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Bertie Ahern has now admitted to receiving “gifts” of €50,000 in the early 1990s. It remains now to be seen if the group of people named by Ahern and described by him as his personal friends, benefitted in any way as a result of giving Ahern money. What we do know is that Ahern did [...]
Walk carefully lads, the women of Ireland are only putting away their tissues after that performance. Not a dry eye in the house and sure wasn’t he only great not having his own bank account for years, and I bet the knives come out for Miriam putting poor Bertie through the wringer. Ah C. [...]
From RTE:
The first payment to Mr Ahern in December 1993, was for £22,500. The money came from eight associates of the then Minister for Finance.
They have been named as Paddy Reilly, Des Richardson, Padraic O’Connor, Jim Nugent, David McKenna, Fintan Gunne, Mick Collins and Charlie Chawke.
The second payment, in 1994, was for £16,500, and was [...]
All the parties and the news media have been going on about Bertiegate and how the people need answers. But do people really care about it? Is it as big an issue as the media and politicians think? I not convinced but the Green party are and they have outlined policies aimed at lessening corruption [...]
From Fine Gael:
Fine Gael Road Safety Spokesman Shane McEntee TD has called on the Government to speed up implementation of a nationwide speed camera system after a similar scheme in France slashed road deaths by 35% in five years.
I think it is a bit of a stretch to say that the speed camera system is [...]
[The Irish Bloggers Conference: Blogging The Election takes place on October 7 in the Digital Hub in Dublin. 10:30-5:30 (approx). Registration is necessary as places are limited, register here. We also still need sponsorship!]
One of the morning sessions at the Blogging the Election conference will be discussing the art of blogging by politicians. Amongst those [...]
CORI have published their budget proposals (PDF here). Doubtless these will have an input into the Taoioseach and Finance Minister’s thinking come December. Headline Proposals below the fold. The details of these are fleshed out in the 12 pages that follow on the PDF file. Have a read.
Later on, it seems. Eoghan Harris on yesterday’s Last Word, and also Vincent Browne in the Business Post, seem to be suggesting that this story isn’t really all that big or important and that bigger issues are getting ignored because of it (particularly his relationship with Owen O’Callaghan). Is this really small beans?
Kildare Nationalist
€18m on the Ryder? What else could we have bought for that?
Laois Nationalist
Councillor responds to accusation
Leitrim Observor
Fine Gael target extra seats in both Leitrim constituencies
Western People
Biomass proposal for Asahi complex
Meath Chronicle
Wylfa accident poses a major danger to Meath
Sligo Champion
FG top brass visit Leitrim
Nenagh Guardian
Councillor Casey “horrified” at handling of Eco Village
The Limerick Blogger has a post from the organiser of the recent protests in Limerick, Sharon Clancy, over the recent rise of violence in the city.
From Breaking News:
Rory O’Hanlon, who is also a local TD, was jeered by up to 10,000 protestors who had gathered to show their anger about the planned downgrading of Monaghan Hospital.
This is part of a long series of protests about the long running Monaghan Hospital saga. From the Anglo-Celt, “Anger mounts as 2000 attend Monaghan [...]
Dear Eamon Gilmore,
How ya doing. Just a quick tip for you: if, as you say…
The mission of the Irish Labour Party is not just to change government but to change Irish society and to make Ireland a fair place to work and to love
How about starting to make Ireland a fairer place to love by [...]
Blogging the Election Conference: Digital Hub, Dublin; October 7th, 2006; 10.30am–4.30pm
[If you attending Blogging The Election, you have to register as places are limited]
As Damien has mentioned, we have found a sponsor for the catering at the forthcoming conference. Digiweb are giving E500 to cover the costs of the hungry bloggers.
Sponsorship slots still outstanding:
Venue sponsorship: [...]
Today’s poll in the Sunday Business Post is bad news for the ruling party. Fianna Fáil has dropped another 2 points and its three month average figure in the Red C tracking polls is now at 34 per cent. This is not guaranteed to put them out of office but it makes it more likely. [...]
At the ComReg and DCMNR joint conference on “Broadband Leadership” Noel Dempsey awkwardly announced that Ireland had “smashed” the broadband target he set two years ago. The target was for Ireland to have 400,000 broadband subscribers by the end of 2006 and he announced that we currently stand at 410,000 subscribers. This is a [...]
I saw something strange in Dublin on Sunday. I was walking by Trinity and this guy passed me with a couple of hurleys and wearing a Kerry jersey. The only reason I can come up with to explain this highly unusual sight was that the guy was an Arab and probably was not brought up [...]
Are you a frugal traveller abroad? See how you’d do on the civil service overseas expenses guidelines (pdf).
How to “cull” banking executives: the UK Financial Services Authority is getting ready to do it.
Gardai inquest evidence dismissed as bollocks’ | The Irish Sentinel
just found this site, no idea if I am late to the party on this one. check it out - bit of fun
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.
