Public Servants who are in non-marital relationships and wish to pass their pensions to partners have long complained about futile contributions that they have made to widows and orphans funds only not be able to transfer them to their partners when they die. Former Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy annouced a review of the arrangements in 2004. It […]
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The European Commission think that Europe’s Kinder need to know about where they get their milk from and how animals should be minded! So the Directorate General for Health and Consumers got someone to design a computer game for them complete with a scantily clad French female farmhand. Farmland – The Game looks like it […]
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In today’s Irish Times report on the trip to Orlando taken by Mary Harney and Rody Molloy and the ministerial recollection on the hairdo’s I am struck by the number of people in the travelling party. THE THEN tánaiste and minister for enterprise Mary Harney travelled to Orlando, Florida, at the expense of Fás in […]
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Absolute Win!! Via Rick – Red Lemonade performs her national service to the blogosphere and Irish society in general I confess to being an Irish Apprentice watcher (yes it is a pile of rubbish) and to being infatuated with Bill’s Secretary and the fact she does not seem to do anything except say ‘Bill will […]
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EU Commissioner Margot Wallström reminded her various audiences today that the Irish Government will be reporting to the EU commission/council of ministers next month about how it proposes to solve the Lisbon problem. As bloggers informed her (in what might be described as an extensive post debate huddle) following her interview with Ursula Halligan, that […]
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