The Department of Social Protection have announced that the Government today agreed €65 million in savings in the areas of fuel, telephone, gas and electricity allowances. By savings they mean mainly cuts. The payments are made to many older people, carers and people with disabilities. Lone parents and those on unemployment payments are also in […]
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It’s like a scene from the Muppets. Up in the eaves of the Dáil sit Deputies Ming Flanagan, Mick Wallace and Shane Ross amongst other members of the technical group. During the order of business this afternoon the microphones were left on during a vote. Waldorf Wallace and Statler Ming without ties along with Comrade […]
Tags:Mary Mitchell O'Connor·Mick Wallace·Ming Flanagan·Shane Ross
Thinking aloud for a bit. For years I have endured commentary from those in mainly the print media about the fact that bloggers can’t be trusted, have no editors or legitimacy. Despite asserting that blogging and mainstream journalism were different things, talking about crowd sourcing and fact checking and pointing to the fact that often […]
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I spent the afternoon at the Fine Gael Presidential nomination selection convention where Gay Mitchell MEP won the nomination. It was a surprise result despite the talk of a Mitchell never losing an election. Taoiseach Enda Kenny didn’t look very happy when the result was announced or at the press conference afterwards. Gay Mitchell will […]
Tags:#aras11·#fgaras11·Gay Mitchell
Following up on the development of JobBridge an interesting find sent in by a reader. Uniphar advertised on Jobs.ie for a Warehouse Supervisor last week. A few days later an advert for a Warehouse Supervisor appeared on JobBridge.ie – exact same job, no pay and no contribution to the wages from Uniphar. The farce […]
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