Slugging Away
27th November, 2009
Have just done a guest post on the fabled Slugger O’Toole. It is available here. It’s all about the meagre response from the Government......
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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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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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