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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Ozymandias, King of Kings

9th November, 2009

Quoted Shelley in the second stage of NAMA legislation. ‘Look on my works, ye mighty and despair’ according to that fine poem. This is......

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The view from outside

9th November, 2009

I frequently have students working with me for a week as part of work experience plans. One such student finished up last week. I......

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100,000 Dubs on dole: Cowen & Coughlan have failed Dublin – Donohoe

7th November, 2009

Dublin Central Fine Gael Senator Paschal Donohoe has called for political leadership that understands Dublin’s needs after the latest live register figures showed that......

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The Late Debate

6th November, 2009

I was on the Late Debate on RTE1 last night. Inevitably the contribution from Garrett Fitzgerald earlier in the day came up in the show.......

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