There has been much coverage in the past few weeks of a major disagreement between Niall Mellon’s Township Trust and Irish Aid – the state funding agency for overseas development aid. While the funding questions that Irish Aid have about the Trust may be resolved, I’m wondering about the questions about the sustainability of the […]
In a new series on Maman Poulet, from time to time I’ll be bringing you snapshots of backbench TD’s you may never have heard of unless you are from their neck of the woods and well even then you may not know them! First up is James Bannon – a Fine Gael TD for Longford […]
Tags:Dáil Éireann·Enda Kenny·Fine Gael·Ireland·James Bannon·Politics·Teachta Dála
With the departure of George Lee (who?) a by-election may be on the cards in Dublin South, but it’s not expected anytime soon. However one of the possible candidates looks like he has a bit more time to canvass. Shay Brennan, a vice president for corporate treasury in Anglo Irish Bank ( FF candidate and […]
Tags:Anglo Irish Bank·Dublin South·Fianna Fáil·George Lee·Ireland·Shay Brennan
Green Party elected officials seem to be having problems with their consciences at the moment. And indeed it’s not only Deirdre de Burca who is calling John Gormley’s leadership into question. As I said on Friday there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes that has very little to do with Willie O’Dea. The […]
No use spending ages talking about himself. Thanks to Caricatures Ireland for the best thing that sums it up! (And any rumour that my thoughts turned to by-elections and coverage is probably very true. But I know I’m not alone there.) I was going to post this week about the move over 10 days ago […]
Tags:Enda Kenny·Fine Gael·Ireland