Archive for : July, 2009
FF’s tourism tax does further damage as Ryanair axes Dublin services
30th July, 2009
Fianna Fáil’s tourism tax has done yet more damage to the economy as Ryanair announced a 20% cut in services from Dublin this winter,......
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Croke Park
29th July, 2009
The protests at Croke Park have been called off but issues still remain that must be tackled. As I blogged last week the meeting......
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Croke Park
29th July, 2009
The protests at Croke Park have been called off but issues still remain that must be tackled. As I blogged last week the meeting......
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Latest update from out man in Washington
28th July, 2009
More News from our respresentative in Washington. Click HERE to read Ambassador John Bruton’s Weekly Message...
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Latest update from out man in Washington
28th July, 2009
More News from our respresentative in Washington. Click HERE to read Ambassador John Bruton’s Weekly Message...
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The Queen and Economists
28th July, 2009
Fascinating editorial in today’s Financial Times about a visit that the Queen paid to the London School of Economics recently, the editorial is available......
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Young Fine Gael and me
27th July, 2009
Oh dear. When I was a member of Young Fine Gael I always vowed that any comment that I would ever make about them......
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Visions for the Future
24th July, 2009
Enda made a very interesting speech last night about politics and the future of our country. In it, he raised the possibility of reducing......
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Report on Sovereign Wealth Funds
24th July, 2009
Please find below a copy of my Oireachtas report on Sovereign Wealth Funds for the EU Affairs Joint Committee. These are state owned investment......
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Helping the Taxi Industry
23rd July, 2009
Attended a meeting of the Oireachtas Transport Committee this morning. Our job was to agree recommendations to improve the quality of the taxi industry.......
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