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Brian Cowen emails me

February 28th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession

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 […]

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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 […]

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‘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 […]

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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 […]

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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) […]

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