This email arrived in my inbox at 9.12pm – if you signed up to hear more about Fianna Fáil on their new website you were included. I think we’re talking 17,000 plus addresses but I’m open to correction on that. What do you think of it? More Obamaification? Dear friend, I’ve just come off stage […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ireland'
Brian Cowen emails me
February 28th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession
Tags:#ffaf·Ardfheis·Brian Cowen·Fianna Fáil·Government·Ireland·Taoiseach
Bertie to miss Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis?
February 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Bertie Wobbles, Irish Politics, Recession
Update: Bertie Ahern is home just in time for the speech it seems – expected to arrive in City West 45 minutes before Cowen took to the podium. I had today in my diary as one of the days Bertie Ahern, our Iar Thaoiseach, was due to be away on a Bertie Earner. I previously […]
Tags:Bertie Ahern·Celtic Tiger·Honduras·Ireland·Molloy College
‘This will be a very serious ardfheis.’ – It’ll be a blogged one also!
February 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Blogging, Irish Media, Irish Politics, Live Blogging
“This will be a very serious ardfheis.â€? Mary Coughlan, Tanaiste, Launch of Clar for 72nd Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis, 25/2/09 The Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis begins this evening and with this mornings opinion polls combined with/resulting from the recession and of course the little difficulties about the launch of the website during the week it […]
Ireland’s ‘Celtic Cub’ emerges from hibernation
February 15th, 2009 · Comments Off on Ireland’s ‘Celtic Cub’ emerges from hibernation · dodgy solicitors, Michael Lynn
In the midst of the country going belly up Michael Lynn must have been missing all the attention. €80 million going missing is only in the hapenny place in comparison to the €7bn bed and breakfast between Irish Life/Permanent and Anglo Irish Bank and Sean Fitzpatrick’s loans etc. Michael Lynn has given his first interview […]
Tags:Ireland·Michael Lynn
Organ Donation – When is a donor a donor?
February 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Social Policy
Image via Wikipedia And now for something completely different but very very important. The government are currently holding a public consultation on the matter of organ donation at the moment. There was a conference on it in Dublin today and it got someone in the Civil Service (waves to all Maman Poulet’s gov.ie based readers) […]
Tags:Department of Health·Ireland·Organ donation·Organ transplant