Dublin South East Candidates Meeting in Rathmines
Last night’s public meeting at Rathmines Town Hall, the brainchild of the Rathmines Initiative saw 2oo people pack themselves into the hall to hear their local election candidates speak in person.
Morning Ireland’s Áine Lawlor was the chair, local resident that she is, and what followed was an interesting and entirely civil exchange of views.… Read more...
Book Review: Wasters
Wasters
By Shane Ross and Nick Webb
A reasoned but fractured account of cronyism and waste in the Irish state and semi-state sector. It suffers from very obviously having two authors in that there seems to be changes in style every so often that subtly throw off the reader (i.e.… Read more...
Der Fuhrer discovers Ireland’s less than flush…
So it’s a cheap laugh. But hey, I was bored.… Read more...
Pearse Doherty and Sinn Féin, canny lads
Sinn Féin have been playing a blinder the past while.
Firstly, they won their case to hold the Donegal by-election. This was a massive win for them as it set them up to be able to be champions of democracy; another step further away from being primarily associated with IRA terrorism.… Read more...
Politicians and Senior Public Servants pay exempt from four-year plan?
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,
Boom, Boom, Boom
(1917 – S. Baldrick)
The National Recovery Plan was announced today with the collected visages of Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan and John Gormley on hand for its delivery.
Some of the main points are austerity measures such as reductions in social welfare, reductions in public sector pay for new entrants, increasing student “contributions”, introducing a domestic water charge, a reduction in the minimum wage and other similarly belt-tightening measures.… Read more...
Dear John, why now?
Twitter blew up on Monday morning with rumours that the Greens were pulling out of government. The initial reaction from many was a resigned, muted sigh. It could also, however, have been one of astonishment and even anger.
The previous evening had seen a momentous moment in Irish history, when Ireland’s Taoiseach officially went cap in hand to those with money and asked to be bailed out. … Read more...
