Archive for : November, 2009
Lessons from Greece
23rd November, 2009
Very telling article in the Telegraph today on the state of the Greek economy. It’s available HERE. Once you strip out the anti-euro bias......
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The Seanad and the Strike
21st November, 2009
The Seanad will be closed on Tuesday due to the strike. This is despite the fact that the Dail will be open. I tried to......
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Companies Amendment Bill 2009
20th November, 2009
At the end of the debate on this bill yesterday the Minister thanked us for our contribution. He pointed out that we’re unlikely to......
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Defence Bill 2009 – why does China have a veto on where our troops go?
19th November, 2009
Debated the new Defence Bill with Minister O’Dea in the Seanad yesterday. This bill is designed to place our participation in the European Defence Agency......
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All a set up
19th November, 2009
On the order of business today I asked if the entire AIB Chief Executive appointment was not a set up? I stated that the......
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Twitter and me
17th November, 2009
The Evening Herald have today published an article from me on Twitter and it’s use in politics. The article is available here. I was......
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The Government and the Banks
17th November, 2009
News was full of the proposed salary of the new Chief Exec of AIB this morning. The start of the morning made it appear......
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The Budget Debate Tomorrow
16th November, 2009
The Taoiseach spent the weekend warning ourselves and the Labour Party that we need to give specifics of how we would find €4 billion......
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Website Back Up and Running
13th November, 2009
Apologies to anyone who viewed the site yesterday. I was out of action for the day due to the hacking of the site. Thanks......
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Donohoe calls for review of M50 toll structures
10th November, 2009
The M50 tolling system should be reviewed after it emerged that motorists are paying €50,000 every day in fines, according to Fine Gael Seanad......
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