Oireachtas Parliamentary Fellowship
10th July, 2009
I’ve been informed that the Houses of the Oireachtas have launched a Parliamentary Fellowship to mark the 90th anniversary if Dail Eireann. This fellowship......
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The Day So Far
11th June, 2009
Spoke on the Order of Business, then participated on committee stage on the Aviation Bill, am now going to speak on the results of......
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Could the Dail learn from the Seanad?
20th March, 2009
Primetime and the Pat Kenny show have each run pieces on whether the Seanad should be abolished. In fairness, both of these shows ran balanced......
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For Rational Government, Not National Government.
24th February, 2009
Demands for a national government are now regularly heard. This is where all the main political parties come together to form a single government. In the......
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Household Debt
17th February, 2009
I have just received a research paper on personal debt levels in Ireland. I commissioned this as I am concerned that this is a ‘silent’......
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Public Meeting Tonight on Local Bus Services
17th February, 2009
Quick reminder that Fine Gael are organising a public meeting on local bus services in the Half Way House, Navan Road tonight at 8pm. Myself, Councillor......
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Eoghan is nearly right
17th February, 2009
Eoghan Harris wrote a very strong article in the Sunday Independent yesterday. While I don’t agree with much of what Eoghan writes (particularly about Fianna Fail......
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We must start all over again
16th February, 2009
Enda called yesterday for the entire Board of the Financial Regulator to be sacked. He is right to call for this. The failures in regulation......
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15th February, 2009
I have been using Twitter for the last couple of weeks. It is a social networking site that allows you to post messages to ‘followers’.......
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Enda
15th February, 2009
I spent yesterday morning canvassing with Enda Kenny in Cabra. I have done this kind of thing a lot with him but the reception that......
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