Cuts in government spending are being announced quietly this evening – I’ve not counted them up yet but it’s more than the dozen – seven so far in social welfare alone- it’s been announced (not in a speech in the Dáil) that there are to be a number of changes to the entitlements to Jobseekers […]
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Probably not by demand… but I’m going to do it anyway. Please come join me – Brian ‘Jazz Hands’ Lenihan gets up to speak at 3.45pm. The live blog will also be viewable on this page when proceedings commence.
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No not a reference to the hosts of next weekends media conference organised by Cleraun (Professional Integrity? You have to laugh!!) The hairshirt refers to Tuesday’s budget. Lots of spin and foreboding over the weekend. Any predictions from bloggers/commenters? I’m taking the day off to watch it all and hopefully live blog with a few […]
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Ah remember last week when leader of the Seanad, Senator Donie Cassidy, was moaning about the whinging media? RTE Radio 1 in particular Yesterday he was calling on the media to check on the banks on an hourly basis. (Ronan Collins won’t be interrupted so…phew!) “This is not a time where they can be considering […]
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We watched (make that endured) Peter Power FF Junior Minister, Joan Burton – Labour Party Finance Spokesperson, David McWilliams – Economist, Noel Whelan – Political Analyst/Barrister, and Alan Dukes – Former FG leader and Minister for Finance. Read about it here and also over at the new liveblogs.ie – the place all liveblogs go to….