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Video: Watch Prof Arulkumaran tell Senator Mullen – “if you don’t support legal abortion then you support illegal abortion”
Senator Ronan Mullen and and Mattie Mcgarth TD have taken it upon themselves to be the nations protectors of women during the the 8th amendment committee hearings. Well that’s not true, they represent the catholic church in these hearings. Their … Continue reading
Irish Water – A typical Irish fiasco
First things first. There were, allegedly (depending on who you ask in Fianna Fail these days) two underlying reasons to set up Irish Water. First was to invest in our Victorian era water and sewage infrastructure, secondly was conservation. By … Continue reading
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Bertie to rejoin Fianna Fáil?
They say all politics is local, but Fianna Fail in Dublin Central unanimously voting to ask for Bertie to rejoin Fianna Fáil is a bit like asking your violent, abusive, alcoholic ex partner to give things another go while he’s … Continue reading
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Niall Collins and the clemency letter
You will be reading a lot about Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins in the next few days. The 41-year-old Limerick TD and has landed himself in hot water because he wrote to a judge seeking leniency for a convicted drug … Continue reading
The Enda Shuffle
As a general rule; politicians dancing is a bad idea. Unperturbed, Enda Kenny decided to bust some moves to Pharrell Williams’ hit song Happy while attending the Bloom festival in Phoenix park yesterday. I expect dancing like you’re driving a … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Irish current affairs, Irish Politics
Tagged bloom festival, dancing, Enda Kenny
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Bertie’s digout to Fianna Fáil local election candidate backfires
You’d be forgiven for waking up this morning and thinking you’ve travelled back in time to the last decade. The big stories of the day are – Seanie Fitz of Anglo fame and the Irish Independent are reporting Bertie Ahern addressed … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Irish current affairs, Irish Politics
Tagged Bertie Ahern, Brian Mohan, Fianna Fail, speech
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TDs scheduled to ask Ministerial questions didn’t bother to show up (video)
Unbelievable scenes in Dáil. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Deputy Chairman) of Dáil Éireann, Michael Kitt, called the names of 15 TDs to ask almost 30 questions to Minister Bruton and none of them show up.
Left wing anti-abortion local election candidate undone by sexist meme
Sure it could happen to any of us. You post a sexist meme to Facebook and it ends your political career before it even begins. Thomas Carty was the locally endorsed Anti Austerity Alliance candidate in Tullamore for the up … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Irish Politics
Tagged Anti Austerity Alliance, Facebook, Local elections 2014, Thomas Carty, Tullamore
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