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Entries Tagged as 'Recession'

Cementing the Butt plug

September 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession

Busy day which began with the Cement truck and ended with the Irish Times poll. In the middle was the Butt plug. One half of the duo who made this tells us more about their day here.

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Freefall fairly free from oestrogen

September 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Feminism, Irish Media, Irish Politics, Recession

Lenihan was at the races when the head of the ECB called and he didn’t remember Cowen swearing during the talks where the Government guarantee was agreed on. And oh Brian Lenihan can speak French. What else can we garner from last nights Freefall other than the programme makers love shots of traffic and big […]

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Your Country, Your Call bringing government policy to life

September 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession

The finalists in a competition to suggest new ideas for the nation were announced today. Your Country Your Call is the brainchild of Dr. Martin McAleese and aims to find new ideas to boost our economy and create new jobs. An extensive advertising campaign took place earlier this year seeking applications and ideas from around […]

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Blaming Unemployed people for Unemployment

August 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession

Today’s announcement of the Government’s intention to introduce Work for Dole/Mutual Obligation is more than a kite that is being flown. This evening’s RTE news showed examples of where people who participate in such a scheme may work including cleaning mountain walkways, community childcare, care of the elderly. A pilot scheme of 10,000 places is […]

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An afternoon is a long time

February 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Green Party, Irish Politics, Recession

At 12.15pm  Ciaran Cuffe posted on his blog with reflections on the last two weeks in Irish politics.  An hour or so later the word on Trevor Sargent’s error of judgement emerged. By 5.00pm Trevor had resigned. Trevor Sargent resignation speech from Alexia Golez on Vimeo. Having listened to his interview on Six One News […]

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