Daily Archives: November 5, 2009

Budget 2010

Remember the joke ‘What’s the difference between Iceland and Ireland? One letter and six months!’ Oh how Insider wishes that had been true. The Icelanders took no crap from their Government; They took to the streets and toppled their Government, … Continue reading

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To All TD’s

Give us jobs, results, not SoundBits! The Government is busy telling us, they must fix the banking system first and then the finances of the country This is all well and dandy but what about the likes of the hundreds … Continue reading

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Keep the internet free and open

The case for a free and open internet

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The NAMA con

Despite all the huff and puffing that went on last week in the Dail from a number of TD’s The real demonstration of conviction is not to be found in the Dail debate on NAMA On any given day the … Continue reading

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Get out now!

Afghanistan: Future Taliban soldiers The United Nations today temporarily pulled half its international staff out of Afghanistan and threatened that a complete and permanent withdrawal could follow. Amid an atmosphere of increasing gloom in Afghanistan, the UN Special Representative in … Continue reading

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