 of their councillors resigned and one of their TDs published an article which pretended they......
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