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Inside Out Episode 5 is up over on the blog, head over there to download it (or just add it to 
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This Week: Quintin Oliver the man who brought Sinn Fein and the DUP to Finland to talk with Iraqi delegates about peace processes and John Longergan, Governor of Mountjoy Prison on the criminal justice and prison system.
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Here’s the Dept of Finance statement issued late last evening about the Minister’s discussion with the banks. I think we know why some banks didn’t want to be in the guarantee scheme: those in the scheme can be made an offer they can’t refuse: to merge.
Mary Harney’s expensive trip to Houston and Phoenix.
The FAS/Florida row is not the only time the issue of her travel costs has arisen.
techPresident – The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game
Irish Parties looking at learning online and database lessons from Obama could do worse than bear this post in mind. Almost as soon as the election is over, improvements and evolution are making some parts redundant and others essential. Get your campaign an i-phone for everyone? Might be better than printing flyers, it goes to show how parties, if they take it seriously, need to keep ahead of the wave - not just follow.
Colman at the EuroTrib give his reasoning on why Lisbon is dead. The Government's incapable handling of the budget cuts are the nail in the coffin.
Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar offers his view on how the SBP Opinion Poll would translate in an election.
Should peace in Iraq start from the inside or out (excuse the pun)? But should the outside world not try to apply pressure on the likes of the UK and US to open dialogue throughout the Middle East to solve the quagmire.
Iraq finds itself in a similar position as Lebanon during its civil war. The problem with conflicts especially in the Middle East is that many of the battling groups are fighting as proxies for external parties. In my opinion solving the tension between the US and Iran and the US and Syria may actually might give track two diplomacy a real chance.
If the US and Iran are going to continue using Iraq as a battle ground to discover who rules the roost then any attempt by local proxies will to find peace maybe thrown off equilibrium.
Northern Ireland’s politicians can play a really authoritative role in persuading external parties to enter into dialogue. NI was only sorted out after the UK and Irish Govs decided to start talking with elements that were “undesirable”.
The success of NI gives the likes of McGuiness the authority to teach the US the merits of dialogue. Maybe what is needed is an NI delegation to explain to the US Congress parallels that exist and possible solutions.