Category: politics

31st March 2006 8pm – €15/10 conc. with id Where: The Castle Inn, Lord Edward St, Dublin 2 (Opp. Christ Church Cathedral) Will be there: Rónán Ó Snodaigh and members of Kíla The Sick and Indigent Song Club and DJ ’til late Since the mid 1990’s the privatisation of water services has been championed as…

Irish Sugar Irish Steel Irish Life Eircom ACC Bank B&I ferries ICC Bank Cablelink TSB Bank Irish National Petroleum Company – what’s next? as Irish Sugar turns sour, think of the 500,000 people who lost on Eircom or the sale of Irish Steel for £1 where all the debt was paid by the tax payer…

Brendan Gleeson should encourage others to speak out. in relply to Sliabh.net http://www.sliabh.net/?p=526 Is beaumont smaller than galway? 1980 (no tiger) 17,665 hospital beds for a population of 3 million 2005 (go tiger go; away) 11,000 hospital beds according to HSE; population 4 million all this while the stay in bed dropped from 9.7 to…

has anyone tried the latest version of FF with the PD plugin? it has this new auto apology feature that renders really well on large screen TV. the new system is rich in STML (short term memory loss), but sadly in is inconsistent with the trusted TD align=left tags.

The Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, Rory O’Hanlon, has said he does not intend retiring at the general election next year, and will exercise his right to be automatically returned to the Dáil. this was the saddest news today. if ever there were a system to halt the free flow of exchange in the Dail…

SIPTU members in Aer Lingus picketed the Department of Transport in Kildare Street, Dublin, from 12.30pm until 1.30pm in protest at the proposal to privatise Aer Lingus. SIPTU National Industrial Secretary Michael Halpenny said, “it is ironic that Government Ministers are flying out all over the world this week on our national airline to promote…

Huge anger as the Bin Tax Increases by €2 per Tag and Waivers drop from 21,000 to 9,700 in South Dublin. Campaigners against the Bin Tax have called a protest at the South Dublin County Council meeting at 4.30pm next Monday 13th. They are protesting at the €2 per tag hike in the charge and…

Reports this morning said city manager John Fitzgerald urged councillors last night to support restrictions on protest marches on O’Connell Street, saying the right to protest had to be balanced with the rights of businesses and shoppers. – [via TCM] I think the right to protest is greater than right to shop. Read in conjunction…