Monthly Archives: May 2010

Name and shame them!

Most of us had never heard the name Christy Kinahan before this week’s spectacular international police raids which dismantled his booming drugs empire. But many of his best customers, who helped to turn him into one of the richest crime … Continue reading

A&E Mater Hospital

Protest earlier to-day at the A&E Mater Hospital about the lack of basic services and conditions Apparently these protesters have been protesting for the last 7 years. The Lord Mayor of Dublin and TD Joe Costello were among the protesters. … Continue reading

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Heartless Cowen

Brian Cowen, the unelected head of the corrupt Irish Government has rejected criticism of proposed changes contained in the Social Welfare Bill. He said today that pending cuts to certain social welfare payments were already announced months ago by Minister … Continue reading

When you want to sell an animal (VHI) you must first fatten it up

The Government has moved to allay fears that health insurance premiums will be the subject of hikes following the sale of the State owned health insurance company VHI. Yesterday’s announcement is part of a set of strategic actions approved by … Continue reading

Getting beyond protest – how do we WIN?

Date: Saturday, May 29, 2010 Time: 11:30am – 10:00pm Location: Main theater – Liberty Hall Street: Eden Quay City/Town: Dublin, Ireland   View Map Description Getting beyond protest – how do we WIN?http://www.wsm.ie/bookfair or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103538506349459 on Facebook 11.30 in Liberty … Continue reading

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Gormley getting his photo taken

  So Mr.Gormely will grace Wicklow to-day to grab a photo opportunity with the help of the New Wicklow water scheme However he is conveniently forgetting the daly problems we in our estate have with raw sewerage floating down the … Continue reading

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Wicklow TD’s Dial activity

speaker:Liz McManus : 2 Dail debates ====================================   Order of Business. (25 May 2010) http://www.kildarestreet.com/debates/?id=2010-05-25.308.0&s=speaker%3A191#g362.0 Liz McManus: I have two questions. Today is International Missing Children’s Day, and the European Commission has issued something of a criticism of Ireland, to … Continue reading

Michael D looks in !

Dear Friends As we move into these last sunny days of May, I hope you are making the most of it and perhaps planning to attend some of the festivals across the country this summer, like the Eigse Carlow Arts … Continue reading

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Phase #2 of the Euro-Zone Debt Crisis

Phase #2 of the Euro-Zone Debt Crisis by Gary Dorsch | may 26, 2010 “A trend in motion, will stay in motion, until some major outside force, knocks it off its course.” For almost fourteen uninterrupted months stock markets around … Continue reading

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Irelands true financial debts are?

Ireland is a basket case and we are not been told about it. $865 billion is the amount the Irish state owes to the rest of Europe Greece owes $367 billion. So how does this make us any better off?  … Continue reading

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