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In a sequence that will revive memories of Dick Roche’s desk-clearing approval of the M3 motorway near Tara in 2007, acting Minister for Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources Pat Carey has approved the Corrib gas pipeline project. As with Tara, the next minister might view this either as a hot potato glad to be off his to-do list or as a [...]
This is the second in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment. Galway West
The Oireachtas has today launched a detailed profile based on the 2006 Census of all the constituencies in the country. The information is quite interesting and comprehensive and details all 42 constituencies in the country.
So Brian Cowen continues to slowly dismantle the Bertie Ahern machine (on which note, anyone see a Fianna Fail ‘Yes’ poster with Cowen’s face on it?). The announcement that the construction industry wont be dining in Ballybrit will be greeted with delight in the offices of the Green Party and Finian McGrath as a potential [...]
Niall O Brolchain took up some of the comments made in the Business Post attributed to Seamus Brennan on Sunday and called for a review of the whole Galway Races tent. Certainly it smacks of pretty uncomfortable symbolism but it would be an equally big win for the Green party if it got concessions on [...]
Ulick Burke in on Paul Connaughton’s surplus.
As Mick notes in the comments here, we have three siblings to join the brother-in-law/sister-in-law, husband/wife combinations elected to Dáil Eireann. Tom Kitt, Michael Kitt and Aine Brady (nee Kitt) are all elected to the 30th Dáil.
Galway East 130 out of 149 boxes opened (87%) 1. Kitt 6780 2. Treacy 6503 3. Callanan 5504 4. Connaughton 5187 5. Burke 4892 6. Barton 4665 7. Tom McHugh 3259 8. Cannon 3181 9. Devlin 1525 10. Pat McHugh 1370 11. Keaveney 1313 12 Ni Chroinin 815 13. Feeney 356 14. Flynn 215 2 [...]
A curious item from the RTE News website today: Minister of State Noel Treacy will appear before the Mahon Tribunal next Wednesday to answer questions about the leaking of information about payments to the Taoiseach. The Galway East TD is attached to the Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
If there is any story we have missed please let us know. Feel free to comment on any story. Galway Advertiser Sinn Fein to run two candidates in Galway West Sinn Féin will repeat its 2002 election strategy by running two candidates – one in the city and the other in Connemara – during the [...]
Round up of the news from the Local Papers. Feel free to comment on any stories. Western PeopleO’Mahony still in election race WITH a date set for the Fine Gael convention, the countdown for potential candidates to declare themselves is on with high profile football manager John O’Mahony still in the running. Speculation has been [...]
Those selected to run were Minister Noel Treacy TD, Senator Micheál Kitt and Deputy Joe Callanan TD. 2002 Result 2007 Candidates so far
It was the ECB wot done it: Dick Roche takes the Fianna Fail defence to the pages of the Wall Street Journal Europe.
IRA members seek US Medicaid assistance? Only in conservative prank video.
HSBC to pay $US63 million compensation to investors in light-touch regulated Irish investment fund linked to Bernie Madoff.
Saudi Arabia thinks Batt O’Keeffe is still Minister for Enterprise (as of 15:50, 20 April) not Richard Bruton.
“When I am on holiday, I am not foreign minister.” It’s not just Ireland where ministers have blind spots about their connections.
