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You know, I think that the Lisbon Treaty campaign has to have been one of the most tedious referendum campaigns we’ve ever had in this country. The momentum has always been with the no side who have released and re-released certain arguments in different forms over the past few weeks. These arguments usually have an [...]
To the parents of autistic children present in the Dail last night, the defeat of a Fine Gael motion on the funding of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) education for autistic children was as predictable as it was devastating. Few government TDs bothered to listen to debate and but the necessary numbers appeared when it was [...]
Drug seizures are always big news, particularly when there’s some nice pictures to go along with them. Take for example the following RTE news story caught my attention last week:
Customs officers have seized 18kg of herbal cannabis with a street value of €216,000 at Dublin Airport.
A sniffer dog gave an indication that a passenger was [...]
Originally posted at Associate Notes
The Seanad is an undemocratic, archaic, useless institution. It’s been that way since its inception but the Irish people have ignored it, mostly because it’s the most boring institution we’ve got. That is about to change.
Eoghan Harris has just become a senator.
No, you’re not dreaming. Your eyesight has not failed you. [...]
Over at the Washington Post Global website, Amar C. Bakshi is investigating how the world sees America. He’s looking for contributions so if you’ve got an opinion on America, Americans or American culture, just go here.
Amar has just finished up a stint in England and is currently touring India in his attempt to understand how [...]
If you were not listening to The Last (First?) Word this morning, then you missed a classic discussion between Matt Cooper, Fintan O’Toole and Eoghan Harris. Basically, Harris ranted on when asked questions, and accused Fintan O’Toole of being “sleazy”.
Matt attempted to allow Fintan reply to Harris’ hysterical rant, but Harris wasn’t done yet! [...]
People of Ireland, today is a great day for men and women everywhere.
We have rid ourselves of the beast they called McDowell. It is more than we could have hoped for. Not only has he lost his seat, not only has he lost the PD leadership, but he has also resigned from public life! The [...]
There are those who feel that the ban on election coverage the day before the election is a bad thing. I disagree. For me at least, today has put the last three weeks back in context. Just look at the RTE headlines:
Pat put a horrible image in my head, and I thought I’d share the pain
Bless me Father, for I have sinned.
I bought the Sindo, something I’d promised myself I’d never do for reasons that I hope are obvious.
Now to be fair, there were mitigating circumstances. After all, they had an exclusive interview with one Bartholomew Ahern, leader of this fair nation, regarding certain strange favours received by the former [...]
Originally posted at Plain of Pillars
Back in 2006, the government promised to act on the recommendations of The Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy. The romantic subtitle of the report was A Vision for Change. But can we honestly expect to see this vision realised?
Based on the election campaign to date, I’d [...]
Leadership Needed On A Difficult Issue
Michael McDowell:
We are dealing here with a balance of constitutional rights
Doctors For Choice:
It is time to end the political hypocrisy surrounding abortion and women’s health care in this country. We call on leaders of all political parties to respond to our statement that Miss D be offered a termination of [...]
You are all prostitutes.
At least, that’s what all of the main political parties seem to think. The general election campaign of 2007 will not be remembered as one driven by ideology or by issues. In fact, it will probably be remembered as little more than a bidding war between two parties with near-identical policies. At [...]
They’ve announced it.
The general election is set to be held on May 24th.
I won’t be voting. This is not because of apathy. This is not because the difference between the two possible coalitions is minimal. This will be because of what one angry disenfranchised voted called Temporal Gerrymandering.
I’ve had enough. What is with all of these left wing zealots ranting on about how Thursday voting is such a shockingly awful idea. I mean, really, didn’t they listen to the Taoiseach? Here is what the wise Northsider said:
I listened to the argument the last time. And it didn’t work. Friday did not work. [...]
Let me begin by apologising if the headline of this piece has conjured up any disturbing images in your mind’s eye. This little article makes no allegations about Pat Rabbitte and Michael McDowell engaging in homosexual relations. (Not that there’d be anything wrong with that, my heterosexual guilt prompts me to add.) So why the [...]
Female Clinton Supporters In Focus Groups See Talent, Mudslinging In Palin’s Speech
Very interesting instant focus grouping of Palin's speech. It remains to be seen how the issue of sexism becomes resolved for the Hillary supporters who remain to be won over - how does Palin need to come across to get support? As tough as the men or picked on - and is she better of playing base politics than worrying about marred Clinton-women in Nevada
Plugged-in politics hits our shores
Online politics hits Australia
The Dail Ministers: Mary Harney
Dail Minsters profile of Mary Harney. Words dont do it justice, just go read it.
How the Conservative party square the politicisation of personal life and their belief in the small state.
A second Irish referendum? Eurocrats have a better idea
Dan Hannan at the Telegraph reckons the plan in Brussles is not for a second referendum but instead to parachute in sections of the Lisbon Treaty via legislation.
