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Dublin City Council is considering the merits of imposing a “tourist tax” of €1 per night on beds in hotels, hostels and B&Bs in the city in order to raise additional revenue.
Ignoring the fact that this is the taxation equivalent of licking your plate clean after large a steak dinner, there are many questions that [...]
Pope discusses child sex abuse by Catholic Priests at National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, nose grows, cricket appears on shoulder.
Merkel in Ireland today to explain Lisbon Turdy.
Young Fine Gael’s cringe-inducing pro-Lisbon campaign.
Comments on political PR and the web from a European perspective.
And now what are we we going to do?
It was the net wat done it
By the way that is an ugly ass interface in the new Wordpress. Ugh.
Irish Election: The dog barks?
Greens join calls for Ahern statement
Original image The Chancer.
Shotgun cartridges sent to Harney, clinics
Tánaiste accuses FG of witch-hunt
A little less than a year ago, if you can remember back that far, we were all in thick of pre-election mania. Irish Election was buzzing with successive posts on the important matters of the day. Some were brilliantly incisive, bringing keen analysis far beyond the abilities of many journalist hacks, but most were just [...]
Ahern to challenge aspects of Mahon
Connell withdraws bid to stop files examined
Alternative title for this post was “Irish Manufacturing- It’s a Bust”.
Call for task force after 360 job losses
Swiss bank loses €6.8bn over subprime crisis
500 jobs go at Galway Plant
Budget 2008 coverage
Edwards to Endorse Obama - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
Well that is some way to overcome a dramatic electoral setback. Media management by Obama’s team has been quite good in my view, despite the unforseen stuff like Wright. They have managed to capitalise on set pieces far more than Clinton.
Republicans Crossing Over to Democrats in Primaries
Intersting to note that almost 10% of Primary voters for the Dems are Republican voters. Where those votes go at election time will be crucial in deciding the race.
Gavin’s Blog · Bertie Ahern addressing Congress
Gavin gives his take on Bertie Ahern’s final address as a statesman and the legacy he leaves behind. You won’t be surprised to note that Gavin is not unhappy to see the back of El Berto
Indymedia has a very interesting piece on Anti-Lisbon Treaty group Libertas, and their principal backers, Declan Ganley and Ulick McEvaddy. Well worth a read.
“Only one country in the world has eliminated the shortage of transplant kidneys. Only one country in the world has legalized financial payments to kidney donors. That country is”… Interesting piece from the Marginal Revolution. Hat tip to the Foreign Policy blog.
